Security & Resilience Dispatches

How AI Can Help Keep You Alive in Hostile Environments

For decades, hostile environment and first aid training (HEFAT) has remained largely unchanged – delivered in-person by ex-military instructors, grounded in practical drills, and scheduled in multi-day blocks that often require extensive travel. While these formats have proven valuable, they are increasingly out of step with the pace, complexity, and demands of today’s risk landscape. From humanitarian responders in conflict zones to journalists in unstable regions, and corporate teams in Read more…

By Marshal, ago

Beyond Barriers: How RIBA and CPTED Integration Creates Safer Built Environments

A thoughtfully designed campus welcomes visitors with clear sightlines and intuitive pathways, while subtly incorporating access control features that protect sensitive areas. Inside, workspace layouts balance openness with security, creating environments where people feel safe without feeling constrained. This seamless integration of security into architectural design represents the powerful synergy between the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) methodology and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles. The RIBA Framework: Read more…

By Marshal, ago

From Reactive to Revenue: How the Power of Integrated, Predictive Security Can Drive Sales

For too long, the world of security – both physical and cyber – has often operated in fragmented silos. We’ve seen reactive measures deployed after the fact, physical barriers erected in isolation from digital defenses, and strategies built on assumptions rather than concrete intelligence. But the threat landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, demanding a more holistic and proactive stance. The answer? An intelligence-led, integrated security strategy. This isn’t Read more…

By Marshal, ago

How Risk Management Companies Can Mitigate Missed Sales Targets

For companies operating in the Security and Resilience sector, whether offering training courses, protective equipment, consulting services, or integrated systems, growth often hinges on finding cost-effective ways to expand market reach. One of the most underutilized yet powerful tools available to these businesses is affiliate software. While affiliate marketing is often associated with e-commerce or influencer-driven industries, its principles are also suited to the complex B2B world of security, risk, Read more…

By Marshal, ago

The AI Cyber Arms Race: Brace Yourself for a Surge in Threats

The digital landscape is constantly evolving, and with it, the sophistication of cyber threats. Now, a potent new force is entering the arena: artificial intelligence. A recent report from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) paints a stark picture, stating that AI will “almost certainly continue to make elements of cyber intrusion operations more effective and efficient, leading to an increase in frequency and intensity of cyber threats.” This Read more…

By Marshal, ago

What Does an AI-Enabled Security Risk Management Company Look Like?

AI can provide automated threat detection, predictive analytics, and AI-driven surveillance to help clients mitigate risk, but how can it be applied to run your security risk management company more efficiently, from an Operations perspective? Picture a security operations center: advanced AI systems actively monitoring client facilities, analyzing threat data, and predicting potential risks in real-time. Meanwhile, in the back office, a supervisor spends four hours manually scheduling next week’s Read more…

By Marshal, ago

How Security & Resilience Professionals Can Beat AI

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly reshapes the Security & Resilience landscape, professionals in the field are facing a critical inflection point. Tools once considered cutting-edge – automated threat detection, predictive analytics, AI-driven surveillance – are becoming commoditized. In this environment, it’s easy to assume that the future belongs exclusively to machines. But that assumption is flawed. While AI can enhance speed, scale, and precision, it cannot replicate the depth of Read more…

By Marshal, ago

Leveraging Loss Aversion: The Psychology Behind Effective Security & Resilience Marketing

Studies suggest that people tend to fear loss more than missed opportunity. This phenomenon is often explained by loss aversion, a concept from behavioral economics and psychology. This cognitive bias – first identified by Nobel Prize-winning psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky – posits that people feel the pain of losing something (like money or possessions) more intensely than the pleasure of gaining something of equal value. It influences decision-making Read more…

By Marshal, ago

The U.S.-China Technology Competition: What’s At Stake for the West’s Future?

For over 97% of Americans alive today, we have only known a world where freedom is the desired destiny of each nation, democracy provides the best model for society, technology improves human welfare, and the United States stands as the leading global superpower. But an intense competition is now unfolding that will determine whether this reality continues or fundamentally changes. This future will be shaped primarily by the technological competition Read more…

By Marshal, ago

The Growing Importance of AI in National Security

In an era of rapid technological advancement, artificial intelligence has emerged as a transformative force across industries. Nowhere is this more evident—or consequential—than in the realm of national security. As nations navigate increasingly complex threat landscapes, AI offers unprecedented capabilities that are reshaping defense strategies, intelligence gathering, and security protocols worldwide. Artificial intelligence systems are no longer confined to research labs or commercial applications. They have become essential tools for Read more…

By Marshal, ago