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The DGSI (Direction Generale de la Securite Interieure), previously known as the DCRI, is the French internal intelligence agency. It is in particular responsible for fighting terrorism in France. It comes under the wing of the ministry of interior. It gathers what used to be France’s general intelligence services, RG (Renseignements Generaux) and the DST (Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire).

FRANCE 26/09/2018

Gendarmes to reinforce DGSI and SCRT 

The first visible effect of the plan of action announced by France's interior minister Gerard Collomb in July will be [...]

FRANCE 26/09/2018

French internal intelligence cyber unit established 

As Intelligence Online predicted earlier this haïr (IOL 804), the [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE 26/09/2018

Palantir nabs Fabrice Bregier 

According to our sources, the US data mining firm Palantir is poised to hire Fabrice Bregier, the former number two [...]

FRANCE 19/09/2018

French MPs limit powers of new economic security committee 

Although many MPs are in favour of it, the creation of a permanent parliamentary economic security committee does not have the unanimous support of LREM MPs, who recently passed an amendment that will prevent it from treading on the toes of the parliamentary intelligence committee. [...]

FRANCE 12/09/2018

Bricq poised to leave territorial intelligence 

According to our sources, Hugues Bricq will soon step down as the head of the French territorial intelligence service, the [...]

FRANCE 05/09/2018

IGN woos intelligence services to carve niche in GEOINT 

A report recently submitted to the French government on the sovereignty of geographical data stresses the role that the French geographical institute IGN can play in helping the French intelligence services, as it aims to become their leading GEOINT partner. [...]

FRANCE 29/08/2018

DGSI looks for contractors' help to beef up cyber-infiltration 

The DGSI, France's internal intelligence service, recently launched a recruitment [...]

ISRAEL UNITED STATES 29/08/2018

Thiel supports Ehud Barak's startup Carbyne 

The Israeli startup Carbyne, which previously went by the name [...]

FRANCE 29/08/2018

Civipol seeks expert for Ivorian intelligence law 

Civipol, the office attached to the French interior ministry, is [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA 29/08/2018

Foreign ministry, DGSE and ANSSI partly iron out disagreements with Russia 

Diplomats and intelligence services have negotiated throughout the summer to try to resolve security differences that have dragged on between France and Russia. [...]

FRANCE 25/07/2018

Once taboo, economic intelligence gains ground in Macron's France 

After initial measures to reform the French government's economic intelligence apparatus, the French parliament is pressing for further action in this area. [...]

FRANCE 18/07/2018

French internal intelligence plays musical chairs 

In the midst of a major rethink about the presence of French internal intelligence on the ground, the quiet summer period has seen a number of shake ups at local field offices. [...]

FRANCE 18/07/2018

French government digital policy: Paris has head in the Cloud 

Despite the recommendation in a parliamentary report on cyberdefence published on July 9 that France build a viable sovereign computer [...]

FRANCE JAPAN 11/07/2018

Tokyo takes cyber path to closer intelligence cooperation 

Because of the flooding in Japan, the country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cancelled a planned visit to Paris on [...]

FRANCE 11/07/2018

DGSI's anti-terrorism coordination role expands 

France's internal intelligence service, the DGSI (Direction Generale de la [...]

FRANCE 20/06/2018

Gendarmerie scrambles to retain internal intelligence role 

While the DGSI is reviewing its territorial presence and its coordination with the SCRT, the Gendarmerie is struggling to integrate itself into the internal intelligence apparatus. [...]

FRANCE 13/06/2018

DRPP-DGSI spat off 

The rumoured attachment of the French police intelligence service DRPP [...]

FRANCE 13/06/2018

DGSI pushes French economic intelligence 

In its latest memo in June on the risks of [...]

FRANCE 06/06/2018

Sovereignty over digital tools divides intelligence chiefs 

A report on digital technology in the armed forces has been published against the backdrop of a heated debated inside the military and the intelligence services about the sovereignty of equipment in their use. [...]

FRANCE 30/05/2018

Economic Counter-Intelligence chief receives medal 

France's controller general Jean-Philippe Couture, who has headed the ‘K', [...]