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Exploiting Vulnerabilities in the Attack Cycle

TorchStone GlobalMay 4, 202014Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the piece TorchStone Global previously published on understanding the attack cycle, I noted that the most important reason for studying the attack cycle is that it is a useful tool for proactively preventing attacks. It does so by providing a framework to identify behaviors and activities associated with an attack as it is being…

International Burn Down a 5G Tower Day

TorchStone GlobalMay 4, 202010Views 0Likes 0Comments

What is Happening: A group of internet activists have declared May 3, 2020 to be “International Burn Down a 5G Tower Day.” They have been using the hashtags such as #burn5G, #burn5Gtowers, #destroy5G, #destroy5Gtowers, #Disable5GTowers, #kill5G, #kill5Gtowers and #teardown5G. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have been working diligently to remove content, forcing it to migrate to…

A Resilience Framework for Businesses to Recover from a Pandemic Outbreak

April 27, 202013Views 0Likes 0Comments

By TorchStone Consultant, Joshua Sinai, PhD Everyone is hugely concerned about quickly recovering from the current COVID-19 pandemic, which is disrupting and degrading every aspect of life globally. This is particularly the case with major corporations whose employees, business operations, facilities, partners, and customers are being severely impacted by the pandemic.

The Importance of Understanding the Attack Cycle

TorchStone GlobalApril 24, 202021Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the piece I wrote on the need for, and functions of protective intelligence programs, I discussed how one of the foundational precepts in the way TorchStone approaches protective intelligence is by recognizing the reality that intentional attacks “don’t just happen.” They are the result of a discernable process that can be detected -- and…

Is North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un Ailing?

April 24, 20209Views 0Likes 0Comments

Featuring TorchStone VP, Scott Stewart Intelligence analysts will use every piece of information they can get their hands on when they’re working to assess the health of these leaders. And in fact, they have specific teams of doctors and nurses who pore over this information in order to kind of diagnose them remotely,” says Scott…

The Hunt: Are white supremacist groups likely to attack the DC area?

April 24, 20207Views 0Likes 0Comments

Featuring TorchStone VP, Scott Stewart We’ve heard a lot lately from white supremacist groups threatening to launch attacks during the coronavirus pandemic. On this week’s edition of The Hunt, WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green is joined by Scott Stewart, vice president at TorchStone Global to address the question of whether these groups will launch…

Why Your Company Needs a Protective Intelligence Program

TorchStone GlobalApril 15, 202012Views 0Likes 0Comments

Many people perceive protective intelligence (PI) as some sort of highly-secret government program that is only used to protect the President and other high-level elected officials from terrorist plots. Certainly, this is one important use-case for PI, but in truth, PI programs are proactive tools that can be used to help any company or organization stay…

Weaponized Letter and Package Attacks Against Public and Private SectorTargets: Key Takeaways for Security Practitioners

August 19, 201913Views 0Likes 0Comments

By TorchStone Consultant, Joshua Sinai, PhD, Published in The InfraGard Journal This article assesses the risk posed by the ability of a variety of threat actors to send weaponized letters and packages, usually via a country’s mail system, against a spectrum of public and private sector targets in the U.S. and globally. A chronological listing…

Workplace Violence Attack at Sebring, Florida Bank: Key Takeaways for Business Leaders

Corporate SecurityFebruary 14, 20199Views 0Likes 0Comments

This article is an assessment for business leaders of the ramifications of a significant recent multiple-casualty shooting incident at a Florida bank branch to enable company executives and their employees to effectively anticipate, prepare for, respond against, and recover from such incidents as resiliently as possible.

Common Sense Cyber Security for the Financial Executive

Corporate Security, Family security, Identity Protection, Traveling AbroadNovember 2, 20185Views 0Likes 0Comments

Criminals, activists, and nation-states can realize their goals with greater efficiency…

The Changing Dynamics of Executive Protection in Silicon Valley and Beyond: An Interview with TorchStone SVP Mark Lex

Corporate Security, Family security, Traveling AbroadNovember 2, 20188Views 0Likes 0Comments

What are the most significant changes impacting executive protection today?

What investigators are looking for in nationwide hunt for would-be bomber

November 2, 20186Views 0Likes 0Comments

Featuring TorchStone SVP, Joe Funk (CNN) – A nationwide manhunt is underway for whoever sent packages with suspected pipe bombs to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and several other top political figures.