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Threat intelligence on its own isn’t enough. The real challenge is turning insight into timely, coordinated decisions that protect people, operations and reputation.

On 25 June, Control Risks, together with Ontic, will host a webinar: Managing Evolving Security Threats: From Intelligence to Operational Action.

This webinar will explore how organisations are approaching the shift from intelligence gathering to operational decision-making in complex, fast-moving environments, and what this looks like in practice across executive security, travel risk and operational continuity.

Register now and select your preferred session > https://ow.ly/Fkyg50Z9S3N

Data centres are no longer designed just for uptime. They are engineered to withstand increasingly complex, interconnected risks.

As AI‑driven infrastructure scales, infrastructure risk management is shifting from redundancy alone to resilience‑led design; where physical, digital and operational systems must continue to function even when assumptions fail.

Our latest analysis explores how security‑by‑design is evolving to support this shift, and why resilience now depends on understanding how systems behave collectively, not in isolation.

If you’re navigating the growth of data centres and critical infrastructure, this is only one of the themes shaping how assets are designed, secured and operated across the built environment.

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AI is often framed as a race for capability. In reality, it’s a race for energy.

As AI adoption accelerates, the real constraint is no longer compute alone but the
availability of reliable, scalable power. For investors, developers and operators, this is shifting the focus of infrastructure risk management; from digital capability to the underlying energy systems that enable it.

Our latest analysis explores why energy is emerging as the baseline enabler for AI, and how this is reshaping decision‑making across the built environment; from site selection and data centre development to long‑term investment strategy.

If you’re navigating the implications of AI, infrastructure and energy on your portfolio, our insights series brings together the key trends shaping risk, resilience and opportunity across global markets.

Read our analysis > https://ow.ly/Tc6w50Z3cff

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Leadership in security means navigating complexity with clarity, confidence and resilience.

We are proud to have Control Risks experts participating in the Security LeadHER Conference 2026, joining industry leaders in conversations focused on leadership, communication and the evolving challenges shaping the security profession.

This year’s agenda explores topics including executive presence, AI, strategic career growth and mastering hard conversations for women security leaders.

We look forward to contributing to these important discussions and connecting with professionals helping shape the future of security leadership.

Learn more: https://securityleadher.org/events/waitdo-i-really-have-to-say-that-mastering-hard-conversations-for-women-security-leaders/

Can your organization identify a threat before it becomes a crisis?

Join us in Washington, DC this September for our immersive Behavioral Threat Assessment Workshop, a practical, two-day experience designed to strengthen how you detect, assess, and manage risk before it escalates.

Led by Control Risks experts, including former members of the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit, this in-person workshop combines expert insight with realistic, scenario-based training.

You’ll learn how to:
- Strengthen threat assessment and response
- Manage post-termination and insider risks
- Navigate emerging challenges like remote work and extremist communications

Secure your place: https://ow.ly/k3y150Z1NT6

Executive protection is no longer just about physical security. It is becoming a strategic capability that shapes how organizations anticipate and respond to risk.

As organizations expand their executive protection capabilities, a clear limitation has emerged. Tactical measures alone cannot keep pace with the complexity and speed of today’s threat environment. Protection without foresight leaves organizations exposed not only to physical harm, but also to broader strategic and reputational risks.

The next phase is a structural shift that embeds risk management and threat intelligence into enterprise decision making, aligning executive protection with resilience and business strategy.

Learn how this shift is redefining executive protection and strengthening enterprise preparedness:
👉 https://ow.ly/Nv2j50Z1KWc

Are you attending CRU World Aluminium Summit in London this week? If so, don't miss James Sinclair - who leads our global Business and Human Rights practice - joining his esteemed panellists to discuss supply chain due diligence and risk mitigation in the industry.

If you've not yet registered, do so here >> https://aluminium.events.crugroup.com/register

Buildings across the Gulf are operating in a rapidly changing risk environment. Aerial threats, once considered remote or exceptional, are becoming a more persistent feature of the regional security landscape.

For investors, designers and operators, this shift raises fundamental questions about infrastructure risk management, infrastructure security, and how resilience is built into assets from the outset rather than retrofitted after the fact.

In this article, Control Risks’ Meera Joshy examines why traditional assumptions around building security in the Gulf are being challenged, and why a security‑by‑design approach is becoming increasingly critical to the long‑term resilience and protection of high‑value assets across the built environment.

Read the full article now > https://ow.ly/fuic50YR3v8

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Sanctions are reshaping strategy, deals and disputes - not just compliance.

Our report, Navigating the global sanctions landscape 2026, looks at how enforcement risk is evolving, where pressure is rising and what this means for senior leaders operating across borders.

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Sanctions are no longer just a compliance issue. In 2026, they are reshaping corporate strategy, cross‑border transactions and litigation outcomes across every major market.

Today we launch Navigating the global sanctions landscape 2026 - our biennial report examining how sanctions are being used as tools of statecraft, where enforcement pressure is intensifying and what this means in practice for senior decision‑makers.

The report explores:
• Strategic use of sanctions by the US, EU and China
• Sanctions risk in transactions, investments and supply chains
• Evasion, investigations and enforcement escalation
• Implications for litigation, arbitration and asset recovery.

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