Kieran O'Leary kicked things off, providing an update on the expansion of the Iran conflict, what Emergent Risk International is looking at next and why there are hints at a prolonged operation.

Then Cory Bergman showed the flood of AI disinformation surrounding the conflict in Iran and demonstrated how to spot it in real time—the same thing Factal editors do every day. 

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

This Briefing explained that since you know your reports are going to be summarized you can structure them to be better understood by LLMs -- all writing is marketing, targeting a specific audience. Dave Clark, marketer and producer with Factal presented on that.

Plus security awareness around annual general meetings and how to be more aware of AI security situations within Emergent Risk International. Madi Honsinger from ERI presented on AGMs while Judd Tennant presented their new report.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

The only way to cover real-time security news is to be familiar with a region's expected news. Factal editors recently shared their regional lookaheads with members -- in today's Global Security Briefing editor Sarah Burke shared selections from the Europe and APAC outlooks.

Then Emergent Risk International took a deeper look into U.S.-Europe relations including what Cameron Tisshaw is watching for there. Then Kieran O'Leary presented on upcoming major sporting events, Australia's extreme heat impacting businesses and more.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

 In this Briefing Factal producer Dave Clark presents on what makes the Winter Olympics challenging from a safety & security aspect, plus what the European editors are watching for to help members.

Then North America specialist Theresa Seiger gets you up to speed on the status of Greenland as the U.S., NATO and the E.U. discuss paths forward.

Pearl de Souza from Emergent Risk International focuses on the Bangladesh election, the first after the fall of the Hasina government.

Also from ERI, Judd Tenant is watching the negotiations on the US-M-CA trade deal with its upcoming deadlines. 

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

In the first Global Security Briefing of 2026 Factal editor Jaime Calle Moreno took a deep dive into what happened in Venezuela as well as what editors are watching for next.

Hannah Poppy, Global Head of Risk Intelligence for Emergent Risk International, turned to the economic protest in Iran, including why these are different than the Woman.Life.Freedom protests of 2022.

Kieran O'Leary, Senior Director of Intelligence and Analysis at ERI, then talked about how the tradecraft of intelligence can include Pizza Int and other indicators, but still lack confidence.

Finally, there's a large Q&A as we went long this week.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

The final Briefing of 2025 features Factal editor James Morgan with an update on Ukraine-Russia. What's the state of the ground war, the drone war, the hybrid war and peace talks? That's the first 20 minutes.

Then Kieran O'Leary from Emergent Risk International presents five things ERI is tracking. That includes why tin prices may be an indicator of rare earth metal prices to come, the Pacific cyclone season and why businesses should pay attention to war crimes.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

In this Global Security Briefing Factal editor Sarah Burke and Emergent Risk International analyst Cameron Evers dive deep into four nations in Africa's unique situations, how they got there and what the business intelligence professional needs to pay attention to next.

Kieran O'Leary wrapped up with a preview for Iraq's election.

As always, the Briefing is a sampling of how decision-ready risk intelligence and strategic business intelligence work together to help global organizations.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

Producer Dave Clark from Factal delivered an abbreviated version of his GSX presentation on using games for learning as opposed to longer simulations.

The Director of Analysis at ERI, Kieran O’Leary, then discussed various scenarios involving Venezuela and the U.S. He also explained the dispute between China and the Netherlands around a chip manufacturer and what to watch for with the APEC meeting.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

The briefing starts with Iman Elbanna from Emergent Risk International talking about the expanding business impacts from the the U.S. government shutdown, with what to watch for if it continues. Iman then continues with five other things ERI is watching -- including the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, France's government crisis, and U.S. National Guard deployments.

Factal senior editor Sarah Burke pulls back the curtain, talking about platform agnostic discovery in the modern social media environment where news can break anywhere and the fundamentals of local news are vital.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.

Factal APAC lead Vivian Wang is back with an expansion on the South and Southeast Asia protests and youth uprisings as they expand into East Timor and the Philippines. One aspect carrying over through the region is the connection to popular anime series One Piece.

Emergent Risk International Director of Analysis Kieran O'Leary follows that with things to watch for in Indonesia.

Later he dives into the multiple drone incursions in Eastern and Baltic Europe over the past month as Russia (probably) and NATO tensions rise and airports close.

Finally Kieran speaks to the changes in the U.S. H-1B visa regulations.

Since the earliest days of COVID, Factal and Emergent Risk International have held an essential hour-long briefing for global security and resilience professionals.

Held every two weeks on Thursdays the Global Security Briefing is now the industry's largest virtual event of its kind.