Yesterday was Veteran’s Day, an occasion to honor the brave men and women of the military who defend our freedom and prosperity with their very lives. We at Praescient recognize the immense talent and skill possessed by veterans, as the majority of our staff has proudly served in the armed forces. However, the sad truth… Read more »
We’re pleased to announce that several of Praescient’s talented analysts have been selected to present at the second annual Recorded Future RFUN conference at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.! Our team leveraged Recorded Future’s advanced open source analytic capabilities to gain insight into the current humanitarian crisis in Jordan. As a result of the ongoing… Read more »
The calamities that took place at the 1972 Munich Olympics, 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and the 2013 Boston Marathon underscore the potential risk inherent in large public events. The emergency services community faces myriad threats at such events including violent crimes, natural disasters, unruly protesters, and mass casualty situations. While the objective of protecting participants and spectators may be well defined,… Read more »
October 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Created through a partnership between the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) within the Department of Homeland Security and a non-profit organization known as the National Cyber Security Alliance, this month-long campaign serves as an opportunity for private citizens and businesses both large and small to learn about all the… Read more »
This blog post is a joint effort between Praescient Analytics and one of our premier technology partners, Recorded Future. In a previous post, we discussed how advanced open source collection and analysis tools can be used to explore the resonance of protests in open source media. Digging a little deeper, using Recorded Future’s cutting edge… Read more »
Praescient Analytics was founded in September of 2011 by a small team of analysts, engineers, and entrepreneurs. We had just a few customers at that time, focused especially on supporting forward-deployed Army and Marine units in Southern Afghanistan. We had so few staff members in fact, that CEO Katie Crotty herself deployed to the front… Read more »
This post was written by Alis Wang Driverless cars could completely transform the transportation sector in the coming years. Google first started designing the autonomous vehicles back in 2010, and since then, the cars have logged more than 400,000 test drive miles. The cars use artificial intelligence software capable of sensing nearby objects and making… Read more »
Human trafficking is a criminal epidemic that disrupts the lives of thousands of victims and their families. The National Football Leauge’s Superbowl is an event that attracts many perpetrators of this heinous crime, due to the fact that the cities where the games are hosted become saturated with carousers looking for fun in all the… Read more »
This post is part of a series on Chinese internet censorship and guidance. Chinese authorities attempt to “guide” public opinion Chinese authorities, over time, have developed sophisticated methods to censor the internet, from foreign web sites to indigenous social media services like Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog—as covered in a recent Praescient Analytics blog post…. Read more »
China has the world’s largest Internet user base – 538 million people, more than double the 245 million users in the United States.1 China also has the world’s most active environment for social media – though the many of the social media platforms used around the globe are nowhere to be found – Twitter, Facebook, and… Read more »