France, UAE
Reem Lababidi crafts Franco-Emrati cyber contracts

France
Bug bounty firm Yogosha's founders fight each other in court over cyber contracts in UAE

The French firm's co-founder Fabrice Epelboin and his former Moroccan business partner Abderahman Zohry are threatening to sue Yogosha before the ECHR. They blame the company, which is now run by its other co-founder, Yassir Kazar, for taking on contracts in the UAE.

France, Jordan
Amman entrusts its bug bounty programme to France's Yogosha

French computer vulnerabilities firm Yogosha has landed its second contract in the Middle East, with Jordan, following a similar deal with Abu Dhabi.

Egypt, UAE
Cybersecurity specialist Help AG set to follow Etisalat into Egyptian market

Emirates-based cyber security distributor Help AG, the cyber branch of recently rebranded UAE telecoms operator e& (ex-Etisalat) is preparing to establish itself in Cairo. Egypt is a priority market under the e& group's plans to extend its presence throughout Africa.

France, UAE
French bug bounty hunters free to export their services unrestricted

Despite the tightening of checks on exports of dual-use goods, French firms that specialise in finding vulnerabilities in computer-system security are still free to export their services - even though their findings risk being misused by clients.

The Tech Telegraph
Hagenah joins HackerOne tech council, Nachmani moves from ACE Labs to Nanolock, Infodas lands German frigate contract, Group-IB's Jurcenoks goes solo

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of technical intelligence providers.

San FranciscoFormer Finfisher tech director Alexander Hagenah joins HackOne's tech council.

HerzliyaErez Nachmani moves from ACE Labs to NanoLock Security.

CologneInfodas to provide cyber defences for new German frigates.

SacramentoEx-Group-IB cybersecurity chief sets up his own consulting firm

France, UAE
CybelAngel targets sovereign UAE market from new Dubai base

After two years of working in the Gulf, CybelAngel is opening an outpost in Dubai where it is looking to gain a more solid footing in the UAE's part-public cyber sector, prey to internal power struggles.

France
Cyber Impact Fund poaches national cybersecurity policy officer William Lecat

The new French fund specialised in supporting European cyber start-ups has made its first two investments. William Lecat will be responsible for investing in 20 other start-ups over the next five years.

Spotlight | France, Germany, Italy
Germany and Italy come to forefront at global intelligence summits

The return of international cyber summits allows observers to track changes in goals set by companies from countries keen to export their wares. German and Italy have picked up the pace as France falls behind.

France, UAE
France's Yogosha moves in as UAE readies to launch bug bounty platform

The French start-up, whose international aspirations have primarily taken it to the United Arab Emirates, will be launching a new investment round with help from Ryder & Davis.