Singapore, UAE
UAE cyber champions set up shop in Singapore

Singapore, UAE
Singapore forensic specialists arrive in Abu Dhabi

Singaporean start-up NexVision Lab, founded by forensics expert Alireza Fazelinasab and specialised in open-source intelligence, is trying to gain a foothold in Abu Dhabi's sovereign OSINT.

UAE
OryxLabs, shelter for ex-DarkMatter and Digital14 cyber specialists

The Abu Dhabi-based OryxLabs' Abu Dhabi office is building a team of battle-hardened cyber-attack experts to pitch its zero-day exploit hunting and DNS cybersecurity services in the Middle East.

The Tech Telegraph
Andrei Masalovitch returns to Naypyidaw, Argon ST wins US Navy SIGINT sensors contract, Victor Yeo joins G42, Moscow tightens up its cyber security controls

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, along with a dose of cyber, each Thursday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

NaypyidawAndrei Masalovich resumes his charm offensive in Myanmar

FairfaxArgon ST lands US Navy contract for multi-intelligence sensors

Abu DhabiG42 recruits Singapore's Victor Yeo

MoscowThe FSTEK tightens up cyber security controls

Asia, Kazakhstan, UAE
Presight.ai is opening up Asian markets for Emirati cyber group G42

Presight.ai, which is leading the public sector G42 group's internationalisation drive, is working hard to set up partnerships in Asia. Already present in South East Asia, it has now turned its attention to Central Asia, where it has set up its first advance base in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

UAE
EDGE Group beefs up export apparatus

The part-publicly owned conglomerate has set up a new global division to handle exports, while building import channels for its cyber cluster.

UAE
Injazat management team swept away in UAE cyber sector restructuring

The wind of change sweeping through the Emirati cyber sector has finally caught up with cyber defence leader Injazat. It has replaced its top management team with cloud and smart city experts recruited from Western leaders in these sectors.

France, UAE
CybelAngel targets sovereign UAE market from new Dubai base

After two years of working in the Gulf, CybelAngel is opening an outpost in Dubai where it is looking to gain a more solid footing in the UAE's part-public cyber sector, prey to internal power struggles.

Singapore
Xrator hoping for business with Singapore's NCS group

Set up by former French armed forces ministry cyber experts, young Franco-Singaporean company Xrator is looking to win a contract from Singaporean IT distributor NCS, which has good connections with the city-state's authorities.

Spotlight | Israel, Singapore
PCS increasingly essential to Israeli cyber specialists in the city-state

Israeli cyber-offensive companies have long been present in Singapore, but are now suffering from negative media exposure and are forced to rely more and more on the Singaporean parastatal company PCS Security.

Spotlight | UAE
Tahnoon places his cronies to spearhead cyber offensive flagship CPX

Abu Dhabi's national security adviser is readying Digital 14 spinoff CPX's troops for battle by appointing four UAE cyber sector strongmen to its board, strengthening connections to Group 42.