Defence

Saudi Arabia
Former British police to train Saudi state security

Ahead of the Expo 2030 world fair and the 2034 FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh has called on a British firm to train the kingdom's Presidency of State Security's officers in major event security.

The Agencies' Gazette
Paris Club's Madrid meet, fired NSA ace joins CFR, cut in French intel's 2026 budget, China's retrospective scrutiny turns to PLA

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

SpainEuropean spy chiefs hold Madrid get-together

United StatesSacked by NSA, artificial intelligence whiz bounces back at think tank

FranceSpecial funding for intelligence down for 2026 budget

ChinaAfter Rocket Force, retrospective checks for PLA

France
Air France pilots regain control of security department

Air France's security department is no longer attached to the group's top management, but to the air operations department. This is a victory for the carrier's pilots, who had been calling for the change after several recent incidents.

France, Russia
Russia's internal security attaché in France, a discreet point of contact for Paris

The internal security attaché at the Russian embassy is one of the very few Russian officials stationed in Paris with whom the French authorities continue to have occasional contact.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Highgate, Secretariat Advisors, Stanton Wallace, SOG Defense

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

LondonRestructuring at Highgate

Europe/Southeast AsiaSecretariat Advisors scales back in Europe, boosts Asia branch

Neuilly-sur-SeineStanton Wallace reinvents itself

LondonFrench security operator in Southeast Asia sets up in UK capital

Iraq, United States
The global reach of spyware provider Ben Jamil

The owner of security technology developer HSS Development Group, Ben Jamil, has discreetly sold spyware to the government of Kurdistan and other countries, while facing a series of legal woes.