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

Tel AvivRayzone co-founder Ron Zilka goes solo.

Atlanta/HelsinkiUS Grayshift joins forces with Finland's Moonsoft as it spreads its European wings.

Abu Dhabi/WashingtonAmCham Abu Dhabi ropes in more cloud specialists with Red Hat and Trend Micro.

MadridSpain's GMV to provide algorithms to European Maritime Safety Agency for GEOINT data analysis.

BrusselsAndreas Constantinides, former APCO and Amcham EU, turns European lobbyist for the US cloud.

Washington focuses on Talal Al Kaissi in its new UAE cloud offensive

Appointed head of G42 Cloud in January, Talal Al Kaissi has been receptive to a charm offensive by US companies and that of their business contacts, providing a ray of hope for Washington that's alarmed by the inroads into the UAE by China's Huawei.

UAE cyber offensive champion CPX hit by intrusion as internal power battle rages around it

Despite the attribution of control of the UAE's cyber offensive capacity to Group 42 company CPX, sovereign fund Tawazun has not given up its battle to take charge of the national cyber intelligence sector. Meanwhile, CPX executives are trying to hide the fact that the company has suffered its first attack.

After Flashpoint, Laith Alkouri launches cyberintelligence solutions distributor

Now based in the United Arab Emirates, Flashpoint co-founder Laith Alkouri has recently launched the intelligence technologies distributor Intelonyx, which already has some heavyweight cyber threat intelligence partnerships.

Flurry of lawsuits hit German defence industry's former Arab world agent El Husseini

Ahmad El Husseini, Rheinmetall's former Near East and North Africa agent, is being sued by some of his creditors, including the major part state-owned banks in the UAE.

Aselsan, Baykar, TOGG: Abu Dhabi eyes acquisition of Turkey's military industry

The UAE's busy national security adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan has designs on Turkey's defence industry and is looking to acquire a stake in Aselsan, while keeping one eye on the reconciliation between Riyadh and Ankara.

Tanker that resurfaced as Iranian warship linked to Emirati royals

The well-connected Suwaidi family failed last month in its bid to sue its insurance company over a "lost" ship. The clan lies at the heart of labyrinthine interests that tie it to Abu Dhabi's royal dynasty.

India's fallen signal intelligence king hawks Turkish drones to Dubai

From Dubai, where he now runs his firm specialising in intelligence equipment, Stratign, Anant Bindal is selling military drones. Branded as being his company, they are in fact designed by Turkish manufacturers.

Emirati bankers extra-vigilant in Islamabad after fall of Imran Khan

In the space of just 10 days, Pakistan saw the deadline for repayment of a $2bn loan from the Emirates extended, Prime Minister Imran Khan brought down and Shebhaz Sharif appointed in his place. In this unstable period, the Emirati business community is keeping a close eye on its key assets in the country.

Gary Creighton to help Ricklefs' Namea Group grow in the Gulf

Australian ex-soldier Gary Creighton, an Iraq veteran who now works in the Emirati business world, has joined the advisory board of Norman Ricklefs' Namea Group, the successor to Iraq Advisory Group.

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Tahnoon places his cronies to spearhead cyber offensive flagship CPX

Abu Dhabi's national security adviser is readying Digital 14 spinoff CPX's troops for battle by appointing four UAE cyber sector strongmen to its board, strengthening connections to Group 42.