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Meet Red Banyan, key Israeli ally in the US public relations world

With Netanyahu back as prime minister in Israel, the lobbying group AIPAC will be his chief advocate in Washington. AIPAC can count on its linchpin Red Banyan, a PR firm with bountiful connections to the pro-Israel lobby.

The Tech Telegraph
German security sector eyes 2026 World Cup, Vigilant Labs recruits, Variston exposed by Google, Anton Ivanov joins Technology Innovation Institute, Jerome Pasinetti heads Rhea Cybersecurité France

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

Frankfurt/WashingtonGermany's security ecosystem gets in gear for World Cup 2026.

SydneyVigilant Labs rallies L3 Trenchant's exploit hunters.

BarcelonaGerman Ralf Wegener's cyber-intelligence firm Variston in Google spotlight.

Abu DhabiAnton Ivanov appointed to head Technology Innovation Institute's space research.

ParisJérôme Pasinetti appointed to head Rhea Cybersecurité France.

Spotlight
FTX collapse sparks jitters in due diligence world

Cryptocurrency platform FTX's bankruptcy filing in November has delivered a blow to the corporate intelligence world, whose pre-investment due diligence for clients of Sam Bankman-Fried's company has been found wanting.

Centre for Information Resilience, British rising star of OSINT, seeks US funding

The Centre for Information Resilience, a social enterprise founded by former FCDO officers and whose open source investigations include Ukraine and Afghanistan, is looking for US patrons. As such, it has hired Nina Jankowicz, formerly in charge of counter-disinformation for the Department of Homeland Security.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
McLarty and Ikea, UN investigator in Manchester, Avisa in crypto, SFO's Edwards, Houghton at Strategy&

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 Brussels, before heading to Manchester and then on to Paris and London.

Brussels Ikea to turn to McLarty over possible Belarusian prisoner links?

Manchester New investigation firm for the UK's North West

Paris Avisa Partners counts on fledgling RAID Square for crypto-investigations

London Former SFO Kellie Edwards goes solo

London Houghton advises Strategy&, drops Crossword

Name of dark PR specialist Ronen Tzur surfaces in huge inheritance case of tycoon Israel Perry

To support their legal dispute with Swiss trustee Dieter Neupert over the inheritance of their late husband and father, Lilly Perry and Tamar Greenspoon are suspected of hiring Israeli influence communications specialist Ronen Tzur, who also advised defence minister Benny Gantz.

Cubic Digital Intelligence wins the trust of Australian Army Special Operations

The US cyber conglomerate Cubic Corp's GEOINT subsidiary has already won a string of military contracts with the special forces in the country just months after opening its Australian branch.

NSA-US Cyber Command likely to keep 'dual hat' leadership under Biden

A review into whether the NSA and the US Cyber Command, currently helmed by the same chief, should be separated, seems to point towards maintaining a status quo. The results of the audit into the matter point to a majority of stakeholders preferring this option.

As hacking accusations against it mount up, CyberRoot strikes back in Indian courts

Indian cyber intelligence company CyberRoot is beating its own path in the face of the ongoing investigator and hacker-for-hire wars between ENRC-funded camps and those led by lawyer Neil Gerrard, Dechert and the Ras Al Khaimah emirate.

Garda's alleged methods to land State Department security contract in Iraq challenged in court by SOC LLC

SOC has accused two former executives of supplying confidential company information to help rival Garda win strategic contracts to protect US diplomatic facilities in Iraq earlier this year.

Lobbyists and investigators push for US sanctions against Kazakh ex-president Nazarbayev's circle

After the US midterms and the presidential elections in Kazakhstan, lobbyist Joseph Szlavik is stepping up efforts to have sanctions imposed on the ex-president's brother Bolat Nazarbayev.

Military intelligence research firm BluePath Labs unwraps China's strategic ambitions

The Washington-based consultancy is the US China Economic and Security Commission's contractor of choice to carry out deep investigations into the working of the People's Liberation Army.

The Tech Telegraph
Ex-Suneris executive and former DGSE technical chief join Snowpack, L3 Trenchant poaches from Qihoo, US Army launches AI project

In SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT and cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

Paris Badaire and Barbier join startup Snowpack's advisory board

Sydney Ex-Qihoo 360 researcher Seeley joins L3Harris cyberattack lab

Aberdeen US Army launches AI acquisitions programme

Fake lawyer dupes Kuwaiti military attaché in Washington for years

Having omitted to run background checks, representatives of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defence in Washington, DC had enlisted the services of a man pretending to be a lawyer to handle their legal affairs with the US federal agencies for eight years.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Quinlan turns to Newsweek, Treliant at Exigen, Beth with Oriol, Boulègue at Audere, Kerley joins Evelyn Partners

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, Washington and Paris.

Washington Journalist-hungry Quinlan hires Newsweek reporter

Washington Treliant poaches exec from Exiger to increase corporate intelligence capacities

Paris Battesti loses Dessenne but still with Beth

London/Paris Post-Soviet expert Boulègue joins Audere and CEPA

London Kerley joins Evelyn Partners