France
COMCYBER turns to Sahar for influence operations

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Amos Malka joins Falkor, Sahar in Singapour, Egyptian maritime surveillance

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

IsraelFormer military intelligence chief Amos Malka joins Falkor start-up

SingaporeFrench OSINT specialist Sahar targets Asia market

San Diego/CairoForward Slope to supply Egypt navy's surveillance system

France
French Comcyber provider Sahar secures new funding

French mass data analysis company Sahar is set to welcome a new minority shareholder shortly.

France
France's SGDSN budget finances new anti-fake news technology for Viginum

France's new anti-fake news service Viginum has been allocated €4m to procure technology and hire 25 additional staff in signs which suggest the service is poised to work more closely with the French intelligence community.

France
Former Suneris executive takes charge at online counter-influence start-up Sahar

As it prepares to leave the French army's Comcyber incubator, Sahar has appointed former Suneris executive Erwan Le Gall as its chief executive.

United States
Pentagon working closer with DNI on information warfare

The DoD is working with the intelligence community to respond more effectively to influence operations.

France
COMCYBER discreetly militarises language

French cyber command, or Comcyber (Commandement de la Cyberdéfense) recently [...]

France
With Le Gall, Sahar pursues shift towards security and defence

The French big data startup Sahar has recently hired Erwan [...]

France
Interior ministry's anti-fake news drive attracts private firms

Interior ministry wants to step up its engagement in the fight against disinformation, which could be a boon for several private firms.

United States
CounterAction want to give the big picture of influence operations

The year 2020, with its flurry of elections in countries on the edge of the EU, pulled between the West and Russia, such as Moldavia and Georgia, has seen a fair share of influence operations.

Israel
Intercept 9500 takes offensive tack against cyber-influence ops

As more companies enter the cyber-influence detection market, Israel's Intercept 9500 is taking a step further by offering counter-operations.

United States
Barbaricum shows military AI teeth

With the US looking to take back the lead in artificial intelligence, the Pentagon's dedicated AI centre has started to issue contracts, offering new opportunities to companies like Barbaricum.

France, Israel, United States
Sahar, Primer, ActiveFence lead Western efforts to defeat online disinformation with AI

As the spectre of disinformation resurfaces in the lead-up to the U.S. presidential election, digital influence experts are turning to commercial artificial intelligence solutions to detect hostile influence operations. The Israeli startup ActiveFence plans to distribute its platform directly to social networks.

Armenia, Azerbaijan
Old-fashioned psyops in Nagorno-Karabach

While the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia continues, both countries' [...]