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The Agencies' Gazette
Markic makes his mark at INTCEN, China expert joins FSR, US diplomacy and cyber, Beijing sole option for EU-China summit

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

BelgiumMarkic makes his mark at INTCEN

FranceFoundation for Strategic Research to study Taiwan's National Security Council

United StatesState Department to beef up cybersecurity amid restructuring

China/EuropeUrsula von der Leyen summoned to Beijing

The Tech Telegraph
GEOINT and Chat-GPT, SS8 in Tunis, Belgium's cyber command Tempest zoning

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.

KissimmeeGeo-ChatGPT debated in Florida

MilpitasSS8 wins Tunis geolocation bid

EvereBelgian Cyber Command contracts Intriple for Tempest zoning

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Stephen quits Stoneturn, Sports integrity, EU ups security in Pretoria, Adrian Stones's two hats

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

Singapore/New YorkStoneturn loses China-focused investigator

LondonNew firm linked to sports integrity pro Paul Beeby

BrusselsEU delegation to Pretoria boosts security

LondonDentons picks Adrian Stones

The Tech Telegraph
ODNI pores over cyberintel industry, Fabian Kaiser moves to ISTARI Global, Sacha Bailly heads Dataminr's defence sales and Belgian spyware

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.

WashingtonIs the US clamping down on the cyber intelligence industry?

MunichFabian Kaiser takes over ISTARI Global's office in Munich

ParisSacha Bailly, French Navy and Airbus veteran takes helm of Dataminr's defence activities in France

BrusselsIntelligence oversight committee gives green light to Belgian spyware development

Belgium poised to ratify new telecoms data collection legislation

Intelligence Online has had access to the draft memorandum on telecommunications operators' sharing of client data and metadata with the relevant intelligence and government services. It is intended to bring Belgian law into line with the needs of those services and the decisions of the European Court of Justice.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
CRA, Amarante in Erbil, Brahmachari returns to CRG, Nadia Schadlow joins Sigma7 and Ergo

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Erbil, London, Paris, Brussels and Washington.

LondonCRA seeks replacement for Panes.

Brussels/ParisAmarante strengthens position in Iraq with Falcon.

LondonBrahmachari returns to Control Risks.

WashingtonNadia Schadlow connects newcomer Sigma7 with Ergo.

Euranova to supply AI to French police drone tracking programme

The French interior ministry has contracted Franco-Belgian firm Euranova to develop the artificial intelligence for its drone tracking programme. The solution has also attracted the interest of the French Air Force.

Interionet adds another Israeli stamp to Belgium's I-Police programme

The Belgian law enforcement modernisation programme I-Police, led by French firm Sopra Steria, uses video data analytics developed by Israeli firm Interionet. It had already tapped into Israeli tech with tools from cyber specialists Rayzone.

Belgium wants its intelligence services to keep tabs on Chinese investments

The draft law aimed at creating a body to "filter" foreign investments, which is in line with the approach taken by more and more European countries, has met with reluctance from Standing Committee R.

Paris, Brussels and London strengthen their intelligence cooperation in the Channel

As the number of migrants trying to cross their shared maritime borders increases, the United Kingdom, France and Belgium are increasingly sharing their intelligence on the subject, generating new business opportunities for the surveillance sector.

Government and intelligence regulator clash over interception law reform

With its access to phone record lists cut off first by the CJEU then a Belgian court, Alexander De Croo's government - prompted by its intelligence services - wants to reintroduce this option in national law, much to the concern of intelligence oversight panel Comité R.

Spotlight
Major standoff afoot within NATO over hack back views

To hack back or not to hack back? NATO's European members are at odds with the US's drive to make the alliance's cyber defence policy more offensive, which raises the question of its abilities to attribute cyberattacks, a highly political matter.

Belgian army benchmarks anti-drone systems before launching procurement

The Belgian military, which is currently preparing to issue a call for tenders for anti-drone systems, has been meeting the main providers of the anti-drone market.

Spotlight
Belgian intelligence pushes for reform amid increasing restrictions

Belgium's external and internal intelligence agency, the VSSE, has reiterated the need for its agents and informers to have more leeway to conduct certain acts that are currently illegal so they can better perform their infiltration missions, whether virtual or physical.

Belgian intelligence grapples with prohibition of bulk collection and storage of data by phone operators

Belgium's constitutional court followed the hard line taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a landmark ruling last October, making the intelligence services' work more complicated.

Seris and G4S in difficulty after being hit by US prosecution over NATO and Pentagon contracts in Belgium

Seris and G4S's Belgian subsidiaries have been indicted, along with several of their former senior executives, with bid rigging over private security contracts from NATO and the Pentagon. This will complicate their participation in future US tender calls.