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TorchStone publishes The Watch to assist our readers in proactively managing risk—whether personal, professional, or organizational—in an increasingly insecure world. The featured articles, blog posts, and expert interviews address vulnerabilities and issues we have frequently encountered while safeguarding high profile individuals, wealthy families, multinational corporations, and international sporting events across six continents. Now, more than ever, security seems to be a precious commodity. Our goal is to give you more of it through The TorchStone Watch.
SPOTLIGHT ISSUE
Methodologies in Threat Intelligence: Examples in Addressing Sports Betting
By TorchStone Senior Analyst, Ben West
Threat intelligence is key to identifying the threats and vulnerabilities to ensure that organizations can maximize the efficiency of their physical security assets. Our layered approach can be used to defend against threats related to sports betting such as those linked to grievances from financial loss.
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Security Update: 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games present a high-value target for a variety of threat actors seeking to undermine the event through actions ranging from disruptive protests, cyberattacks, and even physical attacks. While French authorities are planning to deploy tens of thousands of additional security personnel to protect the games, unwanted incidents are still very likely.
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June 2024 TorchStone Global Monthly Executive Protection Report
The TorchStone Executive Protection Report tracked 18 domestic and 12 international security incidents impacting high-profile individuals during the month of June 2024. TorchStone Global believes that broader situational awareness and intelligence are key to providing quality executive protection—whether the principal is a Fortune 500 CEO, international movie star, or local city council member.
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Lessons from the FBI’s 2023 Active Shooter Report
FBI’s report on Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2023 is produced in collaboration with the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University and examines the incidents that occurred during the year in an effort to identify trends in attack location, shooter identity, target, day and time, weapon(s) used, and engagement or intervention by law enforcement and others.
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Threat Comes Home
During the many years we’ve spent studying attacks against high-profile individuals, we’ve seen that quite a few notable incidents have occurred at or near their residences. Of the 504 incidents targeting high-profile individuals we have tracked from April 2023 through May 2024, 29% of them have occurred at or very near the home, making it the most common place where incidents occur.
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The Extinction Rebellion — What It Is and How It Impacts Industries Far Beyond Energy
Scott Stewart shares his expertise on the Extinction Rebellion with Ontic’s Protective Intelligence Podcast host Fred Burton, and how his firm provides advice to corporations on how to best protect themselves and their employees in this environment. While not all activity poses a threat, it’s important for companies to be hyper-aware of activity and the measures activists can take.
READ MORE >BBC Sounds: Burn Wild Podcast – The Line
There is a school of thought in activism—all movements need a radical flank to succeed. In the podcast, Burn Wild Episode 6: The Line, TorchStone VP Scott Stewart discusses the grievance narrative of Extinction Rebellion (XR).
READ MORE >How to Get on a Watchlist Episode 5: How to Kidnap an Executive
“How to get on a Watchlist” is a new podcast from the team at Encyclopedia Geopolitica. In this installment, How to Get on a Watchlist Episode 5: How to Kidnap an Executive, TorchStone VP Scott Stewart discusses executive kidnappings.
READ MORE >With drug cartel violence, is it safe to travel to Mexico? Security experts weigh in
US tourism is ramping up again in Mexico, but so are the headlines regarding drug cartel violence. TorchStone Vice President of Intelligence Scott Stewart joins the discussion about how safe it is to travel to Mexico.
READ MORE >Perspectives on the Shinzo Abe Assassination
Perspectives on the Shinzo Abe Assassination whitepaper from AT-RISK International, Emergent Risk International, Ontic and Torchstone Global analyzes the July 2022 assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and addresses the broad range of global security implications for individuals and businesses.
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