France
ADIT calls on ChapsVision cyber tools as ties strengthen

France
ADIT's promises to its new shareholders

As corporate intelligence group ADIT completes its new round of financing, Intelligence Online has seen a document presented to potential investors laying out the company's hopes for growth that mainly rely on its subsidiary Défense Conseil International.

France
ESL Rivington and Antidox reinvent themselves as Next Step Influence

Strategic intelligence group ADIT's influence division, comprised of ESL Rivington and Antidox, is changing its name to Next Step Influence in a sign of the evolution of the subsidiary.

France
French cybersecurity expert ChapsVision in interception platform lobbying offensive

With French judicial authorities toughening their stance, cybersecurity expert ChapsVision has stepped up its lobbying to try to make it easier to circumvent the PNIJ interception platform. So far, to no avail.

Armenia, France
French defence eyes Armenian developer Addevice's AI language tools

France is interested in the instant translation tools developed by a small company in Yerevan, Armenia, that already has French business connections.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Kharon briefs Westminster, ADIT nervous, FBI investigates investment firm

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonCompliance firm Kharon appears before UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee

FranceADIT bosses worried about L'Express investigation

WashingtonVenture capital firm backed by former UK defence secretary faces fraud allegations

Spotlight | France
French intelligence service safeguards funding for developing in-house spyware

While the French domestic intelligence agency is one of the entities least affected by recent interior ministry budget cuts, that financial pressure caused considerable concern within its technical directorate, currently working on a major in-house spyware project.

France
ADIT and Amarante International up stakes as merger rumours swell

Leading French corporate intelligence and security players ADIT and Amarante International must reshuffle their shareholding this year. Meanwhile, rumours of a possible takeover have fuelled concern among rival firms after Amarante founder Alexandre Hollander was recently approached by ADIT.

France
ChapsVision buys former DGSE technical director's secure messaging platform

The French firm has acquired encrypted messaging platform Frogtrust, developed by former DGSE technical director Yves Mathian.

France
French voice authentication specialist Whispeak targets AI interception market

The company, which was invited to the European Cyber Week by France's defence AI agency, is trying to sell its wares to the security services for telephone interception purposes.

France
French justice ministry's PNIJ intercept platform shunned by investigators

France's agency for digital judicial investigation techniques and the justice ministry are trying to limit circumvention of the PNIJ national digital interceptions platform. With private providers improving their solutions, in-house modules are also being developed and pressure put on magistrates to change their habits.

France, Ukraine
ADIT wins French tender to train Ukrainian soldiers

The French ministry of armed forces has finally awarded its tender for the training of Ukrainian soldiers to Défense Conseil International, which was bought by ADIT earlier this year.

France
ChapsVision snaps up Corexalys's OSINT business

The latest French intelligence tool that the big data specialist has its eye on is the software development unit set up by French corporate intelligence firm Corexalys.

France
French government gives green light for ADIT takeover of armed forces' operator DCI

ADIT has officially taken control of Défense Conseil International. France's Commission for Shareholdings and Transfers has just validated the sale of some of the French State's shares to the country's leading corporate intelligence group, thereby transforming it into a major player.

France
Interior ministry's first Cyber III awards favour ChapsVision

The French interior ministry has begun awarding the first contracts of the hotly-contested tender call of its Cyber III investment plan, and the contender leading the pack so far is Olivier Dellenbach's ChapsVision.

France, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Sagard completes stake purchase of ADIT, Chatham House loses Niblett, JS Held poaches from Control Risks, Wychrij leaves Wallbrook, Quinlan, COSA

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Paris, Kyiv, London and New York.