France
Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

The Intelligence Gazette
New public security director in Jordan, Susnjara candidate for DRSD, Kalinovsky Regiment goes political, sex scandal in Copenhagen

Appointments reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online reports on developments great and small in the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Amman, Paris, Minsk and Copenhagen.

JordanAbdallah II appoints new public security chief to combat drug trafficking.

FrancePhilippe Susnjara favourite to head the DRSD.

Belarus/UkraineKalinovsky Regiment goes political.

DenmarkRevelations about spy chief's sex life threaten Social Democrats

France
Comcyber picks all-in-one command and control platform favourites

France's defence innovation agency has selected the metaverse cyber operations command centre project that Airbus and its university partner IMT Atlantique developed as part of a government-run call for cybersecurity projects.

France
French military counter-espionage service set for a new director

Eric Bucquet is to hand over as head of the defence security intelligence service, the DRSD, this summer and he should be succeeded by Stéphane Dupont, currently in charge of French forces in Djibouti.

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.

France
French army special forces chiefs race for key intelligence posts

The senior officers' transfer market is hotting up as land army special forces commanders prepare to go after a number of top intelligence service posts which are due for renewal.

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
DRSD formalises cyber-division

The new technical department of the intelligence and defence security [...]

France
Defense security boosts technical department

Limited by a modest budget, the French Defense Security service is teaming with other services as much as it can to strengthen its technical capacities and keep its rank among France's top intelligence services.