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The Agencies' Gazette
Vietnam's MPS, Qassem Al Araji in Tehran, France's new South East Asia diplomat, FSB

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every week, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Hanoi to Paris, via Tehran and Moscow.

VietnamTo Lam wants to further condense public security hierarchy

Iraq/IranQassem Al Araji defuses Sulaymaniyah security issues before return to Tehran

France/Vietnam/RomaniaOlivier Brochet tipped to succeed ambassador Warnery in Hanoi

RussiaFSB's new technical director settles in

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
K2, ENEC and Peterson, Guidehouse

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Washington, New York and Abu Dhabi.

New YorkK2 quietly demotes co-CEO

Abu DhabiConsultant Charles Peterson returns to nuclear

WashingtonEx-staffer takes Guidehouse to court

DGSE relocation pushed back by two years

The future DGSE headquarters in Vincennes, scheduled for 2028, will now not be ready until 2030. Work has not even begun yet.

French DGSE's technical department opens up to innovation cooperation

France's external intelligence service has traditionally been reluctant to open up to private companies, but it is edging closer to working with dedicated defence and intelligence innovation outfits.

The Agencies' Gazette
FSO, ex-COS in Abu Dhabi, NATO and Taiwan, DNI in demand on drones

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

RussiaFSO regulates military service

FranceFormer COS liaison chief ordered to return extra pay

TaiwanNATO slows down rapprochement with Taipei

United StatesAll drone policies point to the DNI

Indictment exposes SVR industrial spy's former defence partners

While the US Department of Justice's probe into Greek businessman Nikolaos Bogonikolos focuses on goods illegally exported to Russia's intelligence services, the man at the heart of the investigation long worked in the same circles as several European defence groups.

The Tech Telegraph
Artemis rolls out at DRM, RB 42 prospects at Campus Cyber, Khoi Nguyen replaces Michael Clark at US Cybercom PEO, Orchestra closes London office

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each Thursday we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

CreilArtemis roll-out speeds up

ParisRB 42 woos French companies for Singapore at Campus Cyber

Fort MeadeKhoi Nguyen replaces Michael Clark as head of acquisitions at US CYBERCOM

LondonOmri Lavie and Isaac Zack's cyber firm Orchestra Group closing UK subsidiary

Katim looks to Paris, hiring ex-Ercom Didier Pagnoux

Didier Pagnoux, who ran French Ercom from 2007 to 2012 and launched its cybersecurity and interception departments, is taking over as CEO of semi-public Emirati firm Katim as it looks to carve out a place in the country's ever-changing cyber landscape.

Argentina Naval War College experts favour TKMS submarine proposal

The German proposal seems to have the edge with the defence ministry and naval experts in Argentina, which is looking to acquire three submarines.

The Agencies' Gazette
French watchdog seeks greater remit, Ukraine's GUR, intel master's degree changes venue, KGB and FSB cross swords

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Paris, Kyiv and Minsk.

France CNCTR wants dibs on sovereignty files

Ukraine Budanov's deputy moves into the limelight

France Intel degree moves from Toulon to Saint-Cyr military academy

Russia/Belarus FSB and KGB bicker at the border

The Tech Telegraph
Michael Morgan moves to NightDragon, Loft Orbital picks Frédéric Cristini, Maritime surveillance aircraft for Warsaw

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each Thursday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

San FranciscoFBI veteran Michael Morgan joins NightDragon

ToulouseLoft Orbital picks Frédéric Cristini

WarsawPolish border guards renew maritime surveillance aircraft

French defence ministry rolls out cyber emergency response centre for defence firms

Parliamentary discussion of France's draft 2024-2030 military programming bill has put the spotlight on an initiative by the DRSD to provide a computer emergency response team for the defence sector, which is currently being deployed in key regions.

France's joint operations command faces severe shake-up

In the face of logistical and informational challenges and the new geopolitical landscape, the French joint defence staff is looking for ways to adjust and streamline its services. New moves could include dismantling the CPOIA and handing out part of its resources to other entities.

French military intelligence hires CAE to cover ISR missions before Archange

As they wait for project Archange to be operational, the French armed forces have turned to their long-standing provider CAE Aviation to provide a temporary airborne SIGINT solution.

Franck Petitgas crowns London career with appointment as Sunak's adviser

The French banker's new role as economic and business adviser to the UK prime minister Rishi Sunak caps a career in the City of London, where he has a solid network in financial, diplomatic and intelligence circles through the Legion d'Honneur.