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Climate Extremists: Evolving Tactics and Targets
In Articles, Featured on November 17, 2023
In response to the waning support for the Occupy movement in 2015, a faction of extremists in England strategically pivoted,…
October 2023 TorchStone Global Monthly Executive Protection Report
In Articles, Featured on November 7, 2023
TorchStone Global believes that broader situational awareness and intelligence are key to providing quality executive protection—whether the principal is a…
How Executive Protection and Corporate Security Teams Can Best Utilize AI
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured on October 24, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms are becoming increasingly accessible and better at recreating human language patterns. Industries across the board are…
Terrorist Tradecraft and the Jihadist Threat to the West
In Articles, Featured on October 17, 2023
Charles Lister’s excellent piece in Foreign Policy notes, “The Biden Administration is dangerously downplaying the global terrorism threat.” I agree…
September 2023 TorchStone Global Monthly Executive Protection Report
In Articles, Featured on October 6, 2023
TorchStone Global believes that broader situational awareness and intelligence are key to providing quality executive protection—whether the principal is a…
The Need for Nuance in Protective Intelligence Part 5: Mexico’s Criminal Cartels
In Articles, Featured on September 26, 2023
Media and government reports about Mexico’s criminal cartels tend to portray them as hierarchical organizations, as if they are some…
August 2023 TorchStone Global Monthly Executive Protection Report
In Articles, Featured on September 12, 2023
TorchStone Global believes that broader situational awareness and intelligence are key to providing quality executive protection—whether the principal is a…
July 2023 TorchStone Global Monthly Executive Protection Report
In Articles, Featured on August 8, 2023
TorchStone Global believes that broader situational awareness and intelligence are key to providing quality executive protection—whether the principal is a…
Surviving Economic Crimes: Part with Your Possessions, Not with Your Life
In Articles, Featured on July 18, 2023
When faced with street crime, it’s better to part with your possessions than risk injury or death. While many may…
Creatures of Habit
In Articles, Featured, Identity Protection on July 14, 2023
Stanislav Rzhitsky, a former Russian submarine commander, was assassinated while on his morning run. The motive is possibly related to…