ALL ARTICLES - ITALY

• ITALY/TAIWAN - Taipei uses business to renew political dialogue in Milan

• SYRIA - Arab League invitation but not reintegration on the cards for Damascus

• RUSSIA - Customs chief succession causes headache

• MOSCOW - NtechLab founders' distance from firm not so clean cut

• DUBAI/ROME - Italy's Secom opens door to Europe for Rakia Group 

• WASHINGTON - Israeli anti-drone specialist Convexum after voice in Congress 

• LYON - Interpol seeks to monitor the seas 

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• BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON - Italy's chances fade for NATO top post

• JORDAN - Abdullah II's National Security Council struggles to emerge

• POLAND - Pressure on information and communication systems

• FRANCE - Comcyber remains blind to Beijing's cyber divisions

• EDMONTON - Canada's Wyvern appoints two US vice-presidents

• WASHINGTON - Meta hires specialist lobbyists for crusade against OSINT

• DUBAI - Former Area VP Braccioli takes DigitalPlatforms to UAE

• BRUSSELS - NATO issues tender for OSINT early warning platform
  

Ankara bids to get into space observation's major league with Impro 

Young public sector company Impro, which markets the images taken by Turkey's military satellites, has set up a partnership with Telespazio to help it boost Turkey's geospatial intelligence capacity ahead of the eagerly awaited arrival of the Gokturk-3 observation satellite.

Memento Labs tries to get back into UAE market through local distributor SAT 

The Italian cyber intelligence company, which was damaged by a hacking and leaking operation (HALO) carried out against it in 2015, is trying to get back into the United Arab Emirates market through fast-expanding local distributor Scientific Analytical Tools (SAT).

Ex-carabinieri Francesco Dattola builds small empire with NSR 

Francesco Dattola, head of NSR, a small cybersecurity and cyberintelligence firm in Italy, is buying up and founding new cyberbusinesses.

How small Italian cyber intelligence companies are reacting to Cy4gate's omnipresence 

Cy4gate is becoming more and more influential in Italian cyberintelligence. Smaller companies are strategising to remain in dialogue with the authorities.

Athens relaunches Franco-Italian corvette race 

Temporarily suspended for budgetary reasons, the Greek Navy's corvette procurement plans are back on again. Rival contenders Naval Group and Fincantieri are mobilising their contacts in Athens.

Intelligence services turn to academia to develop their economic skills  Free

The Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza (DIS), which coordinates the intelligence services alongside Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has turned to the academic research sector to help it train more economic security experts.

Slovenian Navy prospects for new patrol vessels 

Slovenia's armed forces have reached out to foreign companies for two new surface vessels to patrol the Adriatic, with France hoping it is in with a chance against Israeli, Italian and Dutch shipyards.

• PARIS/BEIJING - Chinese monitoring giants launch fresh charm offensive.
  

• ABU DHABI - Former CPX deputy VP of sales Morland into cyber consulting.

• RIYADH/DALLAS - Koujan spearheads Intel 471's push into Saudi Arabia.

• ROME - Cy4gate's ex-CEO Eugenio Santagata leaves board.

China tests waters with Meloni's Italy 

The Chinese Communist Party is looking to see if Giorgia Meloni's government will open Italy to Chinese investment again. Its overtures have been ignored for the moment but bi-lateral cooperation opportunities are real.

• KYIV - NCSCC takes over OSINT training for Ukrainian officials

• BASSANO DEL GRAPPA AND NEW YORK - Dataflow poaches Margaritelli

• PARIS - Owlint joins GICAT

Carabinieri to take delivery of an OSINT platform from DeepCyber 

An Italian Carabinieri unit combating organised crime has tasked DeepCyber with developing a complete open source intelligence system for it. In so doing, the unit is following the example of counterparts in other European countries, which are also looking to develop their own dedicated systems.

Dataflow Security sets up new forensics company in New York 

Vulnerabilities reseller Dataflow Security has set up a company called Dataflow Forensics in New York. The new company will be able to draw on the US contacts of Dataflow founder Ofer Cohen, who is close to MAG Logistics boss Stephen Arbib.

Cyber offence specialist Cy4gate reinforces its presence in France by buying Diateam 

Italian cyber-intelligence company Cy4gate is taking over cybersecurity company Diateam, which has strong connections in the French defence sector.