Russia
Kremlin's protection arm prevails in information war

Israel, Russia
Andrey Davidovich, opening doors for cyber consultants from Tel Aviv to Moscow

Businessman Andrey Davidovich builds bridges between Israeli and Russian businesses in the sector. He is also in a position to fill the space left by Israeli cyber consultants in Myanmar to the benefit of their Russian counterparts.

Russia
Zarya, guardian of Russia's space programme secrets, joins list of strategic companies

Part of the Russian state agency Roscosmos, Zarya protects information on space and defence programmes, working closely with the intelligence services.

Russia
Intelligence lawmaker trio tightens rules on state secrets

In the Russian parliament, legislation is being put in place to strengthen the powers of the intelligence services over information security, under the initiative of three former investigators who are now MPs.

The Intelligence Gazette
Vietnam's MPS, Qassem Al Araji in Tehran, France's new South East Asia diplomat, FSB

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every week, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Hanoi to Paris, via Tehran and Moscow.

VietnamTo Lam wants to further condense public security hierarchy

Iraq/IranQassem Al Araji defuses Sulaymaniyah security issues before return to Tehran

France/Vietnam/RomaniaOlivier Brochet tipped to succeed ambassador Warnery in Hanoi

RussiaFSB's new technical director settles in

Japan, United States
Behind the scenes of Japan's talks with US over NATO

Japan continues to redefine its strategy with regard to the regional security organisations that operate in Asia, while Joe Biden has definitively rejected any plans for Tokyo to join the transatlantic alliance.

The Intelligence Gazette
FSO, ex-COS in Abu Dhabi, NATO and Taiwan, DNI in demand on drones

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Moscow to Paris, via Taipei and Washington.

RussiaFSO regulates military service

FranceFormer COS liaison chief ordered to return extra pay

TaiwanNATO slows down rapprochement with Taipei

United StatesAll drone policies point to the DNI

Russia
Russian intelligence community anxious about open source leaks

Alert to the risks of strategic intelligence leaks, the Russian government has changed the status of intelligence services so that they and their suppliers are not mentioned on public service portals.

Russia
Vladimir Selin: the FSB's man in charge of protecting state secrets

Vladimir Selin, head of the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control, also heads the inter-ministerial committee for the protection of state secrets, which is tightly controlled by the FSB. Its main purpose is to oversee the systems used to protect vital, strategic information.

Russia
FSB poised for additional responsibilities under new national security strategy

Vladimir Putin's recent reframing of the role of the FSB gives some indication of the direction the soon to be announced national security strategy will go in, spanning the seas, borders and strategically important information security.