The boundaries between competition and conflict are blurring. In 2026, businesses operate in a world where geopolitics, technology, and security risks intersect in unpredictable ways. Our annual forecast, Strategic Intelligence Estimate 2026: Business in the Gray Zone equips security, risk and intelligence professionals to navigate this gray zone with confidence.Inside, you’ll discover:Critical Trends shaping global risk and opportunities.Gray Zone Dynamics — how state and nonstate actors exploit ambiguity.Actionable Insights to protect assets and enable strategic...
Emergent Risk International is hosting a webinar launching the widely anticipated Strategic Intelligence Estimate 2026: Business in the Gray Zone. The gray zone is the space between peace and war. It is where states and non-state actors use covert, coercive, and ambiguous tactics to shape global outcomes and increasingly, to target businesses.
Our senior intelligence team will outline the key global challenges and business risks shaping the year ahead. You will also have the chance to put your questions to the panel, live.
Register now, and you’ll also get special preview access to...
ERI’s Corporate Intelligence Analysis, Tradecraft and Writing course sets industry standards to get your intelligence function producing efficiently and effectively. Participants will receive access to the online Emergent Risk Training Room where they will work through each week’s lessons at their own pace, with weekly check-ins for two hours per week to ensure participants are able to immediately:Enable business through data-driven intelligence analysis, including domains outside physical security
Align intelligence requirements to your organization’s value chain
Evaluate open-source...
Businesses increasingly rely on sophisticated intelligence analysis to help mitigate a growing number of complex risks. Organizations need analysts with a deeper understanding of the interconnected nature of risk and evolving threats to the corporate landscape to ensure business resilience. Which is why we took our framework for our successful course on Corporate Intelligence Analysis, Tradecraft, and Writing for the business environment to the next level. And just like our CIATW, our Advanced Corporate Intelligence Analysis course is recognized by ASIS International as aligning with the...
The corporate security landscape is evolving rapidly as Chief Security Officers respond to a complex mix of geopolitical risk, cyber threats, technological change, and increasing expectations from the C-Suite.The 2025 Annual CSO Survey, produced by The Clarity Factory, provides one of the most comprehensive, data-driven views yet into how security leaders are prioritizing risk, talent, and investment in today’s volatile environment.Emergent Risk International was pleased to sponsor and contribute to this research, alongside Ontic and ASIS International. While The Clarity...
2025 in review: What did we get right, what changed course – and what comes next?
As the year winds down, join ERI’s analysts and leadership team for our final quarterly update of the Strategic Intelligence Estimate 2025. We’ll assess how global developments have tracked against our original annual forecast, examine late-breaking trends with implications for 2026, and share key intelligence takeaways from a volatile, transitional year.
Trade wars, activism, conflicts and tech developments will be covered.
Bring your questions – this session is interactive and insight-rich, designed to...
Kickstart Your Morning with Coffee & Clarity: Intelligence Briefings for Leaders.
Join Emergent Risk International’s global executive team and special guests in the heart of London for a thought-provoking breakfast conversation. We will discuss the tactics and strategies that intelligence and security leaders can adopt from intelligence briefings to US presidents and UK government.
This era of global instability demands regular, trusted and clear communication between intelligence/security professionals and executive decision-makers.
Our informal, interactive discussion will...
I3 is a pioneering intelligence sector event aiming to transform the traditional conference format to create an immersive environment for revolutionary ideas and advanced concepts. The 2025 summit will take place on November 17, 2025, at the International Spy Museum, Washington DC.
A dedicated event to shape the future of intelligence, designed to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the field of intelligence. We want to know how you think intelligence can solve some of today’s most intractable problems! Hosted by Emergent Risk International, and INTELAB Ventures, the I3...
With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 239 Percent, This Marks ERI’s 2nd Time on the ListNEW YORK, August 12, 2025 – Inc., the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future, today announced that Emergent Risk International (ERI) is No.1819 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list provides a data-driven snapshot of the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment – its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Past honorees include companies...
Entering the second half of 2025: What’s evolving, accelerating, or unravelling?
Join ERI’s analysts and leadership team for the Q3 edition of our Strategic Intelligence Estimate series. We’ll explore the latest geopolitical shifts, revisit key risk trajectories from earlier in the year, and identify where strategic surprises may still lie ahead.
From conflict and energy to tech and transnational threats – this session is designed to help intelligence and risk professionals recalibrate for what’s next.
Your registration confirmation will contain a link to the Strategic Intelligence...
ERI’s Corporate Intelligence Analysis, Tradecraft and Writing course sets industry standards to get your intelligence function producing efficiently and effectively. Participants will receive access to the online Emergent Risk Training Room where they will work through each week’s lessons at their own pace, with weekly check-ins for two hours per week to ensure participants are able to immediately:Enable business through data-driven intelligence analysis, including domains outside physical security
Align intelligence requirements to your organization’s value chain
Evaluate open-source...
Emergent Risk International (ERI), is pleased to announce that Dr. David Priess, a renowned voice in the US intelligence and national security community, has joined the company to help lead the next phase of strategic innovation in training, tradecraft, and talent development.A former CIA officer and trainer of analysts, a former briefer of the President’s Daily Brief (PDB), author of The President’s Book of Secrets (a history of the PDB published by PublicAffairs in 2016), and frequent commentator on intelligence and the presidency, Dr. Priess brings decades of experience to ERI at a...
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