France
Tehtris opens doors to fellow French cybersecurity operators

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French cyber in Riyadh, STM tests ISR underwater drone, Raytheon Cyber develops Naval Information Warfare Center tools

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.

Riyadh French cyber brainstorms plans for Saudi Arabia

Ankara STM and Havelsan trial underwater drones in sea

Charleston Raytheon Cyber wins Naval Information Warfare Centre's cyber R&D

France, Middle East
With defence in its sights, Jolt Capital cosies up to leading Gulf families

Advised by former French armed forces minister Florence Parly, the investment fund is stepping up its fundraising in the Middle East. With close ties to Paris, Jolt intends to strengthen its defence business.

France
Cristal Group hunts Pegasus with ex-hacker Patrice Guichard's help

Kevin Rivaton's Cristal Group, which took over former French intelligence service hacker Patrice Guichard's Celteam in November, is developing countermeasures against NSO Group's Pegasus and other spyware.

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.

France
Private investigator Cristal Group swoops in to take French cyberspecialist Celteam mid-deal

Ex-hacker Patrice Guichard's company had been on track to be absorbed by a large French group but was acquired by the private investigator Cristal Group at the last minute after a deal made between old acquaintances.

France
DRM interested in Deveryware's telephony data analysis software

As it continues to iron out the details of its mass data analysis programme Artemis, France's military intelligence service has turned its attention to a telephony data analytics programme developed by Deveryware.

France
Nuances Technologies in pole position to win prison anti-drone contract

Nuances Technologies, KEAS, MC2 Technologies and Roboost have been shortlisted in the French ministry of justice's anti-drone systems tender.

France
Start-up Serenicity quickly finds place in France's intelligence community

After initially offering its services to small companies, the French cyber security company is now working increasingly with the French security services.

France, Israel
Firm headed by ex-Mossad boss seeks certification from France's cybersecurity agency

Although breaking into the French market is no easy task, XM Cyber, the company lead by former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, is applying for the French information systems security agency ANSSI's all-important accreditation.

France
Emerging French Tech champions battle for the DGSI's big data contract

The plans of the French domestic intelligence service, the DGSI, to set up a new big data processing platform are not only attracting the defence groups which generally win contracts from the intelligence services. Newer operators from other sectors are also showing interest.