In pursuit of international expansion ambitions, Sekoia prospects at Dubai's GISEC cybersecurity expo

• HERZLIYA/DUBAI - Israeli start-up Bold Analytics takes first steps at ISS World Middle East & Africa

• ABU DHABI - National Space Fund gets Council of Ministers approval
  

• PARIS - Citalid makes first foray in Gulf at GISEC

• NEW YORK - David Hochhauser to head Convexum's US branch

• SPRINGFIELD - NGA looks for computer vision provider

• WASHINGTON - Peggy Lyons starts afresh at OSINT Foundation

• PARIS/DUBAI - French cyber sector united for GISEC

• IDAHO FALLS - Idaho National Laboratory's anti-cryptojacking algorithm still for sale

• TEL AVIV - Rayzone poaches NSO's head of sales for Africa

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Reem Lababidi crafts Franco-Emrati cyber contracts 

Reem Lababidi, a UAE cyber deals specialist, is taking on new French companies looking to export to the Middle East, where defensive and offensive capacities are much in demand.

• PARIS - Sekoia joins Thales on Big Challenge CTI project.

• NASHVILLE - Cyber risk expert Joel Bork leaves IronNet for Conquest Cyber.

• TEL AVIV/BERLIN - German spypaster Gunter Heiss leaves Labyrinth's advisory board

• SINGAPORE - Group-IB loses cybersecurity chief

• TUNIS/SHENZHEN/PARIS - Hytera loses Africa consultant

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US cyber firm NetAbstraction turns to French consultant Marc Kassis to break into Gulf 

NetAbstraction, the US cyber misattribution firm founded by former NSA officer Barbara Hunt, has the Middle East in its sights. It has been putting its best foot forward at the GISEC fair in Dubai with a renewed team and with the help of French cyber business developer Marc Kassis.

Sesame IT uses its interception know-how to break into the detection probe market 

Sesame IT, which has had its Jizô probes qualified by the French National Cybersecurity Agency, is set to go into competition with Gatewatcher and Thales to supply its systems to "operators of vital importance" and "operators of essential services".