SAMI, Mohammed Bin Salman's defence company, under pressure to deliver on Vision 2030

Keith Alexander breaks into Saudi cyber industry

Lyall Grant gets into private sector intelligence

After stepping down as Theresa May's National Security Adviser (NSA) in May 2017, Mark Lyall Grant stayed out of the [...]

Islamabad poised to become Saudi-US anti-Iran offensive rear base

Pakistan is being seriously courted by Iran, which fears that a US operations centre may be established on Pakistani soil. [...]

Ricketts cultivates Franco-British business entente

Lord Peter Ricketts, the former British ambassador in Paris, is increasingly involved in helping French business in the UK. According [...]

Khaled bin Salman tipped for deputy crown prince title

The word in Riyadh is that 30-year-old Khaled bin Salman may be appointed deputy crown prince, a position that has [...]

Macron looks for cyber modus vivendi with Putin Free

According to our sources, the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron in Moscow on July 15 was not only [...]

Internal intelligence hit by centralisation and politicking

The resignation of Bernd Palenda, the head of the state of Berlin intelligence service and a member of the SPD, [...]

Reform of French committee on intelligence : big ideas, small means

In the wake of publication of its 2017 report on July 18, the French parliamentary delegation on intelligence, the DPR, [...]

External intelligence upheavals scrutinised by foreign partners

Immediately after Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's shock election victory in May, the country's intelligence services turned on one another [...]

Bilancini reshuffles Paris intelligence staff

Francoise Bilancini, the head of the Paris police intelligence service, the DRPP (Direction du Renseignement de la Prefecture de Police), [...]

Corexalys brings out cyber-artillery

The new French firm Corexalys has taken the unusual step of focusing on cyber-offensive services for its clients. The French [...]

Berlin Global Advisors dons fatigues

Berlin Global Advisors (BGA), the German financial and diplomacy consulting firm founded last year by Jan Kallmorgen, a former associate [...]

GardaWorld's strategy under review

According to our sources, after several months of absence, Oliver Westmacott is back at the helm as head of the [...]

Mood of suspicion behind scenes of Fincantieri-Naval Group merger plan

Shakeup underway at French defense brokers

Industrial advisers to the Elysee Palace and the defence ministry will spend the coming weeks fleshing out a plan to restructure France's military export offices. [...]

Thales goes all out to land satellite order

The French company is hoping that Singapore will become the first country to buy its new high-end observation satellites. It is lining up its troops to secure a deal. [...]

TAJ Holding paves way to Saudi Air Force

Despite the closing of defence industry ranks around Mohammed bin Salman, companies close to the Sauds, such as TAJ Holding, still have a role. [...]

Stephen Arbib, from cannabis tycoon to intelligence mogul

He is not yet 40 but Canadian-Israeli serial entrepreneur Stephen Arbib is fast building a small empire in military services and cyber-intelligence, serving clients that include Harvey Weinstein. Arbib's recent successes come hot on the heels of his pioneering work in marketing medical cannabis in Canada. [...]

ETIT partners foreign technical intelligence companies

The state-run technology company ETIT is emerging as the go-to interface for foreign monitoring and interception companies wanting to do business in Egypt. [...]

FirstPoint unveils anti-interception SIM card

Launched by two Israeli interceptions experts, the firm FirstPoint MG has developed a means to protect smartphones against intrusion and IMSI catchers using a simple SIM card. [...]

Rusolut makes broken smartphones talk

The Russian-Polish digital forensics company RuSolut has developed a technique to extract data from a protected or broken device, which it is keenly marketing in the US. [...]

Drone interception experts look beyond jamming

Disabling attack drones has become a priority for armed forces and private industry is scrambling to come up with solutions. [...]