The national intelligence agency boss, an early supporter of his friend Volodymyr Zelensky's presidential bid and the former head of Studio Kvartal 95, has the delicate task of reforming the SBU, a painful process requested by Ukraine's ally, the US. [...]
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, which is useful to Riyadh as a channel of communication with the Talibans in Afghanistan, is also of interest because of its know-how in the nuclear field. Saudi Arabia plans to provide Pakistan's military industrial complex with fresh financing in return for more help in the development of its own nuclear sector. [...]
The unrest in Kazakhstan in January has been a wake-up call to the intelligence services in neighbouring countries, especially in Uzbekistan which is concerned the trouble could spread. Its services have recently been restructured, with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev placing his friends in top positions. [...]
A partnership between Germany's HHLA and the Trieste port authority is paving the way for the Chinese giant Cosco to strengthen its key position in Southern Europe. [...]
Appointments, financial results, new contracts, in Washington, London and Paris: each week, we recount the great and small events in the global corporate intelligence community. [...]
The US cybersecurity firm Qintel, a supplier to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), is sponsoring Ukraine's Cyberspace Strategies In Action conference. The company already has a presence in Ukraine via distributor FS Group, which is close to Ukraine's cyber police. [...]
