ALL ARTICLES - MIDDLE EAST

• SANTIAGO - Cognyte goes after Southern Cone market
  

• RIYADH - Positive Technologies eye Saudi Arabia despite US sanctions
  

• SAN FRANCISCO - US Coast Guard awards economic intel contract to Sayari

• NEW YORK - K2 quietly demotes co-CEO

• ABU DHABI - Consultant Charles Peterson returns to nuclear

• WASHINGTON - Ex-staffer takes Guidehouse to court

ADINT offers Israeli cyber a healthy alternative 

While Israeli cyber intelligence firms struggle to find their footing under stricter export controls, business is growing steadily for local geolocation specialists that use advertising data, or ADINT.

Turkey's Aselsan beefs up social media monitoring with natural language processing team 

Turkey's defence group Aselsan is building a research team specialised in automatic language processing. These experts have been called on to look at the information war being waged on social media, especially in the tense run-up to the general election.

• CREIL - Artemis roll-out speeds up

• PARIS - RB 42 woos French companies for Singapore at Campus Cyber

• FORT MEADE - Khoi Nguyen replaces Michael Clark as head of acquisitions at US CYBERCOM

• LONDON - Omri Lavie and Isaac Zack's cyber firm Orchestra Group closing UK subsidiary

Bouthaina Shaaban, Assad's discreet regional relations-builder 

While the delicate task of working towards Syria's reconciliation with its neighbours in the Middle East is in the hands of his intelligence chiefs, Bashar al-Assad has also sought help from prominent figures of his father's old guard.

Katim looks to Paris, hiring ex-Ercom Didier Pagnoux 

Didier Pagnoux, who ran French Ercom from 2007 to 2012 and launched its cybersecurity and interception departments, is taking over as CEO of semi-public Emirati firm Katim as it looks to carve out a place in the country's ever-changing cyber landscape.

Saudi Space Commission weaves web in Washington with Edelman's help 

As Saudi Arabia continues to build its Earth observation programmes, the Saudi Space Commission has laid the foundations for working with the US space industry, thanks in part to lobbying by Edelman.

Yemen's increasingly confident pro-Emirati STC launches influence campaign in Washington 

Saudi Arabia has been lobbying in Washington to promote its vision for Yemen for a while. Now, the Southern Transitional Council, which has a growing footprint on the ground and a stronger presence in Yemen's legitimate governing entities, is also looking to ensure its voice is heard during the US-sponsored peace negotiations.

UAE cyber-offensive firm Beacon Red's Russian hackers disillusioned 

Less that six months after their arrival in the emirates, some of the Russian cyber engineers hired by the UAE's part public cyber-offensive company Beacon Red are unhappy about pay and are looking to leave.