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Minnesota Attacks: Protective Intelligence Lessons
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured on June 18, 2025
At about 2:00 am on June 14, police in Champlin, Minnesota, received a 911 call reporting a shooting. Responding police…
Persistent Insider Threats in Corporate Espionage
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured on June 17, 2025
Companies and organizations face a multitude of different threats from insiders regarding the theft of intellectual property, trade secrets, and…
Drone Threat 2025: Taking Stock
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured on May 27, 2025
Drone technology has changed dramatically since 2018, as evidenced by the massive proliferation of drones in the war in Ukraine…
Preparing for Global Protests to Mark al Quds Day 2025
In Articles, Featured, Traveling Abroad on March 21, 2025
Al Quds day will fall on Friday, March 28 this year and pro-Palestine activists are planning protests and rallies around…
Protecting the Bottom Line: The Value Proposition for Executive Protection
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured on February 25, 2025
Establishing an Executive Protection (EP) program for corporate executives requires delicate navigation. TorchStone has frequently encountered executives who decline protection,…
Death of United Healthcare’s CEO Was Likely a Preventable Tragedy
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured on December 4, 2024
Police are currently searching for an individual who shot and killed United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, the morning of Wednesday,…
Successfully Resolving an Attempted Swatting Attack: A TorchStone Case Study
In Articles, Featured, Team on December 3, 2024
We highlight lessons learned from our experience dealing with swatting attacks and provide a case study in how Residential Security…
Physical Threats Against Virtual Currency
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured on October 30, 2024
While criminals certainly continue virtual attacks against cryptocurrency networks (more often exploiting human than software vulnerabilities), many criminal actors have…
2024 Election Unrest Guide: Learning Lessons and Avoiding a Repeat of 2020
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured on October 15, 2024
As Mark Twain famously quipped, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” There are multiple indicators that the 2024…
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Preparing for a Global Protest Campaign
In Articles, Featured, Traveling Abroad on October 1, 2024
October 7, 2023 marks the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attacks against Israel that triggered an Israeli military retaliation that continues…