France
French military planning law: parliament and government go head-to-head over intelligence amendments

France
French MPs call for parliamentary oversight of foreign investment

A National Assembly report on foreign investment monitoring makes the novel recommendation of strengthening the mechanism by entrusting it to lawmakers.

France
Intelligence services watchdog taps into Socialist Party networks

To renew his team, the president of the French security services watchdog CNCTR Serge Lasvignes has tapped into the French Socialist Party networks.

Spotlight | France
France's DGSE thwarts parliamentary bid to impose tighter control over interceptions

France's interceptions watchdog, the CNCTR, will not have closer scrutiny of audio and video recordings made by the intelligence services, a planned move that has been axed from the country's military appropriations bill.

The Intelligence Gazette
NASA/Roscosmos, DGSE, Beijing's central military committee

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring you news from the US, Russia, France and China.

United States/Russia Roscosmos to provide security to NASA officers

France Senators see through DGSE recruitment numbers

China Security bodies directly answerable to Xi Jinping

France
DPR to mount united front in the French Senate in support of CNCTR

While intelligence controls were left out of debates on the military planning law at France's Assemblée Nationale, senators are now putting the issue firmly back on the agenda.

France, Israel, Norway, United States
Regulators play catchup as intelligence services develop taste for cookie datasets

Intelligence services in the West are taking a keen interest in the purchase of cookie dataset intelligence, which can be extremely useful to locate, track and understand user behaviour. Their regulators, until now a step behind, are beginning to look into the practice too.

France, United Kingdom
In London and Paris, intelligence overseers in uproar over government investment security plans

Parliaments in both countries are seeking to control their governments' investment security policies by setting up new parliamentary delegations. These bodies have a direct impact on issues relating to intelligence oversight.

France
Defence minister's carrot and stick approach to retain cyber talent

In the midst of a staffing crisis, France's intelligence and military services are considering every trick in the book to retain their much-needed and much-sought-after cyber experts.

France
French DGSE's technical department opens up to innovation cooperation

France's external intelligence service has traditionally been reluctant to open up to private companies, but it is edging closer to working with dedicated defence and intelligence innovation outfits.

France
French defence ministry rolls out cyber emergency response centre for defence firms

Parliamentary discussion of France's draft 2024-2030 military programming bill has put the spotlight on an initiative by the DRSD to provide a computer emergency response team for the defence sector, which is currently being deployed in key regions.

France
France's centrist and far-left parties advocate for foreign intel

In the context of a new military programming law currently being debated in French parliament, the DGSE has received unexpected backing from several opposition parties who are pressing for the budget allocated to the service's organisational needs to be increased.