We first heard of COVID-19 back in December 2019 and since then, we never could have predicted what would have unfolded, especially in the last week or two. Our day-to-day work as protective intelligence professionals has changed dramatically. Not only are many of us working remotely in order to adhere to social distancing requirements, but our responsibilities have [...]
While our team and many protective intelligence professionals across the industry like to speak to the benefits of new technologies and new methods for protecting assets, we acknowledge that everything we do has a foundation in the tried and true methods that our colleagues in public sector security have developed over the decades. Specifically, it is important to [...]
Over recent years there have been a number of distinct changes that we have observed as it relates to how protective intelligence teams operate across all industries. First, the makeup of our investigative teams has begun to change in light of the new demands of our intelligence programs. Second, technology and data have grown to [...]
Our primary objective with the protective intelligence blog is to share ideas and create a discourse that will help like-minded security professionals protect assets and ultimately save lives. As talented as our team of contributors is, we see great value in highlighting important works created by our colleagues in the industry. There are countless examples of artificial intelligence, [...]
A common challenge for security programs across all industries is to demonstrate return on investment, cost savings, and reduction of risk. Even though the need for proactive security measures to protect human life and assets is self-evident, program managers are usually required to articulate to their senior leaders in business terms, why specific security resources [...]
A White Paper Collaboration from Ontic Technologies & Concentric Advisors Introduction In recent years, organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to non-profits, from governments to family offices, have all been forced to grapple with the security threat that persons of interest (POIs) pose to their employees and assets. POIs are motivated by a variety of factors including financial, [...]
As investigators, we often find that there is a significant disconnect between what less-informed security managers THINK can be discovered during the course of an online investigation versus what ACTUALLY can be discovered. This two-part series from Ami Toben and Travis Lishok gives an appropriate account of how online investigations inform operations on the ground and vice versa. Each [...]
In the protection industry, the topic of threat information sharing has not entered many of our industry dialogues, which is overdue. Although information sharing is no easy task for our organizations, we cannot ignore the fact many potential threat actors we investigate may target multiple public figures over time. Therefore, it makes sense to consider sharing our investigative [...]
2018 undoubtedly has been an interesting year as it relates to protective intelligence initiatives and the challenges that our colleagues across the asset protection industry face. If we were to adequately address all of the important issues from 2018, this brief would be nearly 35,000 words – thankfully, we’re limiting this to a high-level overview. First [...]
Our primary objective with the protective intelligence blog is to share ideas and create a discourse that will help like minded security professionals to protect assets and save lives. As talented as our team of contributors is, we see great value in highlighting important works created by our colleagues in the industry. Recent domestic and world events continue [...]