Quest

Spotlight | Europe, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Under pressure from Kyiv and Washington, Moscow rows hard to keep its industries afloat

Besides their political function, Western sanctions against Moscow have taken on high stakes for security - both for NATO analysts seeking to assess the potential resilience of Russia's strategic industries and for Ukraine, which is keeping a close eye on Russia's emerging alternative trade routes.

UAE, United States
US cyber firm NetAbstraction turns to French consultant Marc Kassis to break into Gulf

NetAbstraction, the US cyber misattribution firm founded by former NSA officer Barbara Hunt, has the Middle East in its sights. It has been putting its best foot forward at the GISEC fair in Dubai with a renewed team and with the help of French cyber business developer Marc Kassis.

Saudi Arabia
PHI Solutions is Riyadh's new cyber offensive champion

Little known PHI Solutions is to take charge of development of the offensive capacities of the Saudi Arabian cyber sector, enabling Mohammed bin Salman to begin a new stage in his cyber security quest. PHI is meant to develop the kingdom's cybernetic capacities, which are still largely handled by foreign contractors.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
CR Investigations, Elliott, Raiole, ESL & Network

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, Washinton and Paris.

London CR Investigations primed for 2022 with new Russia-facing recruits.

London Elliott counts on Boris Johnson's ex-PR whiz.

Washington Ex-CIA agent Raiole moves into fair trade.

Paris No longer advising Huawei, Alexandre Medvedowsky pushes for sovereign consulting.

Washington Nardello hires ex-DEA agent for DC office.

Spotlight | India, United Kingdom, United States
Aditya Jain follows in the footsteps of cyber privateer Rajat Khare under the watchful eye of Indian intelligence

After having drawn little attention to date, Aditya Jain, who works as a consultant for PWC, has been forced into public view by the North Carolina court handling a computer piracy case brought by former arms transporter Farhad Azima against the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.

Europe, UAE
Obsidium on quest in Gulf with former top intelligence officer Vitale

Since hiring Antonelle Vitale, the former head of analytics for Italy's external intelligence agency and a close friend of former Hacking Team boss David Vincenzetti, in 2020 the Italian cybersecurity company Obsidium is determined to build a strong clientele in the Gulf.

France, Israel, United States
Intelligence big data firm Voyager Labs has designs on France

Voyager Labs is looking to develop business ties with France at a time when the French government has a number of big data projects in the works.

United Kingdom
Barclay Case puts spotlight on Quest's Qatari splits

British billionaire Frederick Barclay has accused the three children of [...]

United Kingdom
Quest brings Qatar together with ethics champion Goudie

Labour stalwart Baroness Mary Goudie, who heads the firm MTG One Ltd, has been appointed as a consultant to Quest [...]

United Kingdom
Blackdot hires Mark Rowley

Mark Rowley, the former Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner for Specialist [...]

France, Germany
Franco-German ISR alliance for Pakistan

Germany's Aerodata unveiled the intelligence plane ATR 72, which that recently went into service with the Pakistan Navy, at the [...]

United States
NSA monitors users' behaviour to improve its SIGINT capabilities

The NSA, the NRO and other US technical intelligence agencies are reversing behavioral biometrics technologies used in cybersecurity to better track individuals who try to hide their communications.

UAE
Darkmatter gets Western experts to develop spy-proof smartphone

Senior engineers from former Western mobile giants are the brains behind the UAE's cyber-defence company Darkmatter's stealth phone Katim.

United States
Linehan joins QRI

After more than two years at K2 Intelligence in New [...]

Spotlight | Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Rivalry between Riyadh and Doha creates rich pickings for private investigators

As the accusations of corruption and supporting terrorism continue to fly, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are fast overtaking Russian oligarchs as the main clients of international private investigation firms.

Russia, United Kingdom
Former MI6 chief helps Chernukhin fight Deripaska

John Scarlett, the former head of MI6, is at the heart of a legal battle in London between rival Russian oligarchs Vladimir Chernukhin and Oleg Deripaska.