Andre Pienaar

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
G3, CRI, Arcanum, Aperio

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonDavid Scholey leaves G3 but stays at Cranemere

LondonAmelie de Borchgrave moves from KPMG to CRI

WashingtonArcanum takes on a new special forces officer

LondonAperio loses its ex-Soviet Union expert

Ukraine
How threat intelligence has become a commodity between Kyiv and its allies

Threat Intelligence is given particular prominence in aid programmes to develop Ukraine's cyber capabilities. In return, Western governments are banking on increased sharing of the data Kyiv obtains.

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Amazon, Oracle: Pentagon cloud mega-contract influence peddlers settle scores in court

Big Pentagon digital storage contracts have been the subject of some of the largest influence campaigns in Washington in recent years, now pursued in the courts of Washington and London.

Ukraine
Tallinn Mechanism boosts Estonia cyber assistance to Ukraine

Estonia looks set to take the helm of the new Western coordination body for cyber aid to Ukraine, the Tallinn Mechanism.

The Tech Times
C5 Capital, Expedition Technology

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.

WashingtonC5 Capital lobbies for Ukrainian cyber

WashingtonExpedition Technology develops NGA's AI algorithms

The Tech Times
Cyber investor Andre Pienaar in Kyiv, Horizon keeps space goals alive, Hawaii's D7 in Doha

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.

KyivCyber investor André Pienaar visits Ukraine

LondonHorizon readies for round two after failed satellite launch

DohaHawaii's D7 to boost Qatar F-15s' cyber capacities

United Kingdom
SecureValue rebuilt from former G3 team

Two investigators previously with G3 and Kinnevik, the Swedish fund that owned the corporate intelligence firm, have launched their own firm, SecureValue, working with Ken MacDonald, the veteran lawyer of human rights cases and other lengthy investigations.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Alaco restructures after takeover, Quinlan, Silverbridge, new Africa-focused London firm

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on new developments great and small in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to London, New York and San Paolo.

LondonNew London-based firm focuses on South Africa.

New YorkStoneturn loses a partner.

LondonSilverbridge takes on new consultant.

New YorkFrench investigator joins Quinlan.

LondonAlaco restructures following takeover.

Bahrain, Israel, UAE, United Kingdom
UK cyber specialists lose ground as Bahrain strengthens its links with the UAE

The close friendship between Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed ben Zayed Al Nahyan ("MBZ") and Bahrain's Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa has brought a number of leading Israeli cyber firms to Manama, just as the leading British cyber advisers are leaving.

United Kingdom
Probe into property king Terry Rosenberg's firm brings Kroll back to South Africa

Hired by the Singapore-based fund EuroFin Asia, Kroll's team of investigators is looking into the South African financier Terry Rosenberg's evaporated millions.

United Kingdom
G3 suits up before taking on New York

With the opening of its New York office, Michael Bevan and Nick Alcock's business intelligence firm G3, has brought on board a handful of solid advisers.

United Kingdom
Red Maple, boutique cyber security consultant

London is ramping up its cyber rhetoric and inspiring firms like Red Maple Technologies to flock to the town that is home to Britain's fabled eavesdropping agency, the GCHQ.

United Kingdom
Serial consultants advise National Security Commission

The British parliament's Joint Committee on National Security Strategy (JCNSS), [...]

United Kingdom
Pienaar addresses parliament's Defence committee

South African André Pienaar has come a long way since [...]