Spymaster | United Kingdom
Sir Jeremy Fleming stress tests GCHQ's return to strategic threat intelligence

United Kingdom
From GCAP to Saudi Arabia, BAE Systems' intelligence unit is booming

Run by former intelligence officers, the British defence giant's newly revamped intelligence unit is in full swing.

The Agencies' Gazette
Defence intelligence, Eurocorps headed by Pole, US adviser in Tbilisi, and Irsem under investigation

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris, via Warsaw and Tbilisi.

United KingdomMilitary intelligence soon to be included in Tri-Agency's China initiative

Europe/PolandWarsaw takes up residence at Eurocorps in Strasbourg

US/GeorgiaA new US adviser in Tbilisi

FranceStrife and internal investigation at defence ministry think tank Irsem

Germany
Allies increasingly concerned about intelligence cooperation with Germany's BND

Foreign partner services fear exposure from recent Russian infiltration of the German external intelligence service.

China, United Kingdom
UK parliamentary committee pleads for greater oversight in face of Chinese threats

China's sweeping cyber operations are putting the parliament's intelligence oversight to the test. While UK agencies have ramped up their intelligence work to counter Chinese and foreign threats, the Intelligence and Security Committee laments not having oversight over these new players.

Germany
BND's new second in command Philipp Wolff provides fast track to Paris

The German foreign intelligence service has placed its former representative in France at the head of its administration, just as Paris and Berlin relations are going through a cold spell. The new BND vice-president has his work cut out for him with a raft of internal issues to deal with.

United Kingdom
British intelligence revamps in face of extreme right-wing terrorism

Increasingly concerned by the threat of extreme right-wing terrorism, the government has put MI5 on the frontline of its counter efforts. The Intelligence and Security Committee is taking stock of these developments.

United Kingdom
UK Home Office reorganises intelligence to better monitor post-Brexit borders

The Border Force and immigration intelligence services are to be merged into a single Home Office directorate, which will second some of its analysts to GCHQ.

United Kingdom
Home Office puts figure on unmasking a foreign spy

The National Security Bill, the first reform of Britain's counter-intelligence law since 1911, has involved some intricate number-crunching by the Home Office.

Australia
Paraflare, Australia's other cyber asset

Australia's cyber eco-system is growing. Along with the critical infrastructure protection firm and long-standing partner Sapien, the Australian government can count on the incident response expertise of Paraflare.

France, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom, United States
Western intelligence agencies take pride in LGBTQ+ inclusion

The CIA, MI6, BND, Unit 8200, DGSE and others are moving towards greater gender quality and inclusion of LGBTQ+ minorities in the workplace as they vie for new recruits. We report on this new race for inclusion among the Western world's intelligence services.

United Kingdom
GCHQ's new Manchester hub to fast-track partnerships with private sector

The UK's intelligence and security organisation, the GCHQ, plans to harness technology being developed by the country's cyber security experts and start-ups to tackle the risk of foreign interference and the challenges of securing a 5G network.

Australia
Canberra acts as Five Eyes' cyber vanguard amid growing tensions with Beijing

With growing support from Washington, the Australian Signals Directorate is playing a central role in the intelligence alliance's cyber-offensive strategy.

Australia
Cyber agency's trick to facilitate hacker recruitment

Confronted with the same staffing problems as its European and American counterparts (IOL 809), the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), Australia's [...]

United Kingdom
Ex-GCHQ chief Robert Hannigan becomes super-consultant

Robert Hannigan, who stepped down as head of Britain's interception agency GCHQ in January, has taken on a number of [...]

UK Foreign Office seeks subcontractor to run Somalia support fund

The UK Foreign Office is looking for a company capable of managing the estimated £180m (€213m) of its third Somalia Stability Fund.