Spotlight | United States
John Inglis's nomination as national cyber chief heralds new direction for US cyber

United States
Air Force and Space Force turf war over GMTI target-tracking satellites returns to Congress

The Ground Moving Target Indicator satellite network mission is back in Congress. The US Air Force and Space Force have been battling over who should operate this new programme for monitoring ground targets for several years.

Spotlight | United States
Storm clouds gather over Biden's national cyber office

Headwinds swirling round the US intelligence and tech communities are battering Joe Biden's Office of the National Cyber Director. Less than two years after it opened its doors in the White House, the service is losing key staff left, right and centre.

UAE, United Kingdom
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.

United States
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.

United States
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.

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DGA gets new smartphones; CISA shares CTI with US; Turner heads Dragos ANZ; Elimelech joins Paragon

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

Bruz DGA acquires new supplies of telephones.

WashingtonBigger role for CISA in defence suppliers' cyberprotection.

Baltimore/SydneyHarley Turner takes helm of Dragos' new Australian branch.

Tel AvivParagon hires former NSO officer Reut Elimelech.

Spotlight | United States
Bracket f, the new cyber gem of NSA senior TAO officials

Tim Kosiba has just joined the private sector at bracket f, US cybersecurity specialist Redacted's subsidiary for defence contracts, after heading the NSA division Computer Network Operations (CNO, ex-Tailored Access Operations) up to 2019.

United States
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.

United States
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.

United States
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.

France, United Kingdom, United States
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.

United States
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.

United States
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.

United States
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 [...]