United Kingdom
New Cyber-focused Private Equity firm Gallos Technologies seconded by Security establishment

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Alon Kantor steps back from Toka, Jeremy Fleming joins Nihon Cyber Defence, DGSI hunting deputy technical director

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.

Tel AvivAlon Kantor gradually taking back seat in Toka

LondonEx-GCHQ boss Jeremy Fleming joins Nihon Cyber Defence

ParisDGSI on the lookout for new deputy technical director

United Kingdom
Interrupt Labs joins forces with cyber consultancy Beyond Blue

British zero-day vulnerability researcher Interrupt Labs has appointed a new adviser and a new director. Both are part of a tie-up with cybersecurity consulting specialist Beyond Blue.

United Kingdom
ViennEast enlightens UK parliament on Russian influence in the Balkans

Anthony Monckton, who used to head MI6's operations in the Balkans, is now prospering in corporate intelligence in the region. He recently shared his expertise with the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.

Indonesia, United Kingdom
Cyber Capacity Unit champions British cyber diplomacy in Indonesia

Then UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has turned to the consultancy firm Cyber Capacity Unit to present its cyber tools in Asia.

Saudi Arabia, United States
MBS's hound hired by FTI Consulting

The PR and investigation firm FTI Consulting has recently hired Madji Al Madani, a key figure in Mohammed bin Salman's anti-corruption purge.

United Kingdom
UK parliament calls on MI6, MI5 and GCHQ to play role in preventing atrocities

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and with one eye on developments in the US, Britain's parliamentary International Development Select Committee is calling for the intelligence community to support the Foreign Office's new Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation (OCSM).

United Kingdom
British intelligence tries to become Warren Buffet-style tech investor

As it gradually gets up to speed, Britain's National Security Strategic Investment Fund is investing, sometimes publicly, sometimes secretly, in sectors that can serve British foreign policy, Ukraine included.

United Kingdom
London lays groundwork for British cyber among Gulf allies

CyLon, a British cyber incubator close to the UK government and advised by Israel's former domestic intelligence chief Yuval Diskin, has been developing semi-public accelerators in the Gulf with funding from the Foreign Office, itself keen to export British cyber tools to the region.

United Kingdom
UK's golden spymaster generation exits to private sector

Several senior officials from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), which oversees the activities of MI6, have recently moved over to the private sector, marking the end of an era in British intelligence.

United States
Boldend helps Raytheon's clients develop covert cyber-weapons

At a time when the Trump administration is trying to make the US more cyber-offensive by easing regulatory restrictions on cyber-operations, Raytheon Technologies has turned to the startup Boldend to satisfy the demands of its government clients.