Belgian SIGINT, Luc Majdalani at BlackSky, Tadaweb supported by Nancy Clark in Canada

Ottawa's cyber strategy faces challenge of improving integration with Washington 

Canada is looking to beef up its scattered cyber capacities by pooling its resources with the US, despite the scant progress made on strengthening the countries' bilateral military command, NORAD.

British cybertool developer Wylde launches Disruptive Industries  Free

Lee Wylde, an Intelligence Corps veteran and OSINT expert who has been involved in a number of British Army intelligence and data analysis programmes, has founded the defence startup Disruptive Industries.

• EDMONTON - Canada's Wyvern appoints two US vice-presidents

• WASHINGTON - Meta hires specialist lobbyists for crusade against OSINT

• DUBAI - Former Area VP Braccioli takes DigitalPlatforms to UAE

• BRUSSELS - NATO issues tender for OSINT early warning platform
  

• PARIS - Stevan Perrot joins Sahar as new COO

• MUNICH - German military wants to ramp up laser communication capacity

• BRUSSELS - GMVIS Skysoft and Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre provide aviation cybersecurity skills to European Defence Agency 

Social Links, new ally of OSINT specialist Sicuro Group 

The open source intelligence specialist has turned to the Emirati consultancy and security provider to help with its participation in the ISS World gathering in Dubai by entrusting its founder with presenting several case studies.

• HERZLIYA/DUBAI - Israeli start-up Bold Analytics takes first steps at ISS World Middle East & Africa

• ABU DHABI - National Space Fund gets Council of Ministers approval
  

• PARIS - Citalid makes first foray in Gulf at GISEC

• NEW YORK - David Hochhauser to head Convexum's US branch

• LONDON - UK vulnerability researcher Interrupt Labs looks for talent in US and Australia

• LUXEMBOURG - Police fork out on Sopra Steria biometrics

• WASHINGTON - Infinity Technology in charge of MDA threat intelligence

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre steers third SAR satellite project 

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Civil Space Centre in Dubai has quietly launched a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite programme that threatens to overshadow a similar project initiated by Edge Group. The UAE Space Agency is also developing its own SAR plans.