"The idea here is more of a shaping operation and less of an immediate indicator foreshadowing a large-scale cross river with armor."
Global Guardian Senior Intelligence Analyst Zev Faintuch discusses Ukraine's advances at the Dnieper River and the potential implications on the Russia-Ukraine war.
“The easiest way to convince your client not to implement security measures is to have it become intrusive in their life or an inconvenience. Security needs to be built around the lifestyle of the individual and/or family. They should not have to conform to the security; it’s the security procedures and mitigation that need to conform to the client."
In the July edition of the International Travel and Health Insurance Journal (ITIJ), SVP of Strategic Solutions Michael Coleman discusses how Global Guardian approaches security for high-net-worth executives and their families—building tailored programs around the client that address all threat vectors present while traveling, including medical emergencies, kidnap, ransom, and extortion events, and security crises of varying degree.
“There’s still other players in the game of thrones in Moscow that are waiting and watching."
In Al Jazeera, Global Guardian Vice President of Client Risk Management Seth Krummrich weighs in on the events surrounding the recent coup attempt by Wagner Group Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, why it suddenly ended, and the potential effects on Putin's leadership.
"We can infer that Wagner is just too valuable to the regime to be disbanded completely. Wagner is vital for promoting Russian influence in Africa and the Middle East, as well as for sanctions evasion."
In an article by Brendan Cole for Newsweek, Global Guardian Senior Intelligence Analyst Zev Faintuch provides answers to some of the questions swirling around the recent rebellion by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
"We’ve all seen gangster movies when the don shows weakness, and we all know what happens next. That said, it is still far too soon to predict Putin's imminent fall."
In USA Today, Global Guardian Senior Intelligence Analyst Zev Faintuch weighs in on the recent rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the notorious Wagner Group and its potential impact on Putin's reign.
“As the global threat environment becomes more complex, providing each and every employee with duty of care and protecting them from threats can no longer fall solely upon a Chief Security Officer (CSO) or any one department within the organization.”
In an op-ed for Security Technology Executive Magazine, Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner discusses the importance of a collaborative approach to security within an organization—and what two main components are essential to obtaining buy-in across departments.
"This is an attritional war for Russia, which thinks it can outlast Kyiv with its superior ability to manufacture artillery and quantitative advantage in potential manpower."
In USA Today, Global Guardian Senior Intelligence Analyst Zev Faintuch discusses the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam, including the implications this significant event will have on the movement of Ukrainian forces and Russia's strategy in the war.
“The shaping of the battlefield is happening now for the counteroffensive. We see the attacks behind enemy lines, we see the attacks in Russia by those militias. We see the drone attacks in Moscow. That is all shaping what is coming next.”
In Al Jazeera, Global Guardian Vice President of Client Risk Management Seth Krummrich discusses the on-the-ground realities in Bakhmut—and how a Ukrainian counteroffensive is building next in the Russia-Ukraine war.
"If you can be perceived as an intelligence asset of any kind…you simply shouldn’t get on the plane. That’s the new calculus."
With Bejing's new anti-espionage law and the rise in other business travel-related risks, Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner weighs in with advice in The Wall Street Journal for executives—especially those who have previously worked for the U.S. government—who plan to visit China.
“As procurement of drones have become far simpler, tools once exclusively available to modern militaries and cutting-edge developers are now falling into the hands of dangerous non-state actors, forever altering the national and corporate security landscape.”
In an article for ASIS International’s Security Management Magazine, Senior Intelligence Analyst Zev Faintuch discusses the eminent security threat of commercially available drones (CADs)—as highlighted in Global Guardian's Worldwide Threat Assessment—including how these devices can potentially be used by nefarious actors and why it may take years to close the countermeasure gap.
