Thiel carves niche in US intelligence imagery

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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 moulds new multilateral strategy in 'China Initiative' follow-up 

After pressure from the FBI, the 'China Initiative' has undergone an official name change. Washington is now keen to take a harder line and involve its Indo-Pacific allies in a drive to both rid itself of spies and protect itself from the Chinese Communist Party.

HawkEye scores first US space-based SIGINT contracts 

The US radio frequency signals specialist has been selected to provide its data to the US geospatial intelligence agency NGA and work with Space Force as competition in the sector heats up.

Planet's SPAC deal reveals the scale of the challenges it faces 

By using a SPAC to obtain a stock exchange listing, US New Space GEOINT pioneer Planet, had to release information which shows the scale of the financial and industrial challenges which still lie ahead of it.

TRG prepares to enter European market 

The Cyprus-based firm TRG Research And Development is adapting its unstructured data processing solution to meet the needs of European intelligence services.

Guidepost poaches from Gavin De Becker 

Former federal prosecutor Bart Schwartz's Guidepost Solutions, which specialises in [...]

FBI externalises FISA audit for greater credibility 

On September 23, the FBI issued a tender for assistance [...]

Five Eyes urged to collaborate on future AI standards 

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), an independent committee established by Congress in 2018, called on the US [...]

Former FBI investigators examined Bezos' iPhone for FTI 

FTI Consulting hired a crack team of former FBI Cyber Division investigators to probe the hacking of Amazon chief Jeff [...]

Palantir targets Japanese market 

The US data mining company Palantir sent Fabrice Bregier, the [...]

Silvus guides drones without GPS 

Wireless communications specialist Silvus Technologies has integrated positioning and navigation functions into its radio equipment that can take over when GPS signals are jammed.

Shadow IT, the next big thing in IT security 

Launched by former Darpa and CIA experts, the startup Expanse is helping the Pentagon to detect the connection of unauthorised computers to its networks. Other companies, such as Israel's Axonius, are also positioning themselves in this marketplace.

Banks woo ex-spies to run fusion centres 

Banking giant Citi is currently hiring staff to beef up its Cyber Security Fusion Center (CSFC). The new facility will [...]

Ex-Israeli intelligence captain Lital Leshem, from Black Cube to Erik Prince 

As director of relations with investors at Erik Prince's personal [...]

Anja Manuel helps Thiel's freight logistics company Flexport in Asia 

Flexport, the Californian company that markets data processing and brokerage [...]

DGSI and BKA get into big data 

The German and French internal intelligence services are keen to get on with mining the masses of data they possess. [...]

Palantir nabs Fabrice Bregier 

According to our sources, the US data mining firm Palantir is poised to hire Fabrice Bregier, the former number two [...]

Thiel supports Ehud Barak's startup Carbyne 

The Israeli startup Carbyne, which previously went by the name [...]

Bernard Emie Hobnobs with Karp and Thiel at Bilderberg 

After Patrick Calvar performed similar duties in 2015 (IOL 737), [...]

Pentagon caught between Bezos, Koch brothers  Free

The Pentagon is due to finalise its tender for the contract to store and manage data in the cloud, under [...]

DSS, Trump's watchdog against Chinese investment 

The Defense Security Service (DSS), the Pentagon's counter-intelligence service, launched a tender in February to externalise the analysis of data [...]

Amazon puts ANSSI to the test 

Amazon Web Services (AWS), which does a lot of work for the Pentagon and the US intelligence community (IOL 791), [...]

Palantir plants flag in Doha 

Palantir, the US intelligence community's big data darling, has its [...]

Intelligence community urges Congress to renew Section 702 

Senior U.S. intelligence leaders are asking Congress to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before it expires [...]

Despite Trump, Congress builds cyberdefence against Russia 

Although the White House continues to play down the role of Russian interference in the US elections last year, the [...]

Sale of DigitalGlobe may cool GEOINT speculation 

Canada's MDA is struggling to finalise its acquisition of DigitalGlobe while funds have also dried up for new companies in the GEOINT sector, suggesting a slowdown in what used to be a feverish marketplace.

Planet ever closer to the NGA 

The geospatial intelligence startup has been contracted to supply US intelligence with imagery from Syria and Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

Dataiku, French firm, seeks to rival Palantir 

Specializing in processing huge amounts of data and predictive algorithms, the French firm Dataiku is increasingly positioning itself to vie [...]

May played Trump card to sack GCHQ chief 

The sudden departure of Robert Hannigan as head of GCHQ, [...]

Ex-Ashton Carter aide goes to amazon 

Iram Ali, who was former US Secretary of Defense Ashton [...]

SpaceX beefs up its security 

SpaceX, the start-up that builds space launchers for Elon Musk, [...]

DGSI gets new technical director 

Patrick Guyonneau has been appointed to head the technical department [...]

FBI makes very political arrest 

The arrest of US diplomat Candace Marie Claiborne by the [...]

NSA sheds light on technology transfer to the private sector 

The latest issue of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) quarterly [...]

Peter Thiel has big GEOINT 2.0 plans 

The Silicon Valley billionaire and Donald Trump supporter has been advancing his pawns in the low-cost observation satellite business.

The DGSI 

The DGSI, France's internal intelligence service, has finally signed a [...]

DGSI courts Palantir 

The French internal intelligence service, which is completely overwhelmed by the fight against terrorism in France, has turned to the US data mining specialist for help.

Google's wings clipped by shutter control 

Having burst onto the Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT) scene a year ago, Google and others newcomers in the market have since bowed down to the federal government.

The NGA 

The NGA is pursuing its policy of greater openness to [...]

Elon Musk continues great trek into satellite Internet 

The US tech mogul originally from Pretoria, Elon Musk, is working on bringing his services to southern Africa.

Amazon sets up its "cloud" in the smart Hay Riad district 

American e-commerce giant Amazon has opened the offices of its [...]