John Inglis's nomination as national cyber chief heralds new direction for US cyber

Stratia Cyber deploys cybersecurity centres in UAE 

The London-based cyber consulting firm Stratia Cyber's outpost in Dubai, Cyberspectre, is spearheading the development of its cybersecurity business in the UAE.

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.

FBI faces increasing political scrutiny as election security and counter-espionage work piles up 

FBI head Chris Wray needs to continue adapting the bureau to meet new internal and external threats. Paradoxically, the supposedly traditionally conservative organisation is confronted by increasingly fierce attacks from the Republican Party.

• WASHINGTON - Bigger role for CISA in defence suppliers' cyberprotection.
  

• BALTIMORE/SYDNEY - Harley Turner takes helm of Dragos' new Australian branch.
  

• TEL AVIV - Paragon hires former NSO officer Reut Elimelech.

X8, discreet ally of US Cyber Command 

The boutique US cyber intelligence firm that works on keeping a low-profile has a solid network of contacts within the US cyberspace operations unit.

US Cyber Command-NSA split back up for review in Congress 

The resource-sharing arrangements between the NSA and the US Cyber Command regularly get called into question and this time Congress would like a thorough review of how the two agencies interact and where they overlap.

Second Front Systems hires Michael Neumann to fast track public-private integration 

Dual-use technology specialist Second Front Systems has hired a CIA expert just as the Biden administration aims to ramp up coordination between government agencies and private firms in cyberspace.

Western intelligence services tackle challenge of attributing foreign influence operations 

The United States, the United Kingdom and France want to ensure they can confidently determine where disinformation campaigns targeting them are coming from.

ODNI's new centre to combat foreign influence may sideline State Dept's hub 

The Foreign Malign Influence Center, to be created under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), may have overlapping functions with the State Department's Global Engagement Center.

NGA eyes new pool of GEOINT vendors as it ramps up commercial acquisitions 

The agency wants to support US geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) start-ups but is also increasingly considering European firms.

Washington rethinks cyberdefence with allies' help 

On June 2, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) added an appendix to its report on cyber-security published in March, taking [...]