United States
NATO moves ahead with intelligence fusion platform

Europe, United States
Military intelligence supplier Mission Essential is back

The veteran provider of analysts and linguists to the Defense Intelligence Agency is back in business thanks to the United States' support to Ukraine, after a lull following the US withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Tech Times
Babel Street for ASD, STL Ludwig on French ships, Michael Johns joins JSI, SITENJ's GPS beacons

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.

CanberraBabel Street goes deeper into Australian OSINT market

MarseilleSTL Ludwig, German supplier to the French Navy, in spotlight over litigation

WashingtonFormer Secret Service officer Michael Johns joins JSI Group

ParisFrance's agency for judiciary interception pursues integration of GPS trackers in the new national platform

United States
Departement of State's intelligence bureau increases OSINT use to support US diplomacy

The Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research is investing in open source intelligence tools to help the Biden administration's new intelligence declassification and publication strategy.

Spotlight | Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Major standoff afoot within NATO over hack back views

To hack back or not to hack back? NATO's European members are at odds with the US's drive to make the alliance's cyber defence policy more offensive, which raises the question of its abilities to attribute cyberattacks, a highly political matter.

United States
HawkEye lobbies to unblock export of raw data

US legislation currently prevents geospatial analytics firm HawkEye 360 from providing raw ship geolocation data, which is increasingly sought after by intelligence clients. The company is lobbying to unblock the situation.

Spotlight | Israel, United Kingdom, United States
Private spies search for NSO's true clients

Berkeley Research Group, which has been managing the fund behind Israeli cyber firm NSO since last year, has hired private investigators to shed light on the company's activities amid a legal wrangle with NSO's shareholders.

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
Covid-19 pandemic brings Cobwebs into the light

Cobwebs, a company founded by Israeli intelligence alumni, has been busy promoting its advanced web search capabilities (WEBINT) aided by artificial intelligence. It remains much more discreet about its offensive capabilities.