Cyber

United Kingdom
UK Digital Defence Unit struggles to move forward

Defence Digital was harshly criticised by the National Audit Office and is losing its top Foreign Office advisers.

Russia
Private sector reaches out to Russia's future cryptography centre

The new national cryptography centre planned for 2024 is now to be finished before the end of the year. To meet the altered deadline, the intelligence services have stepped in and are calling on their go-to providers.

Spotlight | France, India, Pakistan
French defence leaders keen to keep the ball rolling with India

With New Delhi's gaze still turned towards France after its acquisition of Dassault Rafales, Air Liquide, Safran, Naval Group, Thales and others are hoping for more business in India. The French Ministry of Armed Forces has all its attention focused on this window of opportunity.

The Tech Telegraph
Hikvision and Dahua woo Paris, Morland goes solo, Intel 471 in Riyadh, Santagata steps down at Cy4gate

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT and cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

Paris/BeijingChinese monitoring giants launch fresh charm offensive.

Abu DhabiFormer CPX deputy VP of sales Morland into cyber consulting.

Riyadh/DallasKoujan spearheads Intel 471's push into Saudi Arabia.

RomeCy4gate's ex-CEO Eugenio Santagata leaves board.

Israel
Israel's cyber-intelligence firm Paragon launches mass recruitment of CTI researchers

The Israeli cyber-intelligence firm is hiring threat intelligence experts to make its operations more difficult to detect.

France
France seeks Qatar defence cooperation amid tensions

As strains emerge from criticism and legal action targeting prominent Qataris, France's defence ministry is hoping for a breakthrough in defence cooperation with the Gulf country, which has requested help from a French state armament agency to boost procurement.

China
NVWA Project goes silent as China "nationalises" cyber vulnerability tracking

China's NVWA Project for the detection of unknown vulnerabilities has given no sign of life for several months. New notification rules now allow China to collect zero-day vulnerabilities directly.

Kazakhstan, Turkey
Kazakh government prospects Turkish cyber and space sectors

In the wake of recent defence deals with Turkish companies, the Kazakh government is now prospecting in the Turkish cyber and satellite spheres with the intent of modernising its communications and surveillance apparatus.

Spotlight | Europe
Defence companies position themselves for new European cyber situational awareness platform

A European Cyber Situational Awareness Platform, to be built under a programme launched by the European Commission last month, will add another layer to the EU's hybrid warfare apparatus, which some big defence companies are already engaged in.

The Tech Telegraph
Cognyte intercepts 5G, Wagner joins Raytheon, Barikat bought out

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.

Herzliya Cognyte puts IMSI-catchers in 5G

Arlington John Wagner joins Raytheon's ISR division

Istanbul Turkcell pads out cyber wallet with Barikat

United Kingdom
New Cyber-focused Private Equity firm Gallos Technologies seconded by Security establishment

Gallos, a new and rapidly rising investment company specialised in security technology, has just made its first investment. It is financially backed by major pillars in British security circles.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Spottiswoode goes to FTI, Exiger hires ex-BACB, Sanction Scanner in US and Chiron head writes book

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 New York, London, Paris and Istanbul.

LondonJocelyn Spottiswoode poached by FTI.

New York/LondonExiger Diligence hires AML expert Saba Ahmad.

Washington/IstanbulTurkish Sanction Scanner to screen potential sanctioned persons from US.

ParisHead of security firm Chiron publishes autobiography on former life as paratrooper.

Austria
Under pressure, Austrian cybersecurity firm DSIRF overhauls management

Austria's DSIRF, which has come under attack in a number of recent reports, appointed a new CEO in August, Stefan Steinwender, a newcomer to the sector.

Turkey
Interdata moves into interception market thanks to discreet RedEye acquisition

Alper Ozbilen's Turkish defence empire has acquired new interception capacities by integrating Ankara-based provider RedEye into its subsidiary Interdata. This move will allow the company to broaden its range of services.

Russia
Rostec emerges top dog as Moscow elite jostle for positions

Through skilled lobbying on several fronts, the state-owned defence conglomerate has won a round in the fight for resources and political visibility in a country fixated with the war on Ukraine.

Germany, UAE
Veterans of Germany's defunct cyber firm FinFisher pursue new avenues

Ex-Finfisher CEO Georg Magg has been appointed to head the European branch of US cybersecurity firm SilverSky, while Martin Johannes Münch, the brains behind Finfisher's Trojan Horse, is now in the UAE.

The Tech Telegraph
EC launches hybrid warfare centre, ICEYE hires Apeldoorn, Plath appoints lobbyists, Carbyne's advisory board slims

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT and cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

BrusselsEuropean Commission orders hybrid warfare centre in response to Russian threat

Paris/HelsinkiJeffrey Apeldoorn takes charge of ICEYE public contracts in Europe.

BerlinPlath seeks to influence German defence policy.

New York/Tel-AvivCarbyne's advisory board slims.