"We can infer that Wagner is just too valuable to the regime to be disbanded completely. Wagner is vital for promoting Russian influence in Africa and the Middle East, as well as for sanctions evasion."
In an article by Brendan Cole for Newsweek, Global Guardian Senior Intelligence Analyst Zev Faintuch provides answers to some of the questions swirling around the recent rebellion by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
"We’ve all seen gangster movies when the don shows weakness, and we all know what happens next. That said, it is still far too soon to predict Putin's imminent fall."
In USA Today, Global Guardian Senior Intelligence Analyst Zev Faintuch weighs in on the recent rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the notorious Wagner Group and its potential impact on Putin's reign.
“As the global threat environment becomes more complex, providing each and every employee with duty of care and protecting them from threats can no longer fall solely upon a Chief Security Officer (CSO) or any one department within the organization.”
In an op-ed for Security Technology Executive Magazine, Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner discusses the importance of a collaborative approach to security within an organization—and what two main components are essential to obtaining buy-in across departments.
"This is an attritional war for Russia, which thinks it can outlast Kyiv with its superior ability to manufacture artillery and quantitative advantage in potential manpower."
In USA Today, Global Guardian Senior Intelligence Analyst Zev Faintuch discusses the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam, including the implications this significant event will have on the movement of Ukrainian forces and Russia's strategy in the war.
“The shaping of the battlefield is happening now for the counteroffensive. We see the attacks behind enemy lines, we see the attacks in Russia by those militias. We see the drone attacks in Moscow. That is all shaping what is coming next.”
In Al Jazeera, Global Guardian Vice President of Client Risk Management Seth Krummrich discusses the on-the-ground realities in Bakhmut—and how a Ukrainian counteroffensive is building next in the Russia-Ukraine war.
"If you can be perceived as an intelligence asset of any kind…you simply shouldn’t get on the plane. That’s the new calculus."
With Bejing's new anti-espionage law and the rise in other business travel-related risks, Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner weighs in with advice in The Wall Street Journal for executives—especially those who have previously worked for the U.S. government—who plan to visit China.
“As procurement of drones have become far simpler, tools once exclusively available to modern militaries and cutting-edge developers are now falling into the hands of dangerous non-state actors, forever altering the national and corporate security landscape.”
In an article for ASIS International’s Security Management Magazine, Senior Intelligence Analyst Zev Faintuch discusses the eminent security threat of commercially available drones (CADs)—as highlighted in Global Guardian's Worldwide Threat Assessment—including how these devices can potentially be used by nefarious actors and why it may take years to close the countermeasure gap.
“Have a backup plan on how to get to your destination, whether that means taking a car instead of traveling by rail, or a secondary airport to fly into/out of if a strike is planned during your vacation.”
With the summer travel season around the corner, Global Guardian Director of Intelligence Michael Ballard sat down with HuffPost to discuss how strikes can impact your travel plans and offered guidance in the event you encounter protests in the middle of a trip.
"We've had this war of attrition and now as we go into this next phase, it's a bit of cat and mouse of, has NATO brought in their defense or not? Will the Russians introduce their most advanced air platforms and how successful could that limit the counterattack?"
Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner recently sat down with Newsweek’s Brendan Cole to discuss the possibility that Russia will deploy its air force in response to a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
“All of those lessons learned about planning, communication, management of people, and operational excellence in the military—or any government agency for that matter—is something that I don’t think is replicable in corporate America.”
24-year US Army veteran and Global Guardian Co-Founder and CEO Dale Buckner sat down with SOFREP Radio to discuss how his background in special forces helped him transition into entrepreneurship and corporate America, offering guidance to government and military employees looking to forge a similar path.
