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The Tech Telegraph
Rayzone founder goes solo, Grayshift in the EU, AmCham Abu Dhabi cloud, EU maritime security GEOINT

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.

Tel AvivRayzone co-founder Ron Zilka goes solo.

Atlanta/HelsinkiUS Grayshift joins forces with Finland's Moonsoft as it spreads its European wings.

Abu Dhabi/WashingtonAmCham Abu Dhabi ropes in more cloud specialists with Red Hat and Trend Micro.

MadridSpain's GMV to provide algorithms to European Maritime Safety Agency for GEOINT data analysis.

BrusselsAndreas Constantinides, former APCO and Amcham EU, turns European lobbyist for the US cloud.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Ex-CIA official launches new firm, RosettiStarr, Davra Consulting, Avisa loses ethics chairman

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 Washington, San Diego, London and France.

WashingtonEx-CIA official Ameer Shalaby launches intelligence tradecraft consultancy

San DiegoRosettiStarr hires ex-hacks

LondonRAF veteran launches consulting career

FranceGourdault-Montagne steps down as chairman of Avisa Partners' ethics committee

UAE, United States
Washington focuses on Talal Al Kaissi in its new UAE cloud offensive

Appointed head of G42 Cloud in January, Talal Al Kaissi has been receptive to a charm offensive by US companies and that of their business contacts, providing a ray of hope for Washington that's alarmed by the inroads into the UAE by China's Huawei.

Europe
After success in the US, Poland's Datawalk sets its sights on Europe

Looking to be a European answer to US big data giant Palantir, Datawalk is focusing on the Western European marketplace after carving a niche for itself in the US.

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.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
RosettiStarr, Farrant, Audere, ICSID/Paris Arbitration Week

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 Washington and London.

WashingtonICSID establishes framework for litigation funding.

LondonAudere's new boss Oliver Blackmore gets into private security.

WashingtonRosettiStar hires Joe Andrews.

LondonFarrant looks to Africa.

France
Qwam-ADIT duo wants to be France's alternative to Relativity and FRA for forensics investigations

Using Qwam Content Intelligence's software, French corporate intelligence firm ADIT is marketing its forensics investigation services to French clients with the argument that their sensitive data will be kept in the country.

Serbia, UAE
Serbia not fussy in choice of partners to boost national digital programme

The Belgrade government is as happy to call on China and the US as it is on the Emirati firm G42 to develop its digital and technological arsenal, largely funded by its Chinese partner. The UAE cloud firm, itself traditionally close to Beijing, has also turned westward for new opportunities.

United Kingdom
Adrian Leppard's business interests flourish as Black Cube's picks up too

Adrian Leppard is still very much a stalwart of Black Cube, which plans a renewed growth this year after a dip last year. However the former head of the British financial centre's police force has also been expanding his investments away from the firm.

United Kingdom
Digi2al, the UK's British security forces "Bellingcat"

UK digital services provider Digi2al, whose staff includes a number of former civil servants, is taking on more strategic activities.

Bahrain
S3Tel touts technical intelligence in developing world

Bahrain's S3Tel, a broker of telecommunications and interceptions solutions, has started to land contracts in Asia and Africa.

Europe, Russia
Social Links, the Russian-European OSINT specialist

Since it relocated from Moscow to Amsterdam, OSINT specialist Social Links has continued to make its mark among Europe's police forces through its participation at the ISS fair.

Saudi Arabia
TCC, Mohammed bin Salman's new Darkmatter substitute

According to our sources, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman's cyber team is poised to launch a new cyberintelligence firm, while [...]

Europe, NATO
ENISA puts pool of companies together to tackle new challenges

Strengthened by the European parliament last year, the EU's cybersecurity agency has a pool of companies that work in areas that are priorities for the union as well as being close to NATO's concerns.

United States
Ocient, In-Q-Tel's ultra-large-scale database analytic new hope

With the exponential growth of databases becoming a major problem for intelligence, the CIA's financial arm, In-Q-Tel, is banking on the start-up Ocient to find a solution.

China
Cloudwalk advances with Beijing's support despite US blacklist

Cloudwalk is the latest facial recognition firm to be blacklisted by Washington, like its competitors Megvii and SenseTime.

United Kingdom, United States
US, UK to develop ISR systems together

The US Army and Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) have [...]