Tanguy Darbois keeps Russian doors open for Paris

Georgian-born consultant Tanguy Darbois is keeping the former Soviet zone warm for French companies, despite the ongoing international tensions. [...]

French internal intelligence service finally launches a reform

Revina, Saddiq broker future deals between Kiev and Doha

Ukrainian consultant Olga Revina, in partnership with Qatari businessman Moyasser Saddiq, plans to use the Ukrainian president's recent trip to Doha to bolster business ties between the two countries. [...]

Paris and Berlin mull barriers to Chinese economic spying

The German intelligence services are increasingly active against corporate intelligence-gathering by Beijing in Europe. Paris is keen to follow suit. [...]

GAMI, SAMI: the new defence procurement decision-makers

Saudi Arabia's new military procurement architecture is gradually getting established. [...]

DGSE hires Aleph-Networks to scour dark web

The external intelligence agency has enlisted a private service provider to help its teams monitor the non-referenced part of the web. [...]

Paris favours Gaudin to head Swiss intelligence

The Swiss confederation's intelligence service, or SRC (Service de Renseignement de la Confederation), is due to appoint its new chief [...]

OFAC challenges British government's contradictory stance

In a move that will surely have an impact on a number of figures in British politics and business, on [...]

Tension increasing again between Tsahal and Hezbollah

The Israeli air strikes on Homs in Syria on April 9 follow worsening tension between the Israeli Army and Hezbollah [...]

Elbit's acquisition of IMI divides defence ministry

The sale of Israel Military Industries (IMI) to Elbit Systems in March has drawn strong criticism from some quarters in [...]

Inkster and NCC Group come to parliament's aid on Korea

The House of Commons defence committee consulted experts to draft its report on the North Korean threat, published on April [...]

Chodiev guns -again- for lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin

The bitter legal feud between International Mineral Resources (IMR), a mining company controlled by oligarch Patokh Chodiev, a Kazakh of [...]

Minsk interests Russophile consultants

On a visit to the UK on March 27-28, Vladimir Makey, Belarus' foreign minister, did not only see his British [...]

Litigation funders explore ways to secure intelligence

A sector that is enjoying a boom in the UK and is starting to take off in France, litigation funding [...]

Ex-ODNI heavyweight pushes for "cyber Project Manhattan"

Patrick Gorman, the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), is in [...]

Brazzaville and Malabo revive battles for influence in Paris amid coup accusations

Facing growing opposition at home, the regimes in Congo and Equatorial Guinea have accused French consultants from stirring up the unrest, a message that their lobbyists in Paris have been loudly conveying. [...]

Kremlin's friend Natalya Kasperskaya gets into data-leak prevention

Scandinavian defence industry keeps foot in UAE with Milrem

Thanks to its acquisition of the Estonian company Milrem, Finland's Patria can continue to sell materiel to the UAE and get closer to Qatar. [...]

Billionnaire Khalifa Bin Butti Al Muhairi's big cyber-security ambitions

The Al Muhairi heir is hoping to turn into a lead player in the cyber-security sector in the Gulf region with the firm Spectrami. [...]

Technology breaks open the Faraday cage

Interior ministry invests in jamming-resistant GPS tracker

The French interior ministry awarded a record contract for new geolocation beacons earlier this month. [...]

ISE opens French doors for Israeli cybersecurity firms

The French firm is spearheading the commercial offensive launched by the Israeli cyber sector in France. [...]