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

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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 [...]

Former intelligence translator still wrangling with DGSI 

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

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 [...]

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, [...]

DGSE considers permanent contracts for private sector hires 

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

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. [...]

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.

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.

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 [...]

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. [...]

DGSE hires cryptology rookies 

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

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.

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.

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.