The delicate succession of French spymaster Patrick Pailloux

Under Philippe Chose's lead, more staff set to switch from DGSE to DGSI 

The increase in pay for DGSI cyber staff is luring the cream of the DGSE's technical department. Building the domestic intelligence service's interception capacities is the end goal.

Pascal Chauve poised to head French DGSI's technical department 

In the latest cyber upheaval in the French intelligence community's technical world, Pascal Chauve, the head of the administrative interceptions service, is set to take the helm of the DGSI's technical department.

French geolocation specialist Sysnav tests its systems in the US 

Sysnav is working with the French interior ministry's STSI2 department on the development of systems to coordinate the tracking of individuals. For some months, the French start-up has also been working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the US, which is interested in its system, which does not use GPS.

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DGSE secures its public-private partnerships 

The French foreign intelligence service wants to better address the intellectual property issues of the technologies it creates internally, in particular in its secret incubator.

French military intelligence agency tries out fusion cells 

France's military intelligence directorate's latest fusion cell, dubbed the "Plateau Méditerranée", is designed to help it better anticipate crises in the strategic region amid mounting in-house organisational woes and staffing issues.

Elysée Palace weighs in to solve French intel staffing woes 

Understaffed units, top-heavy management, recruitment difficulties and brain drain are among the human resources challenges that intelligence coordinator Laurent Nunez's team has been entrusted with tackling.

DGSE outdated management culture scares spies away 

While the DGSE is stepping up its communication efforts to recruit new staff, internally, human resources are increasingly under strain.

DGSE mulls creation of startup incubator 

According to our sources, the DGSE has made an unusual move recently. Reluctant to share its technology outside the service,

New administration chief has plans for DGSE 

Appointed in August, the new head of administration at the DGSE has arrived when the service is undergoing some big changes as it embarks upon new projects and endeavours to hire top experts.