Cyber

The Tech Telegraph
Dream poaches from Tenable, SAT distributes Kaymera, Fischler at Interionet, Boeing upheld for DIA contract

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

Tel Aviv Dream Security poaches Tenable's product management director

Dubai Kaymera carried by SAT in the UAE

Herzliya Fischler joins Interionet to lead European sales

Washington GAO confirms Boeing pick for DIA's SITE III programme

Saudi Arabia
Zamil clan increasingly a Saudi defence ally, from telecoms to high-tech munitions

The prominent Saudi family, long popular as a key partner for foreign businesses in Saudi Arabia, is expanding its presence in the defence industry. One of the clan's companies, Wahaj, has been forming new partnerships both in and outside the country.

Spotlight | UAE, United Kingdom, United States
Hack for hire: ENRC aims to open up Dechert and Nick del Rosso's Pandora's box

Kazakh mining group ENRC is already pursuing a legal and investigative campaign of unprecedented scale and complexity. Now, it is overseeing the start of fresh legal action against its nemesis, Neil Gerrard, his old law firm Dechert, and, by the same token, Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

UAE
UAE's Edge Group and G42 get into natural language processing

Natural language processing, popularised by ChatGPT, is of particular interest to the UAE's security apparatus conglomerates for their big data and open source intelligence (OSINT) programmes. The technology also promises to offer new firms in the sector a means to conduct low-cost influence operations.

Bahrain
Abraham Accords upshot National Cyber Security Centre struggles to assert position

Bahrain's dual cyber institutions are muddling the NCSC's attempts to become an integral part of the regional security architecture. Launched in 2020, the government body is still competing with the Information and eGovernment Authority which is both a cybersecurity guarantor and financial regulator for the kingdom intent on curbing spending.

United States
33rd Cyber Operations Squadron pushes through with STS as cyber defence and network supplier

The 33rd Cyber Operations Squadron has imposed its choice of native American-owned STS Systems Support as its cyber defence and network supplier, ending a battle that has held up implementation of the contract and undermined the squadron's capacity to protect US Air Force networks for months.

Spotlight | Turkey, UAE
Abu Dhabi builds rapprochement with Turkey through electronic warfare industry

Electronic warfare firms are a major part of the current defence industry negotiations between Turkey and the UAE, which have yet to reach an agreement on the sensitive issues of the terms and financing of partnerships.

Israel
Cyber export specialists enjoy booming legal advice market

Facing tougher export controls, Israeli cyberintelligence companies are in increasing need of help navigating regulations. Specialist legal advisers are making the most of a flourishing, niche market.

The Tech Telegraph
ODNI pores over cyberintel industry, Fabian Kaiser moves to ISTARI Global, Sacha Bailly heads Dataminr's defence sales and Belgian spyware

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

WashingtonIs the US clamping down on the cyber intelligence industry?

MunichFabian Kaiser takes over ISTARI Global's office in Munich

ParisSacha Bailly, French Navy and Airbus veteran takes helm of Dataminr's defence activities in France

BrusselsIntelligence oversight committee gives green light to Belgian spyware development

Israel
Cognyte and Omaha police and firefighters' pension fund fall foul of Meta's crusade

A new episode in the tumult shaking the virtual human intelligence sector has been playing out in a New York courtroom this month. The city of Omaha police and firefighters pension fund has accused Cognyte of failing to reveal its activities in the sector, which it says are behind the company's poor stock exchange performance.

France, Poland
Poland's Air Force Institute of Technology turns into defence partnerships hub

Poland is pursuing the modernisation of its airborne surveillance capacities with French and other European defence companies through its Air Force Institute of Technology.

UAE
Influx of Russian hackers benefits Abu Dhabi's cyber offensive capabilities

Beacon Red, the Edge Group conglomerate's Emirati cyber subsidiary, has hired a wave of cyber engineers fleeing Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. Intelligence Online understands the Russian recruits are being housed on a site separate from the rest of the company.

Russia
Ex-FSB officer Anton Nemkin acts as middleman between Duma and cybersecurity sector

The investor and Duma cyber security specialist acts as the industry's advocate in the lower house of the Russian parliament, in order to deal with the shortage of personnel faced by many cybersecurity companies.

Cyprus, United States
Erik Prince builds up small cyber empire

The co-founder of the private security firm Frontier Services Group Erik Prince has launched into cyber with two new companies, one specialising in secure communications and the other in cyber intelligence. He has roped in several cyber veterans to help him.

Spotlight | Israel, Singapore
Paragon carves new place for Israeli cyber in Singapore

Paragon, backed by former PM Ehud Barak, recently landed a major contract in Singapore, confirming its status as the new star of Israeli cyber-intelligence.

United Kingdom
Orange vs MTN hacking case keeps cyber investigators busy

A high number of forensic investigators and financial experts were called on by parties involved in the case at London's High Court pitting an African subsidiary of French operator Orange against the South African operator MTN's subsidiary.

Spotlight | China, Saudi Arabia
Huawei goes all out to win mission-critical communications contract for Saudi defence

The Chinese tech giant is lobbying hard in Riyadh to build Saudi Arabia's defence and intelligence mission-critical communications, while pointing out the shortcomings of its European rivals for the business.

France
France's online influence warfare doctrine makes slow progress in face of administrative complexities

Digital information warfare has become a hot topic at the Elysee, but implementing the French government's strategy on the matter is proving complex as the different state departments each jostle for a role.

Saudi Arabia
OceanX helps Riyadh boost best up-and-comers in GEOINT

The Saudi Space Commission has given OceanX the difficult task of developing national geospatial intelligence via an accelerator programme with high ambitions and meagre means.