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Field notes from the analyst desk.
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February 2025 Outlook
Seerist is analyzing key global events, including a security forum on European defense, an AI summit, and 3 elections with major geopolitical impacts in this February 2025 Outlook.
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Terrorism and the Big Game
Seerist is monitoring threats ahead of the Major U.S. Event so you can keep your employees, executives, and organization's reputation safe during the big game.
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2024 Q4 Security Incident Report
Q4 2024 Security Incident Report Seerist’s intelligence team verified more than 29,000 events of war, terrorism, unrest, and organized crime around the world last quarter. We extracted key insights from the data and offer forecasts on what’s to come in the months ahead. Insights
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Risk Intelligence Unveiled: Strategies for Proactive Risk Management
Risk intelligence is a systematic approach to identifying, analyzing, and managing risks using advanced tools and techniques. As a cornerstone of security strategies, it equips teams with the insights needed to avoid threats when possible and maintain operations during disruption
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Risk Detection Redefined: Unveiling Hidden Threats in Real-Time
In 2016, Wells Fargo faced a $185 million penalty—the largest ever imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at the time—for creating millions of unauthorized customer accounts. The fallout included the dismissal of 5,300 employees and the replacement of the chief risk
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January 2025 Global Outlook
We have identified key developments and trends to watch globally over the coming month in our January 2025 Global Outlook.
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Key Geopolitical Trends to Monitor in Q1 2025
Seerist has identified key geopolitical trends to monitor in Q1 2025, that include Trump's presidency, political instability in Europe, and Middle East conflicts.
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Informed Decisions: The Role of a Risk Intelligence Platform
Today's globalized business environment is full of uncertainty. Leaders face risks from economic shifts, cybersecurity threats, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical instability, employee issues, and environmental crises. These challenges are not isolated, as our interconnected
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Unlocking Insights: The Power of a Risk Intelligence System
Navigating a business through today’s volatile geopolitical landscape presents significant challenges. Daily operations are often unpredictable, and rapidly evolving factors such as political unrest, economic instability, global crises, and environmental issues compound the compl
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Navigating Risk: Strategies for Effective Threat Intelligence Analysis
Threat intelligence, the process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information about events that could negatively impact operations and the well-being of employees, is a critical part of an organization’s security activities. Without comprehensive and properly vetted thr
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Strategies for Detecting Misinformation and Safeguarding Intelligence Integrity
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South Korea’s Six-hour Martial Law
South Korea's brief martial law sparked political turmoil, mass protests, and impeachment efforts against President Yoon, highlighting instability.
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Mitigating Threats: The Role of Operational Risk Management
Operational risk, risks arising from failed internal processes, people, systems, or external events, is on the rise. While operational risk can be avoided, the complexity of the modern business environment, with its interconnected processes, global supply chains, and reliance on
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December 2024 Global Outlook
We have identified key developments and trends to watch globally over the coming month in our December 2024 Global Outlook.
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Choosing the Right Path: Selecting Effective Risk Assessment Tools
When it comes to mitigating risk, security teams often get stuck in a reactive state. Or, the organization is parsing risk management throughout the organization, leading to siloed information, frustrated teams, and ineffective data. Both scenarios typically result in a loss in p
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How to Enhance Security with Travel Risk Management Solutions
Business travel comes with many unforeseen risks. From unexpected natural disasters that delay flights and lead to airport chaos to local disruptions such as political unrest and civilian protests that arise with little warning, organizations have to work hard in order to provide
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Beyond Borders: Understanding and Mitigating Geopolitical Risks
Geopolitical risk is a top concern for most large-scale organizations. Leaders need to be nimble and adjust to the world’s daily changes in geopolitical tensions, politics, international relations, trade wars, sanctions, global financial markets, shifting power dynamics and count
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Effective Operational Risk Assessment Best Practices
Operational risk, arising from challenges with internal processes, systems, or personnel, is a reality every organization must confront. While it may not always be possible to eliminate these risks entirely, leaders can adopt proactive measures to minimize their occurrence and im
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Enhancing Enterprise Risk Management with Augmented Analytics
Enterprise Risk Management is a method used to identify, assess, and manage an organization’s risks. It is typically a top-down strategy, helping leaders initiate a unified perspective on potential issues and hazards, and establish mitigation tactics to avoid disruptions impactin
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From Data to Defense: 4 Tips to Building a Proactive Physical Security Strategy
Data is a powerful asset, yet many security teams are not fully leveraging its potential. Why? These teams operate under tight time constraints, with limited resources and a need to prioritize urgent issues first. This often leaves minimal time for in-depth vetting and analysis o