Benefitting from the rising number of incidents on Russia's periphery and the careful staging of its response to these, the national security service has returned to the forefront of Russian politics after being given the cold shoulder over its strategic errors on Ukraine.
The prominent Saudi family, long popular as a key partner for foreign businesses in Saudi Arabia, is expanding its presence in the defence industry. One of the clan's companies, Wahaj, has been forming new partnerships both in and outside the country.
Bahrain's dual cyber institutions are muddling the NCSC's attempts to become an integral part of the regional security architecture. Launched in 2020, the government body is still competing with the Information and eGovernment Authority which is both a cybersecurity guarantor and financial regulator for the kingdom intent on curbing spending.
PR consultant Jeff Townsend is currently in demand with the British authorities, who are alarmed about their dependence on China for rare metals. He is taking advantage of the situation to champion the creation of an industrial alliance between the Five Eyes countries in this domain.
After attracting an array of international brands to Saudi Arabia, MJS Holding is playing an ever more prominent role in Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious megaprojects. It is also helping France's Accor with its plans to open hotels in the country's new tourism destinations.
Global Threat Solutions, the company that handled security for the French luxury giant's exhibition on New York's Madison Avenue, has been accused by a group of its employees of breaching US labour laws. They took the case to court earlier this month.
Branches of the Sanctions and Export Control Society are poised to spring up in European and Asian capitals under an initiative led by the law firm Orrick and the consulting and private investigation outfit FTI Consulting, which plan to team with local firms in this booming business.
Natural language processing, popularised by ChatGPT, is of particular interest to the UAE's security apparatus conglomerates for their big data and open source intelligence (OSINT) programmes. The technology also promises to offer new firms in the sector a means to conduct low-cost influence operations.
Lee Wylde, an Intelligence Corps veteran and OSINT expert who has been involved in a number of British Army intelligence and data analysis programmes, has founded the defence startup Disruptive Industries.
CPX, founded in March last year and destined to become the UAE's cyberintelligence flagship, is struggling to hold onto certain contracts. https://t.co/K93J0spKMg
This week, Intelligence Online explores the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, an opulent establishment fast becoming a favourite haunt of heads of state, but that was fleetingly turned into a gilded prison in 2017 for the targets of MbS's anti-corruption purge. https://t.co/ka2fhwgVE7
Russian financial intelligence service Rosfinmonitoring focuses on universities to meet its human resources needs. https://t.co/iYwhSPhd8R
CPX, founded in March last year and destined to become the UAE's cyberintelligence flagship, is struggling to hold onto certain contracts. https://t.co/K93J0spKMg
This week, Intelligence Online explores the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, an opulent establishment fast becoming a favourite haunt of heads of state, but that was fleetingly turned into a gilded prison in 2017 for the targets of MbS's anti-corruption purge. https://t.co/ka2fhwgVE7
Russian financial intelligence service Rosfinmonitoring focuses on universities to meet its human resources needs. https://t.co/iYwhSPhd8R
