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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 RUSSIA Government Intelligence 16/12/2020

Franco-Russian reset edges forward 

President Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne visited Moscow earlier this month to talk with Nikolai Patruchev, the secretary of [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 16/12/2020

Tracfin receives outside help on internal reforms 

The internal reform of Tracfin, the French financial intelligence service, is due to be announced by its director Maryvonne Le [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 16/12/2020

Nexa parts company with Plath, becomes own Boss 

Cyberintelligence specialist Nexa Technologies is overhauling its governance and subsidiaries. [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 16/12/2020

Nexa parts company with Plath, becomes own Boss 

From company records in several countries and Intelligence Online's sources, earlier this month Germany's Plath divested its 30% stake in [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 16/12/2020

DGSE and DRSD in big data rapprochement 

The DGSE, France's external intelligence service, recently informed Airbus Defence [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 18/11/2020

Intelligence Academy launches analysis training 

France's Intelligence Academy, headed by François Chambon, has launched a new analysis training programme for the top six intelligence services, [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 04/11/2020

Tracfin's internal reform scrutinised by partners 

According to our sources, the French financial intelligence service Tracfin is preparing an internal reform it will implement in 2021. [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 21/10/2020

DGSI launches post-Palantir programme with OTDH 

A new acronym is being whispered in the French intelligence community, Intelligence Online can reveal. OTDH, which stands for Outil [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 21/10/2020

DGSI launches post-Palantir programme with OTDH 

A new acronym is being whispered in the French intelligence community, Intelligence Online can reveal. OTDH, which stands for Outil [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 12/10/2020

Budget: DGSE allocated €1bn for new premises 

French budgetary documents show the intelligence community will receive a financial boost in 2021. The DGSE, in particular, is down to get more than €1bn for its real estate projects. [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 07/10/2020

DGSI lays groundwork for coming decade 

A major rethink is underway at the DGSI, France's internal intelligence service, whose director Nicolas Lerner has recently instructed agents [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 07/10/2020

Crossed lines in parliament over intelligence law review 

In its annual report at the end of September, the Parliamentary Intelligence Committee recommended 59 amendments to the 2015 Intelligence Act. Some of the proposals are very different from those put forward by the MPs Larrivé-Kervran-Mis fact-finding mission in June. [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 23/09/2020

Mafart tipped to head interior ministry's new EU department 

After administrative roles at the French internal and external intelligence [...]

FRANCE Surveillance & Interception 17/09/2020

Aleph-Networks, EarthCube: intelligence services providers cosy up with would-be investors 

According to our sources, several companies that work for the French intelligence community, including EarthCube and Aleph Networks, are preparing investment rounds. Both French and foreign institutional and private investors could take stakes, much to the consternation of the companies' government clients in France. [...]

FRANCE Surveillance & Interception 17/09/2020

Saagie's big data platform catches French intelligence community's eye 

The DGSI see the French company Saagie as a potential alternative to the US data mining outfit Palantir. But the company also interest Chinese investment [...]

FRANCE International Dealmaking 15/09/2020

Gatewatcher cofounder Philippe Gillet in court 

The founder of a startup that works for the French government will appear before magistrates on October 15 on charges of grievous violence and online hacking against a former business partner. [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 09/09/2020

DGSE, DGSI and DRM's hiring of ENA graduates proves tricky 

According to our sources, two graduates of France's elite national administration school ENA joined the French internal intelligence service DGSI [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 09/09/2020

DGSI focuses on universities 

Recent changes at the DGSI's unit dedicated to the surveillance [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 31/08/2020

Five years after intelligence recruitment drive in wake of Paris terror attacks, staffing issues persist 

Intelligence services' human resources departments are struggling to retain and integrate large numbers of contractual staff hired in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 26/08/2020

DGSI wants own data centres 

While the French internal intelligence service, the DGSI, has launched [...]