France
French DGSE's technical department opens up to innovation cooperation

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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

France
DGSE's sacking of defiant official on internal security grounds overruled in court

A French DGSE staffer sacked after making a private trip to Iran has been reinstated by an administrative court.

France, Middle East
With defence in its sights, Jolt Capital cosies up to leading Gulf families

Advised by former French armed forces minister Florence Parly, the investment fund is stepping up its fundraising in the Middle East. With close ties to Paris, Jolt intends to strengthen its defence business.

France
French military planning law: parliament and government go head-to-head over intelligence amendments

A meeting between MPs and senators will take place today in a bid to reach a compromise over the LPM military planning law. Central to the discussions are intelligence checks and arms exports.

France
DGSE relocation pushed back by two years

The future DGSE headquarters in Vincennes, scheduled for 2028, will now not be ready until 2030. Work has not even begun yet.

Spotlight | France
OTDH provides test for French cyber-intelligence ecosystem

The DGSI's trials of the OTDH heterogenous data analysis platform will show if the French cyber marketplace has room for a newcomer unconnected to the traditional defence suppliers Thales, Dassault and Airbus.

France
DGSE mulls creation of startup incubator

According to our sources, the DGSE has made an unusual move recently. Reluctant to share its technology outside the service, [...]