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The Tech Telegraph
Ian Pears with Nihon Cyber Defence, Ten Eleven Ventures' advisers, Sam Curry leaves Cybereason, Cassidy & Associates helps Clearview

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.

Tokyo Ex-Royal Navy info services director Pears joins NCD

Boston Ten Eleven Ventures bulks up cyber team from Europe

Boston Cybereason loses government procurement chairman

Washington ​Cassidy & Associates to help Clearview be seen in US

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Amarante and the AFD, Hakluyt's spring growth, Brasidas poaches from Schillings, JS Held ends Hong Kong venture, DragonFly tests the air for Delta, CRA vs. activists

Appointments, financial results, new contracts, in Washington, London and Paris: every week, we report on the events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

ParisAmarante looks for risks facing the AFD

London/WashingtonHakluyt's springtime recruits and fresh funds

ZurichBrasidas taps into Schillings talent pool

Hong KongJS Held closes local office

CambridgeActivists target Charles River Associates

Washington rallies local companies around new jihadist prison project in northeastern Syria

The US is funding the construction of a new detention centre in northeastern Syria, while its local partner, the Syrian Democratic Forces, has been tasked with selecting suitable companies for the project.

Biden administration's call to renew major intelligence law triggers congressional and lobbying battle

Intelligence and law enforcement heavyweights support the bid to extend Section 702, which opened the door to domestic surveillance without a warrant. GOP, Democrats, lobbyists and even intelligence employees appear divided on the matter. If not passed by the year's end, Section 702 will expire.

The Tech Telegraph
Tehtris shielded Macron, US cyber reserve plans, Ofer Kotler at Awz Ventures

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.

ParisTehtris put cyber shield around Emmanuel Macron's campaign

WashingtonCyber reserve returns to Congress

TorontoOfer Kotler joins Canadian-based fund Awz Ventures

Spotlight
Private investigators allegedly involved in trans woman's forced return to Saudi Arabia

Special Investigations Limited was hired by the family of Eden Knight, who has reportedly committed suicide. Its CEO Michael Pocalyko, a former Navy pilot with a background in intelligence, reportedly misled Knight, claiming his goal was to help her repair relations with her parents.

Saudi Ajlan & Bros eyes Chinese Norinco's observation satellites

After axing Scopa Industries' US projects, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Ajlan now has free rein to team with China's US-sanctioned defence industry.

NATO seeks to consolidate position in Ukraine

With the war in Ukraine taking up their energy, NATO officials have loudly condemned Russia. While alliance member states are in charge of logistics and the military response to the conflict, NATO is looking to consolidate its long-term position in Kyiv.

US lobbying giant APCO to help Ukraine-based initiative pushing for Kyiv and Minsk's EU integration

The US lobbying firm has been commissioned by a new Brussels-based NGO, Center for a European Future, to help prepare the ground for Minsk and Kyiv's EU integration. The think-tank is led by an experienced PR professional with strong ties in Ukraine but few contacts in Minsk.

Ottawa's cyber strategy faces challenge of improving integration with Washington

Canada is looking to beef up its scattered cyber capacities by pooling its resources with the US, despite the scant progress made on strengthening the countries' bilateral military command, NORAD.

US's Intel 471, supplier to the Australian Signals Directorate, forced to tighten belt

A victim of the economic crisis and last year's crypto collapse, US private equity firm Thoma Bravo's losses have hit the cyber threat intelligence outfit Intel 471 and other firms in its cyber portfolio, under orders to slash costs.

Polish diplomatic think-tank carves niche in Washington

The PISM, close to the Warsaw government, is developing its influence across the Atlantic. Its main targets are security decision-makers and Republican circles in Washington, but it also has Canada in its sights.

Staff sue Louis Vuitton's New York security provider over unpaid overtime

Global Threat Solutions, the company that handled security for the French luxury giant's exhibition on New York's Madison Avenue, has been accused by a group of its employees of breaching US labour laws. They took the case to court earlier this month.

The Tech Telegraph
Dream poaches from Tenable, SAT distributes Kaymera, Fischler at Interionet, Boeing upheld for DIA contract

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 Aviv Dream Security poaches Tenable's product management director

Dubai Kaymera carried by SAT in the UAE

Herzliya Fischler joins Interionet to lead European sales

Washington GAO confirms Boeing pick for DIA's SITE III programme

Spotlight
Hack for hire: ENRC aims to open up Dechert and Nick del Rosso's Pandora's box

Kazakh mining group ENRC is already pursuing a legal and investigative campaign of unprecedented scale and complexity. Now, it is overseeing the start of fresh legal action against its nemesis, Neil Gerrard, his old law firm Dechert, and, by the same token, Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Macron's ex-bodyguard in Kyiv, former Met officer goes private, from SFO to Capital Law, Beckles signs with Ankara, Bison poaches from 5 Stones, Nardello promotions

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community, from Paris to London, New York and Kyiv.

Paris/KyivFormer Macron security advisor prospects in Kyiv

LondonSpencer Barnett goes private

LondonSFO investigator who led to Glencore conviction joins Capital Law

WashingtonLobbyist Alex Beckles gets closer to Ankara

WashingtonBison Group shops at 5 Stones

New York On a high, Nardello goes on promotion drive