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Russia
FSB comes back in from the cold

Benefitting from the rising number of incidents on Russia's periphery and the careful staging of its response to these, the national security service has returned to the forefront of Russian politics after being given the cold shoulder over its strategic errors on Ukraine.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Macron's ex-bodyguard in Kyiv, former Met officer goes private, from SFO to Capital Law, Beckles signs with Ankara, Bison poaches from 5 Stones, Nardello promotions

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community, from Paris to London, New York and Kyiv.

Paris/KyivFormer Macron security advisor prospects in Kyiv

LondonSpencer Barnett goes private

LondonSFO investigator who led to Glencore conviction joins Capital Law

WashingtonLobbyist Alex Beckles gets closer to Ankara

WashingtonBison Group shops at 5 Stones

New York On a high, Nardello goes on promotion drive

Lebanon, United States
Bahaa Hariri swaps CT Group for BGR to promote his political ambitions in Lebanon

A powerful businessman and son of the former prime minister murdered in 2005, Hariri will pay BGR $600,000 for a year's work. Lobbyists on the contract include Ed Rogers, a veteran of the Reagan and Bush Sr.

Bahrain
Abraham Accords upshot National Cyber Security Centre struggles to assert position

Bahrain's dual cyber institutions are muddling the NCSC's attempts to become an integral part of the regional security architecture. Launched in 2020, the government body is still competing with the Information and eGovernment Authority which is both a cybersecurity guarantor and financial regulator for the kingdom intent on curbing spending.

Spotlight | United States
Chinese threat rekindles focus on climate-related intelligence

Both to cater to his electoral base and develop US surveillance capacities, Joe Biden is making climate intelligence a priority, not only to anticipate climate change-related disasters but also to get a step ahead of China on the issue.

The Agencies' Gazette
NATO's top job shortlist, Jordan's National Security Council, Poland's ICS, French comcyber faces Beijing

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

Brussels/Washington Italy's chances fade for NATO top post

Jordan Abdullah II's National Security Council struggles to emerge

Poland Pressure on information and communication systems

France Comcyber remains blind to Beijing's cyber divisions

United States
Counter-influence expert looking for funding to develop cyber activities

EdgeTheory, a service provider to the US intelligence community, wants to extend its expertise to cyber and has approached lobbyist Alpine Group Partners to look for funding.

United States
US Department of Commerce struggles with security glitches amid global economic battle

As the US wakes up to its counter-espionage and security gaps, which seem to be particularly prevalent within the Department of Commerce, its new risk management office is having to deal with strategic economic threats and the department's inability to move on from its troubled past in the field.

The Tech Telegraph
ODNI pores over cyberintel industry, Fabian Kaiser moves to ISTARI Global, Sacha Bailly heads Dataminr's defence sales and Belgian spyware

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each Thursday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

WashingtonIs the US clamping down on the cyber intelligence industry?

MunichFabian Kaiser takes over ISTARI Global's office in Munich

ParisSacha Bailly, French Navy and Airbus veteran takes helm of Dataminr's defence activities in France

BrusselsIntelligence oversight committee gives green light to Belgian spyware development

Document | Belarus, European Union
Synesis fights sanctions and informational attacks from Brussels to Warsaw

Bypol, a grouping of anti-Lukashenko law enforcement officers in exile, has intensified its attacks on social media and keeps lobbying in the EU against the Belarusian facial recognition software developer.

France, Poland
Poland's Air Force Institute of Technology turns into defence partnerships hub

Poland is pursuing the modernisation of its airborne surveillance capacities with French and other European defence companies through its Air Force Institute of Technology.

The Agencies' Gazette
MIT spending, DC quiet on pilots in China, Sergey Beseda in good form, Tracfin reform toughens, KGB takes swipe at MI6

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community, from Ankara to Moscow via Paris and London.

TurkeyIraq and Syria operations MIT's biggest expense

France/United StatesUS and UK left France out of loop over China pilot training

Russia/UkraineQuestions of Ukraine intel fail to shake Beseda from FSB

FranceFinance ministry's intelligence reform ramps up a notch

United Kingdom/RussiaRussian author takes swipe at MI6