Posts by Ontic Contributor
Drones and the Law: Can They Hover Over Your House or Property?
This blog was written by Texas A&M University Professor and former Assistant United States Attorney, Ron Sievert. As we enter 2023, many of us understand that in the next few years, we will be confronted with over flights by and questions about drones. Those of us involved in law enforcement, intelligence, scientific exploration and research…
Read MoreHow Corporate Intelligence Teams Help Businesses Manage Risk
This article was originally featured in Harvard Business Review and was written by Paul R. Kolbe and Maria Robson Morrow of the Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School. In January 2020, a small team at the global financial services technology company Fiserv began closely watching early warning signs of a…
Read MoreThe Digital Transformation of Protective Intelligence within a GSOC
This podcast was originally featured on The Great Conversation. Global Security Operations Centers are increasingly expanding their investigative capabilities by formalizing the methodology within a digital transformation model. We turn to a top-performing security professional with over 15 years of physical security experience covering the entire spectrum of Physical Security; Security Operations, Executive Protection, Security…
Read More2021 State of Protective Intelligence Infographic
How to Identify Those Who Pose a Threat From Those Who Make a Threat
Searching for threats that are made with violent intent from the thousands of threats that are made every day can often amount to searching for a needle in a haystack. Limited resources mean that threat assessors must be able to identify the factors and warning signs of a potentially serious risk without escalating non-threatening concerns.…
Read MoreHow Corporate Security Teams are Evolving
In light of new demands on intelligence programs, security teams have made changes pertaining to team composition, new technology, and the maturing of their programs. Over recent years there have been a number of distinct changes that we have observed as it relates to how corporate security teams operate across all industries. First, the makeup…
Read MoreThe Role Of Protective Intelligence In Estate Security
Estate security is a critical element for corporate executive protection teams and their supporting protective intelligence programs. We realize that executives spend the majority of their time at the corporate office, their primary estate, as well as various travel destinations. Two of those are static locations and are often desirable targets for would-be attackers or…
Read MoreHow Do Protective Intelligence Analysts Support Security Programs?
Each organization has its own unique structure and processes, but we have identified four primary areas in which protective intelligence analysts across large and small organizations support protective security programs: Ongoing Assessments of Threat/Vulnerability Investigations Auditing Protective Intelligence Data Travel Risk Research #1. Ongoing Assessments of Threat/Vulnerability The most fundamental functions performed by protective intelligence…
Read More10 Challenges Undermining Your Protective Intelligence Program
Protective intelligence means different things to every organization. A protective intelligence program somewhere out there only consists of a log book of suspicious events, and in other instances, it consists of a sophisticated digital platform that catalogues information, analyzes datasets for patterns, and spits out immediate reports. Our goal in this article is to provide…
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