Director of Analysis, Kieran O'Leary started with an update on the expansion of the Iran conflict, the mutli-order supply chain impacts and what Emergent Risk International is looking at next.

Then Factal producer Dave Clark talked about the safety and security concerns around the most dispersed sporting event in history -- the men's World Cup 2026 with over 100 locations to monitor in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

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.

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.