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Foresight: A 360-degree view of risk

In a complex and interconnected world, risk is never one dimensional. Now national security professionals can see and act on all 360 degrees of it.

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Risk is more diffuse and interconnected than ever before, influenced by multiple spheres including geographic, political, sovereign, economic, commodity and industry developments. Yet few solutions can monitor and analyze the wide array of drivers that national security professionals need to factor into their analyses.

Foresight generates a 360-degree view that incorporates geographic, political, sovereign, economic, commodity and industry risk and enables you to zoom in with breathtaking accuracy.

Combining the world's richest datasets and the largest network of local experts, award-winning analysts and data scientists, Foresight helps national security teams identify, predict and act on today's complex, interconnected risk drivers.

  • Unmatched datasets capture multidimensional risk drivers
  • 600 open-source and human-source intelligence events are updated daily
  • Global risk scores track crime, war, terrorism and civil unrest at a 500m² resolution
  • Structured intelligence methodology systematically maps and monitors leading indicators
  • Best-in-class crime data and geospatial modeling differentiates risks within territories

See risk clearly, enhance credibility and protect your company with next-generation risk data and analytics.

Video: See how Foresight visualizes risk in 360 degrees


World-leading datasets

Geography

Location

Politics

Country

Economy

Commodity

Industry

Supply chain

Terrorism

Crime

War

Civil unrest

Human intelligence network

World-leading data is only one half of the equation: actionable risk intelligence relies equally on human interpretation and insight. Foresight clients benefit from unlimited access to the combined intelligence of 6,000+ risk professionals worldwide. The Foresight intelligence network includes country analysts, human-source experts, data scientists, financial experts and political, commodity, industry and supply-chain specialists who turn the world's richest source of risk data into targeted, relevant, actionable insight.

200+
country analysts

800+
human-source
experts

5,000+
analysts

Featured experts


John Raines
John Raines
Principal Global Risks Adviser and Head of North America, Economics & Country Risk



Natznet Tesfay
Executive Director, Africa, Economics and Country Risk


John Raines
Firas Modad
Director Country Risk - Middle East and North Africa



Carlos Cardenas
Director, Latin America Country Risk



Jonathan Ablett
Director, Global Economic Modelling Economics & Country Risk



David Li
Senior Asia Analyst, Economics and Country Risk


Thought leadership


Geostrategy 2021
Click to watch Day 1 and 2 presentations

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