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Rayzone and ULTRA challenged by crosswinds in Ukraine

The two Israeli firms will deliver a system to counter hybrid warfare to the Ukrainian intelligence service SBU, but not everyone in Kyiv is happy with the choice of provider. [...] (300 words)

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ISRAEL UKRAINE 13/01/2022

Ukraine's domestic intelligence drops Rayzone and Ultra

As large amounts of US funding pours into the country's open source intelligence sector, Ukraine's home security agency, the SBU, has decided to terminate its contract with the two Israeli firms.

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Kyiv seeks to align its forces in information warfare

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How OSINT has worked its way among cyber-intelligence experts

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Israel's Rayzone Group's inevitable African turn

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Washington-financed internal counter-intelligence program entrusted to NGO

In a hurry to deploy its counter-disinformation strategy, Kyiv recently tasked an NGO, the Center for Strategic Communications, or StratCom Ukraine, with counterintelligence and counter-influence campaigns for the SBU.

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ISRAEL 02/09/2021

Cyber firm Rayzone makes defensive shift as Toka gets offensive

Israeli offensive cybersecurity firm Rayzone is promoting its Rayzsecurity division, which builds cyberdefence systems for governments, just as the market leader Toka is getting into cyberintelligence.

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Defentek wants to fly solo in South America

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The Ukrainian parliament is about to approve Volodymyr Zelensky's latest bill to reform the country's security service. This would strip the SBU of its mandate to police and investigate economic crimes, an assurance of good conduct for Ukraine's Western partners.

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