Spotlight | UAE
After the takeover of cyber specialist Digital14, Edge heads into Asia

France, UAE
Katim looks to Paris, hiring ex-Ercom Didier Pagnoux

Didier Pagnoux, who ran French Ercom from 2007 to 2012 and launched its cybersecurity and interception departments, is taking over as CEO of semi-public Emirati firm Katim as it looks to carve out a place in the country's ever-changing cyber landscape.

The Tech Times
Hikvision and Dahua woo Paris, Morland goes solo, Intel 471 in Riyadh, Santagata steps down at Cy4gate

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT and cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

Paris/BeijingChinese monitoring giants launch fresh charm offensive.

Abu DhabiFormer CPX deputy VP of sales Morland into cyber consulting.

Riyadh/DallasKoujan spearheads Intel 471's push into Saudi Arabia.

RomeCy4gate's ex-CEO Eugenio Santagata leaves board.

Kazakhstan, UAE
Kazakhstan's Butterfly Effect aims to get into the Gulf via partnerships with UAE's state-owned cyber groups

Kazakh interceptions firm Butterfly Effect is looking for partners in the UAE to help it win public sector contracts in the Middle East.

Finland, UAE
Finland's Bittium behind Edge's new Katim secure phone

Know-how from Finland is still very much a part of the new Katim X-2 secure telephone system, now distributed by Edge Group, thanks to cooperation with the Nordic country's Bittium.

The Tech Times
Anissa Saunder joins CPX, Brian Frutchey leaves Bigbear, Bugsec shakes up management

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

Abu DhabiFrance's Saunder joins UAE cyberintelligence firm CPX.

ArlingtonBigBear loses technology director.

Tel-AvivBortman appointed new head of Israeli cybersecurity firm Bugsec.

UAE
EDGE Group beefs up export apparatus

The part-publicly owned conglomerate has set up a new global division to handle exports, while building import channels for its cyber cluster.

Spotlight | UAE
Edge Group to pilot Abu Dhabi's multi-constellation spy satellites programme

The United Arab Emirates aims to achieve operational independence in geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) through the construction of four constellations of surveillance satellites. This major project is being overseen by E mirati defence conglomerate Edge Group.

UAE
Digital14 poised for takeover by Edge Group

With his takeover of the country's security sector complete, the UAE's National Security Adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan is about to make Digital14, owned by ADQ, a part of Edge Group's Electronic Warfare & Cyber Technologies cluster.

UAE
Emirati cyber offensive business to be switched from Digital14 to CPX

In the latest development in the power struggle taking place in the Al Nahyan clan, cyber security company Digital14 is about to be reorganised. In line with a now well-established routine, it will be succeeded by a new Emirati cyber offensive avatar.

India, UAE
UAE cybersecurity firm Digital14 sets up shop in hackers-for-hire capital New Delhi

The Emirati cybersecurity firm Digital14, which operates the Darkmatter-established vulnerabilities laboratory xen1thLabs, now has an office in India, reflecting the closer cyber cooperation between the two countries.