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Israel, Ukraine
Israeli OSINT firm Espy keeps foot in Ukraine thanks to Cyberio

Most Israeli firms have left Ukraine but the open source intelligence firm Espy is still working there with its local representative Cyberio.

Europe
Belgian cyber command takes shape

Belgium will inaugurate its cyber command, closely overseen by military intelligence, on 19 October.

Italy
Dataflow Security tracks down vulnerabilities for Europe's cyber intelligence companies

Young Italian firm Dataflow Security sells the zero-day vulnerabilities it finds, along with the exploit codes that go with them, to European cyber intelligence operators.

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.

Spotlight | Israel
Dataflow Security and Rayzone poach key staff from troubled NSO

Between them, Italy's Dataflow Security and Israel's Rayzone Group have signed up a couple of specialists from the troubled Israeli cyber intelligence firm NSO Group.

Israel
Newbie Majestic Technologies makes bold first move with ISS sponsorship

The cyber intelligence newcomer has aimed high for its debut in the sector with plans to sponsor ISS World Asia, the go-to gathering for the world's surveillance specialists.

Europe, Israel
Thanks to Sopra Steria, Rayzone lands role in Belgian security big data

Despite losing key technology staff not long ago, the cyber firm TA9, a subsidiary of Israel's Rayzone, will contribute to build the cyber security system that Sopra Steria is installing for the Belgian federal police.

Spotlight | Israel, Ukraine, United States
In war, Israeli cyber firms leave and US cyber firms land

Israeli cyber intelligence firms are pulling out of Ukraine while US companies such as the facial recognition firm Clearview are moving in.

United States
CIA rolls out well-oiled plan on familiar turf in Ukraine

Engrossed in Europe, US intelligence has increased its operations in Ukraine. It has considerable scope of action in the country forged from eight years of building relations with and providing support to its Ukrainian homologues.

Spotlight | Israel, Ukraine
Ukraine's domestic intelligence drops Rayzone and Ultra

As large amounts of US funding pours into the country's open source intelligence sector, Ukraine's home security agency, the SBU, has decided to terminate its contract with the two Israeli firms.

Ukraine
Kyiv seeks to align its forces in information warfare

In its fight against what it identifies as a hybrid war waged by its Russian neighbour, Ukraine is trying to bring together a series of organisations that were not previously well integrated. As such it is bringing together the fight against disinformation, the security of communication systems and the issue of sovereignty in the Donbass region.

Spotlight | Europe, Israel, United States
How OSINT has worked its way among cyber-intelligence experts

Open-source intelligence (OSINT), considered less touchy than cyber-attacking, is less regulated and easier for goverments to showcase. However, the one-upmanship in the sector is making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between passive and active intelligence.

Israel
Israel's sleight of hand cyber exports ban

According to Israel's leading financial newspaper, the Calcalist, the Israeli Ministry of Defence has set new restrictions on the export of dual-use goods and technologies to Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and some thirty other countries.

Africa, Israel
Israel's Rayzone Group's inevitable African turn

In a sign of its growing interest in Africa, the Israeli cyberintelligence firm Rayzone Group presented its interception and cybersecurity systems to a visiting delegation from the DRC recently, a few weeks after prospecting for business in Ghana and Ivory Coast.

Spotlight | Israel
Cyber firm Rayzone makes defensive shift as Toka gets offensive

Israeli offensive cybersecurity firm Rayzone is promoting its Rayzsecurity division, which builds cyberdefence systems for governments, just as the market leader Toka is getting into cyberintelligence.

Spotlight | Israel, Ukraine
Rayzone and ULTRA challenged by crosswinds in Ukraine

The two Israeli firms will deliver a system to counter hybrid warfare to the Ukrainian intelligence service SBU, but not everyone in Kyiv is happy with the choice of provider.

Spotlight | China, Russia
Huawei hired top researchers from Russia's US-sanctioned NeoBit

The many facets of the rapprochement between China and Russia are a source of irritation to Washington, which is fighting back with more sanctions while Beijing and Moscow continue their cyber co-operation.

France, United States
Criteo hires former CIA agent for US branch

James Shinn, a former National Intelligence Officer with the CIA and the ODNI, has joined French advertising agency's new innovation branch in Washington at a time of increasing overlap between the technical intelligence and digital marketing sectors.