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Consultant Gautier Mangenot makes Franco-Russian business debut in uncertain climate

The task of reorganising the Franco-Russian hydrogen forum, which is already running late and is now threatened by fall-out from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has been given to consultant and former CIFAL executive Gautier Mangenot.

French military intelligence agency tries out fusion cells

France's military intelligence directorate's latest fusion cell, dubbed the "Plateau Méditerranée", is designed to help it better anticipate crises in the strategic region amid mounting in-house organisational woes and staffing issues.

Viginum slots into France administrative counterintelligence landscape

President Emmanuel Macron's anti-fake news unit has joined a crowded landscape where various roles overlap.

France's Share My Space promotes tools for safe space navigation

The increasing number of space objects above Europe's skies is becoming as much a safety issue as a logistical hurdle that Share My Space would like to address. The French start-up is bidding on a space surveillance tender financed by the government.

The Agencies' Gazette
SNRP, Kazakh security service, SGDSN, DNI report on Chinese ports

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

Kazakhstan Like the KNB, President Tokayev brings in allies to lead security service

France SGDSN sees value in serious games

United States DNI called again to report on Chinese-controlled ports

France Prison intelligence service gains access to training reserved for the intelligence community's inner circle

Cristal Group hunts Pegasus with ex-hacker Patrice Guichard's help

Kevin Rivaton's Cristal Group, which took over former French intelligence service hacker Patrice Guichard's Celteam in November, is developing countermeasures against NSO Group's Pegasus and other spyware.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Raven Special Risks, CIFAL, Riskology, Sibylline

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 London and Tashkent.

LondonFormer Control Risks exec Michael Haughey returns from Singapore.

TashkentJoanna Golas keeps CIFAL's French networks in the loop.

LondonRiskology bows out after the death of co-founder.

Austin/LondonSibylline handles Apple's intelligence threats.

Corexalys sets up partnerships with ADIT and Sopra-Steria

Darknet intelligence specialist Corexalys, a French firm which employs a number of former intelligence service experts, has been setting up new partnerships this year with experienced corporate intelligence companies.

Britain's UAE-focused PR firm Brunswick sets sights on Saudi Arabia

The PR firm which handles UAE's cultural soft power has hired Canadian Gulf cultural heritage expert France Desmarais, the brains behind the promotion of Saudi Arabia's Diriyah Gate development, as Abu Dhabi and Riyadh jostle for a place on the world's cultural heritage map.

Potential Iraqi Rafale purchase publicised by Norman Ricklefs unlikely to fly

The Australian consultant who has long made Iraq his home caused a stir in the world of French defence last week with remarks that Baghdad wants to purchase Rafale jets and drones from France. In Paris, however, the project is still very much in its infancy, even almost non-existent.

YesWeHack partners with AmiViz to launch bug bounty platform in Dubai

The French bug bounty start-up has plans to expand in the Middle East using local distributors to try to win market share. It has already teamed up with AmiViz, which however may be affected by the financial difficulties of Spectrami, the firm that launched it.

Softball report on France-China relations embarrasses parliament

The Foreign Affairs Committee of France's National Assembly appears embarrassed by the upcoming publication of a very cautious report on relations between France and China. Intelligence Online was able to read the report, which only briefly mentioned security issues.

The Agencies' Gazette
Saudi GIP, Jeremy Wright, Hidalgo, Georgian National Security Council

Appointments, reforms, issues of concern: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up a miscellany of news items great and small from the global intelligence community. This week, they come from Paris, Saudi Arabia, London and Tbilisi.

Saudi Arabia/IraqThe General Intelligence Presidency reopens talks with the Anbar tribes to try to block Iran.

FranceIntelligence expert Floran Vadillo is advising French presidential candidate Anne Hidalgo.

United KingdomTelecommunications surveillance champion Jeremy Wright joins the ISC as it battles for greater powers

GeorgiaThe National Security Council gets a new chief of staff

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Othrys, Ercom, Hart Security, Risk&Co

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 London and Paris.

LondonA TV producer at the helm of intelligence firm Othrys.

ParisErcom and Suneris made full Thales units with Cyril Autant appointment.

LondonHart Security to dispatch intelligence experts to UK's most at-risk embassies.

ParisRisk&Co brings ex-Amarante manager Dimitri Akarawitage to boost corporate security management line.

Judicial appeals pile up against police EncroChat "digital infiltration"

A number of appeals have been filed in Europe following the probe into users of the encrypted communications network. In the latest episode, France's Constitutional Council will examine the validity of evidence collected by police who infiltrated users' phones.

Spotlight
Blast off for Finance Ministry's space industry strategy relaunch

Aware that its space industry is lagging behind and that its position as leader in the sector has been weakened, France is mandating seven emerging companies to redefine its strategy. This comes at a time where mistrust surrounds the sector's traditional key players.

Ukraine's business community steps up pressure on France to align on Nord Stream 2 sanctions

Investment opportunities in Ukraine and sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline were on the agenda of a recent Paris gathering of Ukrainian and French politicians, business leaders and consultants.