Spotlight | United Kingdom
British parliamentary report slams GCHQ recruitment security breaches

United Kingdom
British intelligence services set up internships to attract diversity candidates

The UK's three intelligence services are lagging on workforce representativity and so have launched a joint initiative to offer internships to students from ethnic minorities and disadvantaged backgrounds.

The Tech Times
X Cyber and Interrupt Labs lose staff, Catherine Gray heads to Paragon

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.

LondonMatt Lane and Chris Stock leave X Cyber

London/WashingtonInterrupt Labs loses its chief operating officer

WashingtonCatherine Gray is new COO at Paragon US

United Kingdom
New setback for parliamentary oversight of intelligence

Britain's parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee has had to wait months for one of its members to be replaced, adding to feelings that it is being increasingly marginalised by Downing Street.

Germany
German budget crisis puts strain on intelligence recruitment

With the German authorities still trying to reach agreement on the 2024 budget, the BND is struggling to recruit, due to a lack of financial visibility, and the government's increasingly stringent gender policy requirements.

The Intelligence Gazette
MbS in London, the UK FARA, Rome between Beijing and Delhi, DGSE ethics

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

Saudi Arabia/UKDate set for MbS London visit

United KingdomBritish FARA not up to scratch

ItalyRome split between ties with China or India

FranceDGSE bolsters ethics

United Kingdom
UK's Foreign Office, Russia Unit and MI6 lead fight against Wagner

The British Foreign Office and the intelligence services attached to it are at the centre of an inter-ministerial mechanism coordinating the fight against the Russian private military company Wagner, mainly through counter-disinformation.

United Kingdom
Britain's National Cyber Force emerges from the shadows

The UK's discreet and fast-growing National Cyber Force is destined to spearhead Britain's fight against its enemies in cyberspace. In a key document published this month, it takes steps to establish its own identity.