After learning of our business model, your next logical question is likely: What sort of product could I expect to receive and what might it include? The answer depends on the nature of the threat(s) being assessed. We recognize that there are some problems that are rather acute and require an area-specific or situation-specific focus. For others, a more expansive set of problems may require a hi
gher degree of analysis. Either way, our products adhere to a minimum standard, which include the following. Synopsis: This provides the customer with a summary of the current situation in a particular area of interest. For instance, the nature and scope of a given conflict is summarized and may include a detailed (or abbreviated) description of the main parties to a conflict. Trend Analysis: This provides the customer with insight into who or what the targets of violence or coercion have been and assesses the direction in which trends have been heading. Armed with this information, our clients are able to better gauge what sorts of behaviors, activities, or appearances might reduce their vulnerability profile. Sociopolitical Climate: This provides the customer with a sense of what sorts of grievances have been expressed by certain segments of the population and its implications for security on the ground. Intelligence in this area reduces the disadvantages that may attend one's "outsider" image. Cartographic Orientation: This is quite simply a map, which can be as expansive as the needs of the customer dictate it should be. The general rule here is that it serves the above three sections as a tool of orientation.
