UAE
Abu Dhabi's Protect takes over DarkMatter's cyber-offensive role

The Tech Telegraph
Paris skips Danish cyber summit, UAE's Protect exposed by Google, Black River Systems integrates 5G, Preligens starts afresh

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

CopenhagenFrance gives Danish cyber summit a miss

DubaiGoogle exposes Protect Electronic Systems

Rome, New YorkBlack River Systems integrates 5G

ParisPreligens loses defence fair sponsor

Spotlight | China, Israel, UAE
Abu Dhabi's spymaster fashions local Palantir 2.0 with Chinese help

Group 42, the AI company controlled by Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan has all sorts of connections with Beijing.

UAE
Tahaluf, part-public territorial surveillance champion

Founded on the initiative of the Emirati interior ministry, the part-publicly owned Tahaluf Al Emarat is developing an array of technology to monitor foreign visitors. The company also has its eye on the export market.

United States
After Abu Dhabi, Lori Stroud gets back into cyber

After working for Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) and CyberPoint, former [...]

Spotlight | UAE
NESA, SIA, DarkMatter, BeamTrail make up Abu Dhabi's new interceptions landscape

In less than a year, technical intelligence and interceptions, or SIGINT, in the United Arab Emirates has been totally reorganised, with offensive and defensive operations now separate. The move has had a knock-on effect on the private sector, as Intelligence Online reports.

UAE
Darkmatter gets Western experts to develop spy-proof smartphone

Senior engineers from former Western mobile giants are the brains behind the UAE's cyber-defence company Darkmatter's stealth phone Katim.

Egypt, Qatar
Egypt's intelligence agency compiles "black book" against Doha

In the shadow of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, the Egyptian intelligence service is gathering as much information as it can against Doha to try to get Western countries on their side.

UAE
CyberPoint exports know-how

The small Baltimore-based firm has been helping Abu Dhabi establish a cyber-defence centre.