Assad was delighted to have finally set foot on Emirati soil and thus further the normalisation of relations that began in 2018. He travelled in a plane belonging to the Abu Dhabi luxury airline Royal Jet.
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Agencies After several months under the radar, the existence of D14 spin-off CPX, revealed by Intelligence Online is now official. CPX, still part of D14 and Group 42, promises a fresh start for Emirati cybersecurities.
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Cybersecurity Investigations firm Schillings, which specialises in reputation repair for oligarchs, appears to be going against the grain. While most of Londongrad's private investigators are fretting over losing business, the firm, which employs both lawyers and investigators, is betting on the future by expanding and recruiting more staff.
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Corporate Intel Like their counterparts in other Western countries, Sweden's intelligence services are looking for open source intelligence contractors to help them combat Russian propaganda.
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Information wars Everyone is waiting to see what China will do about the war in Ukraine, but Xi Jinping and Zelensky's upcoming conversation may not give any concrete answers.
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Russian private security firms, known as "chops", are continuing to prosper in Moscow, even though some of their top clients from France - CAC40 companies - are pulling out of the Russian market.
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