France
French army seeks to lure civilian OSINT experts

France
French OSINT specialists juggle operating goals and data capture rules

Faced with growing competition from foreign open source intelligence companies, French firms are trying to keep up with the latest technical developments without infringing EU regulations, particularly the General Data Protection Regulation.

Ireland, Italy
Italian-Irish Octostar looks to establish its data fusion in Europe

A new entrant in the increasingly competitive big data analysis sector, Octostar caused quite a stir at ISS World Europe, the cyber-intelligence trade fair held at the start of the month.

The Tech Times
OSINT campus plan still vague, Helyx in charge of Spotter labelling, Cyberbit for ASD cyber training

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

AngoulêmeDespite defence ministry messages, OSINT campus still trying to find its place

LondonHelyx to take over labelling of UK Spotter programme

CanberraCyberbit to train Australian Signals Directorate cyber specialists

France, India
Paris and Delhi join underwater acoustic intelligence forces

France's Naval Group is carrying out advanced research in the field of AI applied to acoustic intelligence with a specialist lab in New Delhi, hoping to be able to detect new types of near-silent submarines.

France
France's centrist and far-left parties advocate for foreign intel

In the context of a new military programming law currently being debated in French parliament, the DGSE has received unexpected backing from several opposition parties who are pressing for the budget allocated to the service's organisational needs to be increased.

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.