• Travel Tips – Part 2

    Make A Daily Carry ‘Go-Bag’ Preparing for your most-likely daily pitfalls will keep you ready for anything. Your go-bag is meant to get you through your worst day. Let’s start with the basics. Hydration is key to several natural processes in the human body.Having water on hand will help you regulate through a number of…

  • Educating Teens About Trafficking

    Growing up in New Jersey in the 90’s, the world was a bit smaller than it is today. Places like the west coast seemed like another world and other countries were things we read about in history books and saw on the news. To book a trip to a foreign country would take planning and…

  • Evacuation Planning

    When it comes to emergency preparedness, having a plan before things get crazy is the key to making the right decisions. When the human brain perceives danger, cortisol levels spike and we are prone to make emotion, irrational decisions. One way to make better decision under stress is through stress inoculation. This includes things like…

  • 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…