Blog
Field notes from the analyst desk.
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Madagascar Protests and Coup
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Serbia Unrest Outlook: One-Year Anniversary of the Novi Sad Tragedy
One year after the Novi Sad tragedy, Seerist analyzes evolving unrest patterns, security implications, and regional stability.
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Airspace Violations in Europe
Seerist analyzes EU airspace violations and hybrid attacks, uncovering emerging risks and impacts on the aviation sector.
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2025 Q3 Security Incident Report
Q3 2025 Security Incident Report Seerist’s intelligence team verified more than 34,000 events of war, terrorism, unrest, and organized crime around the world last quarter. Our experts extracted key insights from the data and offer forecasts on what’s to come in the months ahead.
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How a Simple Idea Changed the Way Analysts Work
Innovation often starts with frustration. Our platform provided vast amounts of news and social media data, but it was not always easy to navigate without a specific asset or location in mind. I often found myself scrolling through endless lists of articles just to get a sense of
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Streamlining the Incident Management Life Cycle
Despite a security team’s best efforts, any number or threats can emerge and cause significant issues impacting people, operations, assets, reputations, and even the bottom line. While disruptive incidents are inevitable, there are specific steps a security team can and should ta
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How Automated Incident Management Improves Response Times
When organizations are dealing with a crisis, two of the most valuable attributes they can have are information and time. Unfortunately, many organizations are often most lacking in these two things – especially in times of crisis. When information is not readily accessible and r
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Optimizing the Operational Risk Management Process
Understanding an organization’s operational risk is paramount to its ability to create a robust security posture. Security teams must understand the ins and outs of their business operations to identify what will or won’t impact everyday activities. From failed internal processes
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Harnessing Global Threat Intelligence for Enhanced Security
To keep an organization safe from risks and threats in today’s unpredictable business environment, it’s important for leaders to shift away from traditional, reactive intelligence-gathering methods and adopt technology-driven global threat intelligence as the backbone of their se
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October 2025 Global Outlook
Seerist shares four global outlooks highlighting key geopolitical developments and emerging risks to monitor throughout October.
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Intelligence is Still Drowning in Noise. It Doesn’t Have to Be.
Why does intelligence work still suffer from a noise problem? The technology to tackle the ‘big data’ challenge exists, and in some places it’s working. But most tools in our field still haven’t solved it. Instead, analysts are stuck with tools that force an impossible tradeoff:
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September 2025 Global Outlook
Seerist shares five global outlooks highlighting key geopolitical developments and emerging risks to monitor throughout September.
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The Tradecraft Problem with AI Tools
Written by Melissa Newberg, Head of Intelligence at Seerist Many of us were there—February 24, 2022, and it looks like Russia really is invading Ukraine. My leadership is demanding immediate answers about employee safety, decisions need to be made, and the information landscape i
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8 Global Supply Chain Risk Management Strategies
Organizations face a multitude of risks each day; one common one is supply chain disruptions. This type of issue is inevitable in today’s volatile world. Advanced solutions that go beyond traditional risk assessment may help organizations identify possible supply chain issues bef
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Understanding and Managing Strategic Risk
Running a business is more complicated than it used to be for many reasons. Geopolitical shifts, economic instability, and technology disruption each play a significant role in the increasing complexity and uncertainty that organizations face today. Traditional risk management st
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Thailand-Cambodia Conflict
Seerist explores threat events and stability over the last 60 days in counties along the Texas Southwest Border.
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August 2025 Global Outlook
Seerist shares five global outlooks highlighting key geopolitical developments and emerging risks to monitor throughout August.
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Why AI-Human Teaming Matters for the Intelligence Community in 2025
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s 2025 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) offers a sobering but critical overview of the evolving global threat environment. It highlights a complex web of adversaries and emerging risks—ranging from state-sponsored cyber campaigns
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Leveraging Advanced Intelligence Gathering Techniques
When it comes to operational security, the procedures of the past are no longer sufficient. Even if an organization is staffed with the most efficient security team in the world, it is impossible for them to manually monitor all of the raw data being created and shared in today’s
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How Risk Analysis Software Helps Identify and Mitigate Threats
Today’s complex business environment requires smarter, more proactive security strategies. Traditional reactive risk management approaches will not suffice in a world teeming with global instability, economic shifts, cyber threats, and more. Fortunately, business leaders have man