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  • How Can Private Intelligence Help NGOs?

    Intelligence reports provide decision makers with a statistically-based prediction of the future. NGOs often work in challenging environments and with limited budgets. Intelligence reports help NGOs make decisions about how to improve their work. Private intelligence firms provide NGOs with objective assessments of the issues at hand, allowing them to make better decisions for their…

  • Thieves, Cameras and Sneakers

    In an ideal world, a security camera can identify a suspect or a victim. Sadly we do not live in an ideal world, and not all security cameras are created equal. The ability to identify someone depends on the camera’s capabilities including FPS and resolution among other things. When it comes to cameras, you get…

  • Travel Tips – Part 1

    Get A Local Map When you first hit the ground in a new city or unfamiliar location, the fastest way to get your bearings, literally, is with an accurate tourist map. Tourist maps are chock full of the most popular (and likely safest and vetted) restaurants, parks and attractions. But not all maps are created…

  • What is a ‘Travel Briefing’?

    Imagine arriving in a foreign city for a business trip. It is 23:39 local time, and you’ve just deplaned. You’re tired and hungry and you have to catch the 7:05 train to a meeting in a nearby city tomorrow morning. Most people travel by hoping and guessing along the way. As you fumble through the…

  • What is ‘Private Intelligence’?

    Private intelligence is the collection, analysis and exploitation of information, by a non-governmental organization. Governments use intelligence agencies to determine where the world is going – for example, what is happening in the next 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, etc. Think Jack Ryan, trying to learn which step the bad guy is going to…

  • The Intelligence Cycle

    Information is all around us, constantly bombarding us in every direction. News media, social media, friends and family – each one competing for your time, energy and attention. Intelligence professionals know that without verification, information is useless. Think about the last time a parent or trusted friend sent you an article, or a headline even,…

  • Geolocating A Car Crash

    I first saw this photo in a blog post from EverydaySpy, saying he had been in a hit-and-run accident. The post mentioned that he was in Abu Dhabi and was merging when this happened. I was intrigued and immediately decided to locate the photo. I want to walk you through the process I used to…

  • Being A Targeting Analyst

    What is a targeting analyst? A targeting analyst or “targeter” for short, is someone who finds out every little detail there is to know about a person, place or thing. Imagine having the knowledge that your parents, your best friend, and your significant other have about you all rolled into one person. They know your…

  • Pandas, Puppies and Burnout

    It has been a heck of a time in our house for these last two weeks with everything seemingly in a perfect storm of flux. As the saying goes, life isn’t about learning to wait til the storm passed but rather how to dance in the rain. These past two weeks have been full of…

  • The IR$ (Part One)

    “Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you —“ Emotionally triggering headlines are standard in modern news media. Headlines like this are designed to make you feel the way you do, right now. The media companies know that emotionally-triggered people are far more likely to take the click-bait and spread it,…