France
Who will shoulder the interior ministry to ensure the 2024 Paris Olympics' cybersecurity?

France
French interior ministry's grand Cyber III programme invests heavily in open source

The multiple tender call for the third phase of the French interior ministry's grand Cyber III investment programme has finally opted for greater spending on open source intelligence (OSINT).

France
French defence ministry considers setting up armed forces OSINT campus

French procurement and technology agency, the DGA, which originally left open source intelligence matters to defence innovation agency AID, is considering setting up a new OSINT campus to bring together the country's specialist operators in that field.

The Tech Times
Stevan Perrot joins Sahar, German laser communication, EDA uses GMVIS Skysoft and Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre

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.

ParisStevan Perrot joins Sahar as new COO

MunichGerman military wants to ramp up laser communication capacity

BrusselsGMVIS Skysoft and Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre provide aviation cybersecurity skills to European Defence Agency

Spotlight | France
Despite uncertainties, French Olympic Games security tech unit thinking long-term

Security technology experimentation being conducted by French startups ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris could lead to a permanent laboratory being set up, despite ongoing difficulties.

France
Ministry of the Interior places consulting firm Noveane at heart of 2024 Olympics financial plan

To allow money to start-ups that can help ensure safety at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the French Ministry of the Interior has used an original funding arrangement, which betrays the influence of the security industry's giants.

France, Italy
Cyber offence specialist Cy4gate reinforces its presence in France by buying Diateam

Italian cyber-intelligence company Cy4gate is taking over cybersecurity company Diateam, which has strong connections in the French defence sector.

France
Atos Digital Security to chaperone Aleph on cybersecurity market

Thanks to its latest fundraising operation, French dark web investigations specialist Aleph Networks has found itself an ideal partner for its move into the cybersecurity market: Atos Digital Security, the cyber security arm of France's IT group Atos.

France
Paris Olympic Games intelligence apparatus coming together

The intelligence services have started to put the pieces into place for the Olympic Intelligence Centre (OIC). The Court of Auditors recently warned that in terms of security, France is unprepared for the Paris 2024 Games.

Spotlight | France, United States
Intelligence world heads into the metaverse

With a growing number of companies offering virtual-world simulation technology, Western armies and intelligence services are starting to get in on the game, branching out into the "metaverse" to optimise their operations and plan for a future where information will be gathered in this alternate space.

France
AID seeds new information warfare capacities with Bloom

Being a target in the informational warfare triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war, France has been actively seeking out the latest cyber intelligence tools, notably by deploying the start-up Bloom on social media.

France
French geolocation specialist Sysnav tests its systems in the US

Sysnav is working with the French interior ministry's STSI2 department on the development of systems to coordinate the tracking of individuals. For some months, the French start-up has also been working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the US, which is interested in its system, which does not use GPS.

France
Temno, French ally of Italian cyber-intelligence expert Cy4gate, starts hunt for clients

Temno, a new French company specialising in data analysis, has been prospecting for French clients in recent weeks. In addition to offering its own technologies, it represents Italy's Cy4gate in France.

China
Controversial Olympic app MY2022 funded by Chinese tech fund BFHG

China's Beijing Financial Holdings Group developed the application that Olympic Games participants are required to download during the event.

France
Viginum and DGSI consider partnering with defence-backed startups to fight fake news

With four months to go before the French presidential elections, Sahar and Storyzy, two start-ups backed in their early days by the French armed forces ministry, are leading the field for contracts to equip the DGSI and Viginum - the second on the advice of the first - with cyber systems to fight fake news.

France
Former Suneris executive takes charge at online counter-influence start-up Sahar

As it prepares to leave the French army's Comcyber incubator, Sahar has appointed former Suneris executive Erwan Le Gall as its chief executive.