United States
NSA banks on work-study contracts to meet hiring challenge

United States
Federal contractor whose CEO defrauded the NSA had won other contracts

InfoTek's co-founder and CEO Jacky Lynn McComber is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of billing the NSA out of $300,000 with inflated claims about work hours. The company is still registered to do business but appears to have collapsed.

United States
ODNI suffers political fallout from Biden classified documents discovery

Controversy over the mishandling of classified documents by the US leadership has put the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in a tight spot, where it is torn between fighting leaks on the one hand and respecting its responsibility to keep out of politics on the other.

United States
Pentagon expert Two Six Technologies acquires cyber offensive capacities

Two Six Technologies, the crafter of the Pentagon's cyber warfare platforms, has taken steps to build its offensive capacities by hiring a small team of vulnerability researchers.

Spotlight | United States
USCYBERCOM takes step towards acquisition autonomy

The US Cyber Command is accelerating its path towards increased acquisition and procurement powers with the launch of its first Program Executive Office. This marks its first real step towards a possible separation from the NSA.

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.

The Intelligence Gazette
New Iranian militia in Syria, Chinese retiree recall, Finnish border, Swedish NSA, ANSSI

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on Tehran and Zhengzhou, via Helsinki, Stockholm and Paris.

Iran/Syria IRGC mobilises new militia against US interests in Syria

China Retired military, state personnel hired to prevent iPhone production jam

Finland Border guards camp in the east

Sweden Bigger budget for interception agency FRA

France Senators move to make ANSSI more aggressive