Protective Intelligence & Threat Analysis
From signal to decision—intelligence that moves faster than intent.
From noise to signal
Most organizations see threats; few can prove what they knew and when.
Threats now form around executives, brands, and facilities in open sight—social platforms, forums, breach dumps, court filings, and local reporting. The problem is not access to information; it is separating signal from noise and turning it into defensible decisions.
Archer Knox builds a protective intelligence function around your actual risk profile: principals, facilities, markets, and issues that attract attention. We link OSINT, human reporting, and internal telemetry to escalation criteria, documentation standards, and playbooks your legal, communications, and security teams can align on.
The end state is simple: when something happens, you can clearly explain what was known, how it was evaluated, and why specific actions were taken.
What we watch for
- Individuals fixated on executives, staff, or facilities
- Issue-driven threats to brands, events, or assets
- Coordinated online harassment and doxxing activity
- Leakage indicators in social, legal, and local reporting
- Chatter around travel, public appearances, and campaigns
Capabilities & outcomes
An intelligence layer for executives, facilities, and events.
Protective intelligence only works if it is integrated with security operations, legal, HR, and communications. Our work product is built to travel across all four.
Core Capabilities
- Continuous monitoring & alerting on key individuals, brands, and facilities
- Threat actor profiling, behavior analysis, and intent assessment
- OSINT / dark web / public-records collection and fusion analysis
- Incident intake, case building, and evidentiary preservation
- Escalation criteria and law-enforcement liaison support
- Integration with EP teams, GSOCs, and local physical security
Operational Outcomes
- Earlier identification of credible threats and leakage behavior
- Clear triage and escalation paths that withstand second-guessing
- Better allocation of protection resources and travel decisions
- Shared picture of risk across security, legal, and communications
- Litigation-ready documentation of assessments and actions taken
- Reduced alarm fatigue through structured thresholds and workflows
Engagement model
Built to stand up in a briefing, in a boardroom, and if needed, in court.
We align around the questions your leadership will ask: what is happening, how credible is it, what are our options, and what happens if we do nothing. The methodology is transparent and repeatable.
01. Threat framing
Map principals, facilities, and issues that draw attention. Review incident history and current exposure, then define what “harm” looks like in your context.
02. Collection & monitoring
Stand up prioritized collection across social, OSINT, public records, and internal reporting. Define watchlists, thresholds, and notification paths.
03. Analysis & triage
Apply structured frameworks to classify behavior, intent, and capability. Distinguish noise, nuisance, and credible threat—and document why.
04. Action & documentation
Translate assessments into recommended actions: security posture changes, outreach, notifications, or law enforcement engagement—backed by a defensible record.
Where this fits
For organizations where “we didn’t know” is not an acceptable answer.
Our protective intelligence work is designed for teams responsible for executive protection, corporate security, or high-visibility operations where public sentiment and online activity move quickly.
- Executive protection and corporate security programs
- High-profile brands, campaigns, and public-facing leadership
- Universities, healthcare systems, and campus environments
- Faith and non-profit organizations with elevated threat climates
- Events, conferences, and high-attention product launches
Engagements can be built as retained monitoring, case-based support, or targeted build-outs of your internal protective intelligence function.
You gain
- Clear ownership of threat intake and evaluation
- Structured documentation to brief leadership and boards
- Defined triggers for posture changes and law enforcement contact
- Support for EP, facilities, and communications during active incidents
- A repeatable model that can scale across markets and regions