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Canada, United States
Ottawa's cyber strategy faces challenge of improving integration with Washington

Canada is looking to beef up its scattered cyber capacities by pooling its resources with the US, despite the scant progress made on strengthening the countries' bilateral military command, NORAD.

The Agencies' Gazette
Abbas Kamel opens path to Iran, Kadyrov splits Rosgvardia, ABW taken aback

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community, from Baghdad to Moscow via Warsaw and Cairo.

Egypt/IranAbbas Kamel lays down terms for normalisation with Iran

RussiaRosgvardia divided over Kadyrov's rise

PolandSurveillance sweep uncovers counter-espionage flaws

France, Singapore
French external intelligence agency wants its South East Asia team in shipshape

Marc P.'s arrival in Singapore after six years serving as head of the DGSE's intelligence department should allow the service to ramp up its action in a highly strategic zone, one that it had largely ignored for years, as China places its pawns in South East Asia.

France, UAE, Ukraine
UAE's surplus Mirage fighter jets look set to go to Ukraine

The race is on to supply Ukraine with French fighter aircraft in addition to the ones it is due to receive from the US. Countries that have acquired Mirages from Dassault are being canvassed.

France
Official eyebrows raised in France over Le Pen campaign's IT spend

France's political campaign-finance watchdog has questioned the far-right politician's €540,000 cybersecurity contract involving an ex-martial arts champion, former military officers and a supplier conveniently located in Switzerland.

United States
US's Intel 471, supplier to the Australian Signals Directorate, forced to tighten belt

A victim of the economic crisis and last year's crypto collapse, US private equity firm Thoma Bravo's losses have hit the cyber threat intelligence outfit Intel 471 and other firms in its cyber portfolio, under orders to slash costs.