SURVEILLANCE & INTERCEPTION

• 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

• 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

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.

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.

Israeli IMSI-catcher specialist PicSix struggles to establish itself in Bucharest 

Israeli IMSI-catcher specialist PicSix is engaged in an intense legal battle with Romanian equipment distributor Cellphone Group Impex, after its performance on a contract from the National Anti-Corruption Directorate exposed the limits of its equipment.

Nitay Artenstein, former journalist now selling zero-day tech in Nairobi 

Going solo from 2017 after a stint at American Exodus Intelligence, Israeli researcher and former journalist Artenstein now runs his small zero-day firm, Effective Cyber Research And Solutions, from Kenya.

BLER pushes for Singapore venture with Cyberio despite shareholder spat  Free

The Israeli open source intelligence specialist BLER Systems is expanding its presence in Asia with help from Ukrainian OSINT expert Alina Sobko.

Faced with Israeli resellers, foreign zero-day specialists flock to Abu Dhabi 

The UAE is home to a growing number of unregistered vulnerability (zero-day) resellers, such as newcomers Vulns Security and Operation Zero. The Emirati authorities welcome this counterbalance to an over-reliance on Israel in this sector.

Biden's anti-spyware order spells trouble for Paragon 

In restricting the use of spyware across all federal agencies, especially software used by foreign governments, the US president's new executive order could make life difficult for the Israeli provider Paragon on the US market.

Israeli cyber firm CIPTEAM teams up with Mitrelli 

The small Israeli company is the new cyber provider for New Cognito, the cyber subsidiary of the Israeli-Angolan conglomerate Mitrelli, which secures contracts in Africa for Israeli companies.

Russian vulnerabilities reseller Operation Zero tries its luck in the Gulf 

The zero-day vulnerabilities firm headed by Russian hacker Sergei Zelenyuk has been prospecting in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

• MOSCOW - NtechLab founders' distance from firm not so clean cut

• DUBAI/ROME - Italy's Secom opens door to Europe for Rakia Group 

• WASHINGTON - Israeli anti-drone specialist Convexum after voice in Congress 

• LYON - Interpol seeks to monitor the seas 

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Emirates seek direct investment in French tech 

During the GISEC cybersecurity forum in Dubai, the UAE's Cyber Security Council (CSC) approached several businesses to try to push Emirati investments forward. The agency made an unsuccessful attempt with French-American firm CybelAngel.