INTEL
Accurate, timely information is an essential part of our security and risk services. We provide independent intelligence on social, geopolitical, economic and environmental factors all over the world. And believe that insights and investigations should not only reveal vulnerabilities – but possibilities too.
Activity Based Intelligence
We use Activity Based Intelligence (ABI) to integrate data from a wide variety of sources, producing thorough real-time reporting to support fast and effective decision-making. So that you can anticipate trends and challenges, avoid escalation of risks, and save time and money.
We do this in two key ways:
- By processing historical data and analytics, our analysts advise on emerging trends to support your overall business strategy.
- By monitoring real-time, all-sourced activity in your location of interest, our analysts quickly identify potential threats around your areas of operation and inform you of additional concerns.
Our ABI data is collected, verified, and processed from all-source intelligence, including:
- Human intelligence (HUMINT)
- Open-source intelligence (OSINT)
- Social media intelligence (SOCMINT)
- Technical intelligence (TECHINT)
- Geospatial intelligence (GEOINT)
We specialise in identifying, measuring and preventing social risk through our local presence in the communities we operate in and by considering four fundamental socio-psychological elements.
- Ontology is a person’s world view and their physical and emotional understanding of how things work.
- Identity answers the question ‘who am I’. Issues around identity – whether political, religious or otherwise – underpin most conflicts.
- Logic of appropriateness answers the question ‘what is the rational decision given my identity’ and thus helps predict people’s actions.
- Narrative is not only what a person or population is talking about, but the underlying meaning and subtext they give the subject.
Investigations and Due Diligence
We investigate incidents as well as conduct rigorous due diligence on new prospects, partners and third parties so you can move forward with certainty.
ABI incorporates an array of investigations to provide better understanding about events that have already taken place and are critical to your operations. From incident analysis and geolocation, network and verification investigation, arms identification to statement verification, ABI’s combined capabilities allow you to reach robust conclusions.
Our specialists also help you manage the risks associated with new customers, partners and third parties. We use a whole range of techniques, including screening against sanctions and government watch lists, public records, governmental filings and business records, human right and international humanitarian law assessments, as well as extensive reputational assessments that focus on public presence, publicity footprint, social media impact, networks and associations, public sentiment and insight.
In particular, our investigators specialise in investigating massive amounts of transaction and social media data from various sources to identify patterns and linkages of potential suspect activities that would be obscured or difficult to detect using traditional methods.
