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Corporate Intelligence 05/10/2022

Italian ex-MP Tofalo launches business diplomacy firm

Former Italian MP of the Five Star Movement Angelo Tofalo. © Insidefoto di andrea staccioli/Alamy banque d'images

Government Intelligence 03/10/2022

The Intelligence Gazette: Russia's mobilisation, Shin Bet in Dubai, Belloni, Kyiv presses Berlin

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online reports on developments great and small in the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Dubai, Moscow, Rome and Berlin. [...]

Piazza di Pietra, in the heart of the Colonna district in Rome. © IPA Agency/Maxppp

Spy Way Of Life

Government Intelligence 30/09/2022

Piazza di Pietra: a charming square steeped in secrets

Spotlight

International Dealmaking 20/09/2022

Beijing's shadow hangs over Silk-Faw, the luxury car production mega-project Free

Surveillance & Interception 15/09/2022

Cy4Gate tries to contain the fall-out caused by recent revelations about new subsidiary RCS Lab

Italian cyber intelligence company Cy4gate has been caught unaware by recent reports about the activities of RCS Lab, the legal interceptions company it has just taken over. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 14/09/2022

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice: Nardello, Optima, Ilios, Sparacino, DRSD

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 New York, London, Paris and Rome. [...]

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Corporate Intelligence 14/09/2022

Benedetto Fu gives Matteo Renzi behind scenes advice on China

For the past two years, the Italian former PM has had an adviser secretly helping him to explore partnerships and establish relations with the right people in China, Intelligence Online can reveal. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 01/09/2022

Italian intelligence provider Negg makes entrance at ISS World exhibition

The Italian cyber-intelligence firm has signed up to take part at the Asian edition of the ISS World intelligence providers fair where it hopes to increase its international exposure. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 31/08/2022

Ofer Cohen link Israeli cyber sector and US special forces air transport contractor

Ofer Cohen, who founded a cybersecurity company with Stephen Arbib, head of US special forces contractor MAG Logistics, is today head of vulnerability trader Dataflow Security. The company is based in Italy but has now opened a subsidiary in Spain. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 19/07/2022

Negg sets out to conquer international market

Italian cyber-intelligence company Negg is looking to win contracts abroad by creating a network of partners and resellers. [...]

Spymaster Government Intelligence 01/07/2022

Elisabetta Belloni observes a diplomatic silence after the storm over her presidential candidature

After 36 years as a diplomat without mishap, Elisabetta Belloni has for the last year been in charge of the Italian intelligence services. She owes her position to the intervention of former Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio. [...]

The head of the Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza (DIS), Elisabetta Belloni.

Surveillance & Interception 30/06/2022

Dataflow Security tracks down vulnerabilities for Europe's cyber intelligence companies

Young Italian firm Dataflow Security sells the zero-day vulnerabilities it finds, along with the exploit codes that go with them, to European cyber intelligence operators. [...]

Spy Way Of Life Government Intelligence 24/06/2022

Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, the Italian security establishment's favourite school

Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens, where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores Rome's Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, a multi-year school that allows parents, many of whom are politicians or intelligence operatives, to make a connection or two. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 23/06/2022

Ever on the offensive, bitCorp moves into secure communications

The small Italian company bitCorp, owned by two former Carabinieri intelligence officers, Gianluca Tirozzi and Christian Persurich, and already well established in cyber intelligence, is now seeking to enter the field of secure military communications via European funding. [...]

International Dealmaking 15/06/2022

Friction between Rome and ENI in European race for non-Russian gas

Though he is still backing the national oil champion's bid for gas in Qatar, Italian prime minister Mario Draghi has taken steps to gain more independence from Russia, and from the oil and gas giant itself. [...]

Government Intelligence 09/06/2022

Divisions in Rome over Russia stance prompt US concerns

Worried about the divisions within the Italian government over Ukraine, the White House has dispatched a delegation to Sicily to seek assurances that Italy will uphold its commitments regarding Russian gas. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 07/06/2022

Antonio Capuano, the Russian asset close to the Italian right

The Neapolitan lawyer, a former adviser to Silvio Berlusconi, helped Northern League leader Matteo Salvini organise a trip to Russia to try to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine with Vladimir Putin. [...]

Government Intelligence 26/05/2022

Rome turns to academia for new economic intelligence division to face China's rise

Prime Minister Mario Draghi wants to use 'Golden Power' legislation to keep an eye on foreign businesses buying key assets and is hiring a team of academics to do so. [...]

Spy Way Of Life Government Intelligence 20/05/2022

Casa Coppelle, Rome's intimate retreat catering to intelligence diplomats

Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens, where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores the restaurant Casa Coppelle in Rome, where spymasters dine and which has been the setting for meetings between the Italian and American intelligence services. [...]

Government Intelligence 10/05/2022

Italian intelligence services woo academia

Italy's DIS, which coordinates intelligence and answers to Prime Minister Mario Draghi, is looking to establish stronger ties between Italy's research and intelligence worlds. [...]

International Dealmaking 23/03/2022

Palermo resisting Beijing's grip on Italian ports

To consolidate its hold on Italy's port infrastructure network, Cosco is putting different strategies into place, though these are not always obtaining the expected results. While Taranto and Gioia Tauro are ready to accept the Beijing giant's conditions, Palermo is resisting. [...]

SpotlightSurveillance & Interception 17/03/2022

Germany and Italy come to forefront at global intelligence summits

The return of international cyber summits allows observers to track changes in goals set by companies from countries keen to export their wares. German and Italy have picked up the pace as France falls behind. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 16/03/2022

Leonardo Bellodi, the Italian helping the UAE present its anti-money laundering credentials

The ENI veteran and former Libyan Investment Authority adviser is now in charge of the UAE's international dialogue on anti-money laundering. A role that has become all the more critical as Russian money pours into the country following sanctions from the West. [...]

Government Intelligence 14/02/2022

Italian spy chiefs ordered to observe three-year moratorium before switching to private sector Free

Following the row over the decision of the current head of Italian intelligence services, Elisabetta Belloni, to run for president, prime minister Mario Draghi has signed a new decree limiting former intelligence chiefs' rights to take up posts in the private sector. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 31/01/2022

Dataflow Security moves into the big league

Italian-based newcomer Dataflow Security is ramping up its credentials ahead of its participation at the next ISS fair, the place to be for providers of cyberoffensive tools. The firm has recently poached highly experienced zero-day vulnerability researchers from intelligence agencies. [...]

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ALL ARTICLES - ITALY

Italian ex-MP Tofalo launches business diplomacy firm

The Intelligence Gazette: Russia's mobilisation, Shin Bet in Dubai, Belloni, Kyiv presses Berlin

Piazza di Pietra: a charming square steeped in secrets

Beijing's shadow hangs over Silk-Faw, the luxury car production mega-project Free

Cy4Gate tries to contain the fall-out caused by recent revelations about new subsidiary RCS Lab

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice: Nardello, Optima, Ilios, Sparacino, DRSD

Benedetto Fu gives Matteo Renzi behind scenes advice on China

Italian intelligence provider Negg makes entrance at ISS World exhibition

Ofer Cohen link Israeli cyber sector and US special forces air transport contractor

Negg sets out to conquer international market

Elisabetta Belloni observes a diplomatic silence after the storm over her presidential candidature

Dataflow Security tracks down vulnerabilities for Europe's cyber intelligence companies

Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, the Italian security establishment's favourite school

Ever on the offensive, bitCorp moves into secure communications

Friction between Rome and ENI in European race for non-Russian gas

Divisions in Rome over Russia stance prompt US concerns

Antonio Capuano, the Russian asset close to the Italian right

Rome turns to academia for new economic intelligence division to face China's rise

Casa Coppelle, Rome's intimate retreat catering to intelligence diplomats

Italian intelligence services woo academia

Palermo resisting Beijing's grip on Italian ports

Germany and Italy come to forefront at global intelligence summits

Leonardo Bellodi, the Italian helping the UAE present its anti-money laundering credentials

Italian spy chiefs ordered to observe three-year moratorium before switching to private sector Free

Dataflow Security moves into the big league

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