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Cristal invests in Aleph, Paravision, G42 Expansion Fund, Daniel Weitzner quits Palantir advisory council

France
US intelligence and defence advisory firm Renaissance sets up in France

Pierre Chao's consultancy specialising in financial operations for defence and intelligence is launching an office in Paris with the help of former Victanis staff.

Oman, Turkey
Burak Yahsi, the agent at the heart of an FMS contract in Muscat

The second part of our series on Burak Yahsi. When clients go silent on his commission, the Turkish sales agent and head of USI International, who has won contracts with Oman's ministry of defence, does not give up lightly.

Turkey, Turkmenistan
Burak Yahsi, winning contracts for Turkish energy and defence in the Middle East and Central Asia

In this first part of our series on Burak Yahsi, we look at how as head of the consultancy company USI International he has become a crucial player in the gas trade in Turkmenistan, all the while breaking into defence markets in the Middle East and Africa.

France
Cristal snaps up French intelligence Africa specialists

Kevin Rivaton's corporate intelligence firm Cristal Group has taken on a number of French intelligence Africa specialists and opened an office in Mauritius with a view to growing its business on the continent.

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Avisa Partners lands EU cyber crisis management contract, Lynn Herrick off to SS8, Dafna Messing joins Koios

In SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT and cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

Paris/Athens Avisa Partners to work on ENISA cyber crisis management

Milpitas Lynn Herrick takes charge of solutions engineering at SS8

Herzliya Former NSO staffer Dafna Messing heads to Koios

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Bayanat appoints COO; First In invests in Outcome Security; Leonardo to supply EASA's CTI, Shakeup at HawkEye 360

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of technical intelligence providers.

Abou DhabiGEOINT firm Bayanat appoints COO.

JacksonOutcome Security joins First In's cyber portfolio.

Cologne/RomeLeonardo to supply European air security CTI platform.

WashingtonHawkEye 360 shakes up management.

France
Atos Digital Security to chaperone Aleph on cybersecurity market

Thanks to its latest fundraising operation, French dark web investigations specialist Aleph Networks has found itself an ideal partner for its move into the cybersecurity market: Atos Digital Security, the cyber security arm of France's IT group Atos.

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
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.