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Spotlight | United States
Corporate intel firms snap up national security talents ahead of election campaign

WestExec, Pallas and Beacon Global have all taken on former CIA and Pentagon officials affiliated with both parties. The 2024 presidential candidates are sure to view industry firms as oases to find political advisers and, for the winner, the staff for the new administration.

Spotlight | United States
Intelligence Authorization Act's expected gravy train prompts Capitol Hill lobbying stampede

Lobbyists from the intelligence and defence industry are poised for battle ahead of the vote on the intelligence budget, which exceeds $100bn for the first time.

Spotlight | Australia
Intelligence review set to entrench Canberra's role as US base for observing China

The latest Independent Intelligence Review should produce a roadmap for adapting Australia's intelligence community to technological changes and to China. Canberra is to become increasingly dependent on Washington in the areas of geospatial intelligence and interceptions.

Spotlight | Bangladesh
How Bangladesh came by its cyber intelligence tools

Despite the supposedly strict export bans on dual use goods into the country, Bangladesh's intelligence services are not lacking in Western cyber intelligence equipment that fall into that category.

Russia, United States
Cyber Threat Intelligence, the latest geopolitical battleground

Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky's report on Operation Triangulation is indicative of the increasing popularity of using CTI for political influence.

Israel, United States
Crackdown on cyber intelligence spells boon for lobbyists in Washington

As the US government becomes increasingly heavy-handed with trade restrictions and sanctions on cyber intelligence providers, companies in the field are increasingly turning to lobbyists.

The Tech Times
French border police go airborne, Air Attack and CARBON 01 in Ouagadougou, Kosiba back after bracket f downfall

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.

Paris Border police keen for airborne surveillance

Ouagadougou Air Attack Technologies and CARBON 01's Africa goals align

Washington Ex-Computer Network Operations' Kosiba lands on his feet

United States
US Congress committees face off over military cyber operations' oversight

Confusion over the status of the Pentagon's cyber operations has revived the debate on Congress intelligence committees and in the intelligence services about responsibility for the oversight of covert action.

China, Israel, United States
Freshly indicted Gal Luft put a stable of former spymasters in positions at his Washington-area, Chinese-linked think tanks

Former CIA director James Woolsey had plenty of former senior intelligence and national security officials for company at two organisations operated by Israeli consultant Gal Luft, who is charged with secretly working to advance Beijing's interests.

United Kingdom
Hakluyt attempts to unlock mysteries of Investment Security Unit

London-based corporate intelligence firm Hakluyt is quietly getting to grips with the UK parliament's Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment.

United States
Congress wants intelligence community to dive headlong into economic competition

Given the role technological advances play in its rivalry with China, Washington is urging US agencies to improve their financial intelligence and emerging technologies analytical capacities. In doing so, they should also be able to assist other government departments.

Israel, Japan
Cyber expert Norihiko Ishihara links up Tokyo, New York and Tel Aviv

With his military and intelligence background, the businessman Norihiko Ishihara has been making a name for himself in Japan's cyber industry, mainly by bringing in Israeli and American expertise to the country but also by helping Japanese groups enter those markets.

Ukraine
Ukrainian know-how still exporting to Africa, despite the war

Armed with their experience in electronic warfare and interception, several Ukrainian companies are finding outlets on the African continent, such as in Ethiopia and South Africa.