Let's start off with the good news -- there probably won't be a war between China and Taiwan. Neil Thompson from Emergent Risk International tells you why.

This week's briefing started with the compounding complications of the Iran war from Factal editor Sarah Burke.

Then Rachel Briggs from the Clarity Factory gave a ten-minute lesson on how to sell a security and intel team around an organization.

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.

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.