Cyber

Israel
Newbie Majestic Technologies makes bold first move with ISS sponsorship

The cyber intelligence newcomer has aimed high for its debut in the sector with plans to sponsor ISS World Asia, the go-to gathering for the world's surveillance specialists.

Europe, Israel
Thanks to Sopra Steria, Rayzone lands role in Belgian security big data

Despite losing key technology staff not long ago, the cyber firm TA9, a subsidiary of Israel's Rayzone, will contribute to build the cyber security system that Sopra Steria is installing for the Belgian federal police.

Australia
Paraflare, Australia's other cyber asset

Australia's cyber eco-system is growing. Along with the critical infrastructure protection firm and long-standing partner Sapien, the Australian government can count on the incident response expertise of Paraflare.

Spotlight | Israel, Singapore
PCS increasingly essential to Israeli cyber specialists in the city-state

Israeli cyber-offensive companies have long been present in Singapore, but are now suffering from negative media exposure and are forced to rely more and more on the Singaporean parastatal company PCS Security.

China
How Chinese universities contribute to defence research

To meet the challenge of hiring competent and inconspicuous technicians in highly specialised sectors, key players in China's arms industry are joining forces with universities, funding training and research programmes in the most sensitive areas.

Europe
Contract-hungry industry tries to weigh in as Interpol charts standards for anti-drone measures

Interpol will soon be issuing its first recommendations on anti-drone measures. The industry is involved in this process that will structure the global market, and is trying to make its voice heard.

Europe
Norwegian sovereign wealth fund targets cyber-intelligence

Norway's Government Pension Fund Global's modest investments are gradually being consolidated in the areas of cyber and data processing. These new opportunities are all the more timely as the fund is being pushed to divest its Russian assets.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Control Risks Group, Tata Consulting Services, Volexity, Maisha Group

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 London, Singapore, Paris and Tel Aviv.

London, Singapore Control Risks Group snaps up Big Four veteran investigator Michael Peer.

Paris Ex-head of international cooperation at ANSSI joins India's Tata Consulting Services.

Paris US firm Volexity steps into French market with hire of Kaspersky CTI specialist Paul Rascagnères.

Tel Aviv, London Report highlights Israeli anti-poaching specialist Maisha Group.

Europe
RCS Lab leads new owner Cy4gate's European growth goals

Now a part of the Italian cyber intelligence specialist Cy4gate, RCS Lab will be leading the group's expansion across Europe with a focus on government interceptions contracts.

Spotlight | Turkey
InterProbe launches Turkish cyber-intel in Silicon Valley

The all-rounder cyber intelligence and cyber defence company Interprobe is continuing its westward deployment from Ankara, and is even making advances into the US. It will soon set up shop in Silicon Valley, California.

Saudi Arabia
Riyadh uses Spire Solutions deal to attract fresh cyber education capacity

Dubai-based cyber systems distribution group Spire Solutions, which has teamed up with Saudi Arabia's leading cyber training body, the SAFCSP, brings with it its own army of experts. This will enable Riyadh to reduce its dependence on US instructors, and boost Haboob, the company running its cyber offensive activities.

United States
Thales still counts on top Democrat Tom Daschle's Pentagon connections

The French industry giant, which has won a major contract for the Pentagon's communications systems, has The Daschle Group to rely on when it comes to gathering Democratic support in the US.

United Kingdom, United States
Arqit plays key role in big quantum encryption projects under development in US and UK

London-based Arqit, which is a key partner of the UK's GCHQ and the US Air Force, is setting the pace in government research on quantum encryption and key distribution in the US and the UK.

Spotlight | UAE
Tahnoon places his cronies to spearhead cyber offensive flagship CPX

Abu Dhabi's national security adviser is readying Digital 14 spinoff CPX's troops for battle by appointing four UAE cyber sector strongmen to its board, strengthening connections to Group 42.

Israel, Lithuania, Ukraine
Israel's Skylock brought into Ukrainian anti-drone battlefield by Lithuania's NT Service

Skylock, the anti-drone subsidary of Israel's Avnon, is supplying materiel to the Ukrainian army indirectly through its Lithuanian partner NT Service - an arrangement that avoids embarassing 'neutral' Israel.

Germany
After Finfisher's demise, Berlin explores cyber tool options

The German government's cyber acquisitions agency ZITIS has been prospecting for available technologies elsewhere in the wake of the disgraced spyware company Finfisher's filing for bankruptcy.

China
Xi Jinping reveals plan for new state technologies

Chinese tech giants Tecent, Alibaba and ByteDance have been enlisted to carry out President Xi Jinping's internet and cyber governance plans ahead of the 20th Chinese Party Congress in October.

France
Safran still pushing for its optronic surveillance ball to feature in French ISR plans

The French defence group Safran, seeking to benefit from the stepping up of French intelligence programmes, hopes that its Euroflir 410 optronic pod can triumph over its US rival Wescam.

France, Qatar, UAE
Armed with their major anti-drone contract, CS Group and Thales look to break into the Gulf

Now among the French army's suppliers of anti-drone equipment, the CS Group-Thales consortium wants to take advantage of this success. The Franco-Qatari cooperation will intensify right up to this year's football World Cup, while CS is trying to establish itself in Abu Dhabi with its rival MBDA.