Ireland, United Kingdom
Irish Data Protection Commission beefs up technical investigation capacities with help from private sector

France
French interior ministry's grand Cyber III programme invests heavily in open source

The multiple tender call for the third phase of the French interior ministry's grand Cyber III investment programme has finally opted for greater spending on open source intelligence (OSINT).

Israel
'Team Jorge' revelations turn spotlight on avatar market's technological and legal difficulties

The series of investigations published about the cyber influence industry last week by journalists' collective Forbidden Stories put the emphasis on the industry's use of avatars to achieve its ends. Even before this, however, the industry was struggling with a growing number of technical and legal challenges.

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Protection Group International, The Risk Advisory Group

London
PGI loses its cyber chief.

Singapore, London
The Risk Advisory Group poaches Steven Westerveldt from Control Risks Group to run its new Singapore bureau.

United Kingdom
West Sands founders take on new roles - one goes solo and one to Sibylline

Business intelligence experts Tamara Markarenko and Daphne Biliouri, who used to work together at West Sands Advisory, have returned to the market via different paths.

United Kingdom
Adrian Leppard's business interests flourish as Black Cube's picks up too

Adrian Leppard is still very much a stalwart of Black Cube, which plans a renewed growth this year after a dip last year. However the former head of the British financial centre's police force has also been expanding his investments away from the firm.

United Kingdom
Frazer-Nash Consultancy, US accelerator of British cyberdefence ambitions

Now US-owned, Britain's Frazer-Nash Consultancy is working on the development of autonomous cyberdefence systems for the British armed forces.