Unit 8200

Israel
Israeli cyber providers called to assist intelligence services

Since Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel, Unit 8200 has been closing ranks with ex-officers, who are now heavyweights in the country's cyber intelligence sector. The goal is to bolster Israel's technical intelligence capacities and to understand why the intelligence community failed to predict the attack.

France, Middle East
Influence battle between Israel and Gulf nations plays out in Nice

Global Diwan, a French-Middle Eastern business club, has pushed back the date of its second annual forum in Nice, where the mayor, a long-standing friend of the Israeli consulting firm Elnet, has been outspoken in his support of Israel.

United States
Titan-Geo in Latin American geolocation race

The small company is hoping to grow its business in the buoyant market for geolocation services in Latin America.

Azerbaijan, Israel
Baku thanks Mossad and Israeli military over Nagorno-Karabakh victory

More than Turkey, it was Israeli military and intelligence that contributed to Azerbaijan's lightening quick military conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Israel, Japan
Cyber expert Norihiko Ishihara links up Tokyo, New York and Tel Aviv

With his military and intelligence background, the businessman Norihiko Ishihara has been making a name for himself in Japan's cyber industry, mainly by bringing in Israeli and American expertise to the country but also by helping Japanese groups enter those markets.

France
James Tamblin leaves BlueVoyant to fly solo again with Ecognito

Two years after his cyber consultancy Marclay Associates was bought by BlueVoyant, the ex-British intelligence officer James Tamblin has once again branched out on his own with Ecognito.

Israel
ADINT offers Israeli cyber a healthy alternative

While Israeli cyber intelligence firms struggle to find their footing under stricter export controls, business is growing steadily for local geolocation specialists that use advertising data, or ADINT.

Belgium
Belgian federal police assemble new OSINT unit

Seeking to strengthen its open source intelligence capabilities, Belgium's federal police has launched a specialised service in Brussels that is, for the moment, using technology from Social Links and Maltego.

Israel, Luxembourg
From New York to Geneva, Israeli-Luxembourg due diligence firm Sqope prospers under Krancenblum

Veteran Luxembourg due diligence firm Sqope has had a new lease of life, opening up outposts from New York to Geneva and appointing new people, since the arrival of CEO Ilana Krancenblum and with the help of a number of Israeli consultants.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
BlueVoyant in unfair dismissal spat, two ex-Met chiefs team up, GEOS lands Dushanbe contract

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 Delaware, London and Brussels.

Dover, Delaware Cyberfirm BlueVoyant sued by former CCO

London Hogan-Howe teams up with ex-Met man at Intelligent Sanctuary

Brussels GEOS and Red Line land strategic EU contract in Tajikistan

Spotlight | Israel
Israeli cyber-intelligence tries to get back on top in Indo-Pacific region

Looking for fresh fields after restrictions on exports, Israel's cyber sector is turning to the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.

United States
Tech giants' woes provide openings for security and intelligence firms

Budgetary cuts are prompting the tech 'big five', collectively known as GAFAM, to externalise intelligence, moderation and counter-disinformation to external providers. A number of firms are now marketing these services.

Israel
Israel's cyber-intelligence firm Paragon launches mass recruitment of CTI researchers

The Israeli cyber-intelligence firm is hiring threat intelligence experts to make its operations more difficult to detect.

Belgium, Israel
Interionet adds another Israeli stamp to Belgium's I-Police programme

The Belgian law enforcement modernisation programme I-Police, led by French firm Sopra Steria, uses video data analytics developed by Israeli firm Interionet. It had already tapped into Israeli tech with tools from cyber specialists Rayzone.

European Union, Israel
ActiveFence's ex-Unit 8200 counter-disinformation specialists eye EU contracts

Last week in Brussels, Israeli startup ActiveFence tried to get closer to the European External Action Service's East StratCom Task Force. The latter's head, Lutz Gülllner, is looking to turn it into a full-fledged European counter-disinformation agency.

Spotlight | Ukraine, United States
Ukrainian military intelligence prepares to demonstrate its cyber offensive capacities in DC

A summit dedicated to the hybrid war between Ukraine and Russia is to take place in Washington, thanks to sponsorship from private sector cyber security and intelligence operators and CIA venture capital firm In-Q-Tel. The event will highlight the cyber offensive operations carried out by Ukraine's GUR.

The Tech Telegraph
Butterfly Effect unveils Triton, Holland joins Shield Capital, HiJojo helps Kela, Kent lobbies for Trinity cyber

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of technical intelligence providers.

Nursultan Butterfly Effect launches intercepted data analytics platform

Boston Holland joins Shield Capital

Tel Aviv Following co-founder Yigal Naveh's death, Kela receives funding from Japanese HiJoJo

Washington Former NSA executive Ryan's Trinity Cyber recruits a lobbyist

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
ADIT, Hockley, the UNDP, new Jordanian-British firm

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both great and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we report from London, New York and Paris.

LondonEmail leak hunter Jake Hockley sets up new company.

United StatesUNDP sets up counter-terrorism and money laundering investigations division.

LondonNew Jordanian-British corporate intelligence company.

FranceADIT holds on to Nouvelle Aquitaine intelligence contract.

Azerbaijan
Baku intelligence prioritises cyber upgrades

Hoping to tap into the exodus of Russian and Ukrainian IT experts to boost their own pool of experts, the Azerbaijani intelligence services are determined to modernise their cyber ecosystem.