Singapore, United States
Far from Beijing, SS8 makes second stab at Asian growth

United States
SS8 gets an Algiers foothold

US company SS8 has won a major contract with Algerian intelligence, despite their usual preference for Chinese suppliers.

The Tech Telegraph
Cognyte intercepts 5G, Wagner joins Raytheon, Barikat bought out

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Herzliya Cognyte puts IMSI-catchers in 5G

Arlington John Wagner joins Raytheon's ISR division

Istanbul Turkcell pads out cyber wallet with Barikat

Spotlight | Bangladesh, France, United Kingdom
French firm Intersec beats US giant SS8 for Bangladeshi geolocation contract

The French geolocation specialist Intersec has snatched a contract with Bangladesh's answer to the NSA from under the noses of US leader SS8 and British offshoot Creativity Software.

France, Singapore
Paris wants to reboot its partnership with Singaporean agency HTX

The French ministry of the interior signed a deal with the fledgling Singaporean security and intelligence technology development agency Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) in 2019. Covid-19 then got in the way of the project, which France is now trying to rekindle.

Spotlight | Indonesia, Israel, Ukraine
Ukraine's Infozahyst to assist Cognyte on Indonesian interceptions contract

Israeli group Cognyte has called in Ukrainian interceptions specialist Infozahyst to help it fulfill a contract for the Indonesian intelligence services. Cognyte, a Verint group spin-off, needs the Ukrainian company's satellite communications interception know-how.

Indonesia, Israel
Cognyte consolidates its position in Indonesian cyber intelligence market

The Israeli cyber intelligence company wants to boost its presence in Indonesia, which, despite not having diplomatic relations with Israel, is increasingly attracting cyber companies from Israel's high tech capital Herzliya.

United States
SS8 moves into Internet traffic analytics with Bivio acquisition

As it continues to expand its lawful interception capacities, the US firm has offered itself the assets of NSA endorsed Internet traffic analytics Bivio Networks.

United States
SS8 Networks, 5G interception pioneer

The US interception firm SS8 Networks is speeding up its involvement in lawful interception on the first 5G networks in a bid to carve a place for itself as a market leader.