With a focus on global intelligence and security, it identifies, assesses, and operates in high-risk, high-opportunity environments.  Staffed by decorated and experienced officers from the intelligence sector (FBI, CIA, MI5, MI6), the military, law enforcement, and government, with firmly rooted relationships in these agencies and services—and across international, federal, state, and local governance. The founder, Ali Soufan, a Lebanese-American who served in the FBI, received the Kennedy Award for meritorious public service in 2018.
Of greatest interest to the Guide are the Group’s intelligence services, including:
- Â Geo-political risk analysis, e.g., investigating and mapping of the organized crime/terrorism nexus in North Africa and the Sahel for a multinational organization
- Cyber Risk assessments, e.g., for a high-profile nonprofit compromised by an extremist organization that gained access to its online platform to manipulate, vandalize, and destroy content.
