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2024 Review: The Watch
We’re proud of our work from 2024 and honored that so many readers have looked to us for guidance on…
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Holiday Travel Security
As we approach the 2024/2025 Holiday season, many people will be traveling. Indeed, some estimates indicate up to 50 percent…
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November 2024 TorchStone Global Monthly Executive Protection Report
The TorchStone Executive Protection Report tracked 21 domestic and 13 international security incidents or updates to prior incidents impacting high-profile…
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Death of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Was Likely a Preventable Tragedy
Police are currently searching for an individual who shot and killed United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, the morning of Wednesday,…
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Successfully Resolving an Attempted Swatting Attack: A TorchStone Case Study
We highlight lessons learned from our experience dealing with swatting attacks and provide a case study in how Residential Security…
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Case Study: Online Threat
The target list posted to the Signal chat reportedly contained some 270 entities that spanned a wide array of sectors,…
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October 2024 TorchStone Global Monthly Executive Protection Report
The TorchStone Executive Protection Report tracked 22 domestic and 9 international security incidents or updates to prior incidents impacting high-profile…
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Physical Threats Against Virtual Currency
While criminals certainly continue virtual attacks against cryptocurrency networks (more often exploiting human than software vulnerabilities), many criminal actors have…
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Hybrid Warfare/Criminal Nexus
Hybrid warfare uses a suite of shadowy methods to attack an adversary that falls short of a conventional military conflict.…
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2024 Election Unrest Guide: Learning Lessons and Avoiding a Repeat of 2020
As Mark Twain famously quipped, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” There are multiple indicators that the 2024…