Global Security Briefing by Factal and Emergent Risk International
Held live every two weeks on Thursdays, the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind. We examine security threats, supply chain impacts and geopolitical developments for global security and risk intelligence professionals. Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.
Episodes
87 episodes
Russia's energy crisis; Iran war; Cockroach Party Protests in India
In today’s Global Security Briefing, Factal Europe Lead James Morgan covered the Russia energy crisis as the Russia-Ukraine war continues.Emergent Ris...
AI quality acceleration, regulation, competition; World Cup security review
In today’s Global Security Briefing, Emergent Risk International’s Judd Tennant reviewed security at the FIFA World Cup, highlighting the unexpectedly low number of arrests and protests so far. He also shared what organizations should watch for...
🌪️tornadoes, El Niño, drone threats to business
In today’s Global Security Briefing, Factal editor Sarah Burke discussed some of the challenges in covering natural hazards like tornadoes, the growing intertwining of extreme weather events and the expanding threat zones from those.
Latin American protests, elections and what to watch for
In today’s Global Security Briefing, two Latin American specialists focused on the region. Factal's Latin America Lead, Jeff Landset, spoke about active protests in three countries and what to watch for in others.Emiliano Polo, Em...
World Cup security including heat and soft targets; election threats; prediction markets
In Thursday's Global Security Briefing, just two weeks before the opening match, Factal Editor Joe Veyera gave a final preview of World Cup security concerns, including extreme weather and the risks posed by dispersed soft targets.From E...
West Bengal election violence; Supply chain strains from Ukraine-Russia and Iran wars
Factal Senior Editor Halima Mansoor started us off by discussing recent election violence in West Bengal and other developments in South Asia. Followed by Louise Alestam, Senior EMEA Analyst at Emergent Risk International, who turne...
Watching the Sahel; World Cup security; El Niño in Latin America
After the recent insurgency activity in Mali, Factal Editor Sarah Burke shares what to watch for in the rest of the Sahel and within Mali itself.Madi Honsinger and Emiliano Polo from Emergent Risk International turned their eyes to the W...
Blockading blockades; El Niño coming; anti-AI sentiment building
How do editors handle conflicting information in around the Iran war and the Israel-Lebanon conflict? Factal Middle East Lead Ahmed Namatalla shares that after talking about the continuing impacts of dual blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
No China-Taiwan war; compounding issues one month into Iran war; selling security internally
Let's start off with the good news -- there probably won't be a war between China and Taiwan. Neil Thompson from Emergent Risk International tells you why.This week's briefing s...
Iran war expansion, multi-order supply chain impacts; World Cup security
Director of Analysis, Kieran O'Leary started with an update on the expansion of the Iran conflict, the mutli-order supply chain impacts and what Emergent Risk International is looking at next...
Iran conflict; AI disinfo flood
Kieran O'Leary kicked things off, providing an update on the expansion of the Iran conflict, what Emergent Risk International is looking at next and why there are hints at a prolonged operation.Then Cory Bergman showed the flood of A...
Writing for AI summaries; annual general meeting security; AI threats and security
This Briefing explained that since you know your reports are going to be summarized you can structure them to be better understood by LLMs -- all writing is marketing, targeting a specific audience. Dave Clark, marketer and producer with Factal...
What editors are watching for in Europe & APAC; ERI on Europe-US relations; Australia is too hot
The only way to cover real-time security news is to be familiar with a region's expected news. Factal editors recently shared their regional lookaheads with members -- in today's Global Security Briefing editor Sarah Burke shared selections fro...
What to watch for: Winter games, US-M-CA trade deal, Bangladesh, Greenland
In this Briefing Factal producer Dave Clark presents on what makes the Winter Olympics challenging from a safety & security aspect, plus what the European editors are watching for to help members.Then North America specialist T...
What's next after Venezuela? Iran's economic protests; PizzInt and tradecraft
In the first Global Security Briefing of 2026 Factal editor Jaime Calle Moreno took a deep dive into what happened in Venezuela as well as what editors are watching for next.Hannah Poppy, Global Head of Risk Intelligence for Emergent Ris...
Ukraine-Russia update; tin and metals; Pacific cyclones and more
The final Briefing of 2025 features Factal editor James Morgan with an update on Ukraine-Russia. What's the state of the ground war, the drone war, the hybrid war and peace talks? That's the first 20 minutes.Then Kieran O'Leary from Emer...
Tanzania, Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria and Iraq - what the analyst needs to know
In this Global Security Briefing Factal editor Sarah Burke and Emergent Risk International analyst Cameron Evers dive deep into four nations in Africa's unique situations, how they got there and what the business intelligence professional needs...
Venezuela-U.S. scenarios; APEC meeting; China-Netherlands chip dispute; gaming v. simulations for learning
Producer Dave Clark from Factal delivered an abbreviated version of his GSX presentation on using games for learning as opposed to longer simulations.The Director of Analysis at ERI, Kieran O’Leary, then discussed various scenarios invol...
U.S. gov. shutdown, platform agnostic sourcing, five things
The briefing starts with Iman Elbanna from Emergent Risk International talking about the expanding business impacts from the the U.S. government shutdown, with what to watch for if it continues. Iman then continues with five other things ERI is...
H1B changes, 'Russian' drones, South Asia straw hat revolution
Factal APAC lead Vivian Wang is back with an expansion on the South and Southeast Asia protests and youth uprisings as they expand into East Timor and the Philippines. One aspect carrying over through the region is the
France political crisis; Nepal political crisis; Charlie Kirk killing; Russia drone incursions; Israel airstrike in Qatar
To paraphrase usual host Kieran O'Leary, everything is a polycrisis because every crisis overlaps.This week's Global Security Briefing touches on political crises in France and Nepal, what security teams and businesses should be aware of...
AI jobs impact; realistic AI images & video; China exit detentions; five things from ERI
This edition of the Briefing starts with Factal Chief Product Officer talking about the employment impacts of generative AI (some job fields are down for entry level positions).He then explores the latest in generative imagery and video,...
Trump's war on Latin America's drug cartels; National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.; Look ahead at the World Cup
This edition of the Global Security Briefing starts with Factal examining Trump's war on Latin America's drug cartels. Irene Villora, Factal's LATAM editorial lead, discusses the Trump administration's alleged order to use military for...
Europe's fire season; Thai-Cambodia border dispute; NYC corporate shooting
This edition of the Global Security Briefing starts with Factal looking at Europe's fire season. Dave Clark goes over the nations with the most fires, urban areas threatened so far, and what the near-term prognosis is after more than twice the ...