The Ukrainian minister of digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, has tasked his team with finding secure communications channels and satellite access. They have turned to a New York-based company to help source these vital tools for Ukraine's war effort.
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Corporate Intel L3Harris, the US group which produces the Wescam camera, had been the favourite but, in the end, France's Vador intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft will be fitted with Safran's Euroflir 410 cameras. One plane is already in service over Romania but is not fully equipped.
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Corporate Intel Chinese intelligence services are increasingly seeking advice from outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security (Gonganbu) in order to find a solid position on the Ukrainian issue. This use of external sources allows Beijing's leaders to absolve themselves of responsibility for any further poor decisions.
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Back-door diplomacy Nadhmi al-Nasr, the man in charge of Mohammed bin Salman's colossal Neom project, has quietly been calling on the US engineer for help with the technical aspects of the new city, a project propelling him close to the inner circle of Saudi power.
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Corporate Intel MMP missiles currently equip French troops stationed in Romania as well as Ukrainian fighters battling Russian forces. They are also earmarked for export, despite French stocks being lower than planned.
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Corporate Intel The cybersecurity firm Infotecs, which has been providing its services to Russian state groups for decades, is now keeping much quieter about its international activities, carried by its US and German branches under a brand-new name.
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Corporate Intel Two consortia have come up with proposals for strong Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) packages for the French intelligence services. One is led by French big data analysis specialist ChapsVision, the other by defence electronics group Thales.
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Cybersecurity The state of high tension prevailing in Minsk has pushed security services in the US, the UK, Turkey and Ukraine to prepare for the possibility of matters taking a military turn. Lukashenko's inner circle is preparing to face guerilla-style attacks, but armed opposition groups do not exclude launching a conventional offensive, with support from their allies.
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