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Five years after intelligence recruitment drive in wake of Paris terror attacks, staffing issues persist

France
France's DGSE spy agency beats harassment case by ex-officer

A Paris court has rejected a bid for €50,000 compensation by a spy in France's foreign intelligence agency who said he suffered psychological harassment from his boss while posted in Dubai.

France
Here, there and everywhere: National Strategic Review wants intelligence services on all fronts

As the government puts the final touches on the National Strategic Review relating to defence and national security, Intelligence Online has been able to consult the report's latest draft, which gives pride of place to intelligence.

France
Dancing around classified information management at French customs intelligence service

DNRED struggles to find the balance between increased internal security and the need to hire personnel.

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GCHQ's cyber academy, Kochavi in Manama, Li Keqiang's succession, DGSI training

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Beijing via Manama and Paris.

ChinaXi Jinping's PM choices both from security world

United KingdomMoD staffs new Defence Cyber Academy

FranceDGSI to oversee inter-service intelligence training

Israel/BahrainTel Aviv seals security deal with Manama

FrancePro digital sovereignty lobby headed by former Huawei consultant

France
Elysée Palace weighs in to solve French intel staffing woes

Understaffed units, top-heavy management, recruitment difficulties and brain drain are among the human resources challenges that intelligence coordinator Laurent Nunez's team has been entrusted with tackling.

Spotlight | France
French Senate finds DGSE's 2022 budget a tricky fit

After several prodigal years, the DGSE is expected to see a slight decrease in its budget and investments next year. Meanwhile, according to the Senate, the modest increase in personnel spending could prove insufficient.

Spotlight | France
Lagrange, French intelligence's covert technical forum

After a dozen years of existence, the informal Lagrange grouping of the DGSE and the technical directorates of France's other intelligence services seem to be more called on than ever.

France
DGSE looking for thick-skinned cyber experts

France's DGSE external intelligence service is trying to reduce turnover in its technical directorate (DT). It has hence begun warning potential recruits of its difficult working conditions in its job advertisements, hoping in this way to avoid disappointing young recruits with high potential.

France
Morgan Philips headhunts for French military intelligence

France's military intelligence service, the DRM, has called in a headhunter to help it recruit the extra staff it needs to carry out its restructuring plans.

France
French financial intelligence takes one further step towards European and international cooperation

The French government has issued a decree stating Tracfin will cooperate with its foreign counterparts, particularly within the EU, as Brussels has requested for a while.

France
French military intelligence audited by former deputy director

Armed forces inspector François de Lapresle recently conducted an inspection of the DRM, the French military intelligence service he served in as deputy director from 2017 to 2019.

France
"Saruman" political Islam intelligence cell on cards

With the current vote in the French parliament on the bill against religious separatism, the French intelligence community is being [...]

France
Former intelligence translator still wrangling with DGSI

The DGSI, France's internal intelligence service, could find itself in [...]

France
Tracfin receives outside help on internal reforms

The internal reform of Tracfin, the French financial intelligence service, is due to be announced by its director Maryvonne Le [...]

France
Intelligence Academy launches analysis training

France's Intelligence Academy, headed by François Chambon, has launched a new analysis training programme for the top six intelligence services, [...]

France
DGSE considers permanent contracts for private sector hires

In its advisory on the 2021 budget bill published at [...]

France
Tracfin's internal reform scrutinised by partners

According to our sources, the French financial intelligence service Tracfin is preparing an internal reform it will implement in 2021. [...]

France
Budget: DGSE allocated €1bn for new premises

French budgetary documents show the intelligence community will receive a financial boost in 2021. The DGSE, in particular, is down to get more than €1bn for its real estate projects.

France
Civipol finds Canadian buyer for Transtec

Civipol, a consulting firm attached to France's interior ministry, is selling its subsidiary Transtec to the Canadian group Cowater International.

France
DGSE, DGSI and DRM's hiring of ENA graduates proves tricky

According to our sources, two graduates of France's elite national administration school ENA joined the French internal intelligence service DGSI [...]

France
DGSE outdated management culture scares spies away

While the DGSE is stepping up its communication efforts to recruit new staff, internally, human resources are increasingly under strain. [...]

France
DGSE hires cryptology rookies

Struggling to hire top level expertise, earlier this month the [...]

France
Intelligence Academy to lose its steering committee

The French prime minister's office has been slashing expenditure on advisory boards and the Intelligence Academy's steering committee is poised to be next on the list.

France
Intelligence services struggle to hire staff

Finding suitably qualified new staff continues to be a problem for the intelligence community, the parliamentary intelligence committee has underscored in its latest annual report.

France
Gomart reforming HR at DRM

The DRM's constant staffing issues are the object of much concern and officials at the military intelligence service are exploring ways to improve the situation.