SiberAsist, Turkish intelligence's cyber tool shopper

Turkey's MIT maps out intelligence academy plans 

Following the lead of a number of Western intelligence communities, Turkey is planning to open an intelligence academy, under the aegis of the MIT, headed by spymaster Hakan Fidan.

Huawei flounders after losing Turkish bid 

Huawei is determined to provide data network services to the Turkish armed forces. Now tangled up in ruthless negotiations with Ankara and local mobile companies, the Chinese giant is damaging its thus-far good relations there.

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Credence Security expands foothold in forensics tech-hungry Pakistan 

The Dubai cyber and forensic equipment distributor has been building its base in Pakistan, where the federal police is developing a network of laboratories in need of these technologies, driven by its Western partners wanting to push ahead in the fight against terrorism.

Cellebrite’s offensive on Russian rival 

The Israeli firm Cellebrite, the market leader in forensic smartphone analysis, has launched a legal offensive against Russia’s Oxygen Software