Switzerland
US geolocation specialist Polaris Wireless's European ex-consultants regroup at Asperiq

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Dataflow Security in Tel Aviv, Stevens to Babel Street, Germond leaves Asperiq

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.

Tel Aviv Italian zero-day researcher Dataflow Security into Israel

Washington Ex-CIA officer Stevens joins consultancy Babel Street

Abu Dhabi Germond leaves encryption specialist Asperiq

UAE
Ali Al Mannaei, from Darkmatter cyber business developer to security provider

The architect of Abu Dhabi's sovereign cyber sector, Ali Al Mannaei, continues to keep a low profile while doing business. Still very much involved in Emirati defence networks, he is now consolidating all his security operations within his Al Hamra Group.

Switzerland
Encryption firm Asperiq takes over from fallen CIA-controlled Crypto AG

Andreas and Emma Linde, the Swedish entrepreneurs who acquired Crypto AG before its links with US intelligence were publicly revealed, now run Asperiq. The encryption firm is currently on a major international expansion drive.

South America
Pan-American cyber solutions retailer IAFIS hangs on Biden's talks with Maduro

IAFIAS, the Latin American distributor of Cellebrite and lawful interceptions specialist iSolv, may have an opportunity to regain a foothold in Venezuela.

France's Wide Int scoops up big police intelligence equipment contract

French cyber intelligence company Wide Int has signed a €30m-plus equipment supply deal with the Ivorian police.