Brandon Hoffman

Most security teams run on a dozen different tools. Crisis detection systems, notification feeds, GSOC dashboards, case management systems, travel risk management platforms, risk models, and site assessment systems. The list goes on. Each one needs location threat intelligence, but few actually have it. That's the problem we built our API to solve. Customers have been loving our API since it was first released, and the use cases keep expanding. Today we're making it official with a dedicated API page on our site that breaks down exactly how security teams integrate Base Operations into their existing tech stack. Here's what it enables: 𝗚𝗦𝗢𝗖 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. Feed BaseScore and detailed threat breakdowns directly into your operations center. Your analysts get standardized risk context for every location they monitor without switching tools. 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. Our API provides BaseScore and 16 standardized threat categories at sub-mile granularity. So you can build crime and unrest threats directly into your risk model across every location. 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. Connect local threat data to your travel management platform so you implement policies effectively and provide recommendations to your people. 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴. Query and compare threat profiles for any location across 5,000+ cities using the same consistent methodology. Most teams complete integration in 5-30 days. No rebuilding your stack. No 12-month data engineering projects. One REST API that connects once and feeds local intelligence everywhere it's needed. Check out the full API page to explore endpoints, specs, and use cases: https://lnkd.in/endwHPcT

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Argo Next Generation is the central nervous system for modern Corporate Security Departments. Originally developed for and by our in-house teams, it moves beyond simple "threat feeds" to provide a Private AI Intelligence Platform that solves the primary dilemma for CSOs: how to use powerful AI without exposing sensitive corporate data to the public web. The following briefing details how Argo NG specifically benefits corporate security operations. 1. Data Privacy & Sovereign Security: The most significant benefit to a corporate security department is the Private AI environment. 2. Enhanced GSOC Efficiency: Argo NG acts as a force multiplier for Global Security Operations Centers (GSOCs) by automating the "noise reduction" phase of intelligence 3. Advanced Investigative Tools: The platform integrates several "Next Gen" forensic and investigative capabilities 4. Executive & Travel Protection: For departments managing Executive Protection (EP), Argo NG provides high-fidelity, real-time monitoring.

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The DVMS Institute has partnered with Navvia to deliver next-gen cyber governance, resilience, and training via Navvia’s NIST CSF assessment and process modeling platform. We are thrilled to partner with Navvia to bring a truly operationalized approach to digital value governance and cyber resilience. The combination of DVMS Institute’s cyber resilience overlay system and Navvia’s powerful NIST-CSF assessment and process design and management platform provides organizations with a comprehensive solution for aligning governance, risk, and performance assurance with their digital risk and value management strategy.” David Mainville, CEO of Navvia, shared similar enthusiasm: “Our mission has always been to simplify and accelerate an organizational ability to assess and document its governance, compliance, and service improvement initiatives. With the introduction of our new Cybersecurity Framework assessment tool - combining NIST CSF with ITSM Processes, and our partnership with the DVMS Institute, we offer clients a best-in-class solution to assess, build, measure, and sustain cyber resilience and governance excellence. We are helping organizations turn cybersecurity from a reactive technical problem into a strategic business advantage.” For more information about Navvia’s NIST CSF assessment solution and the DVMS Institute’s digital value management frameworks, visit www.navvia.com and www.dvmsinstitute.com . https://lnkd.in/gKKQMBju

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Here’s a pattern I’m seeing more often: More sites. More assessments. More reporting expectations. Same headcount. Security teams are being asked to scale output without scaling structure. So what happens? Assessments become episodic. Reporting takes too long. Prioritization becomes subjective. And leaders spend more time translating risk than reducing it. This isn’t a capability issue. It’s an architecture issue. At some point, physical security has to operate with the same operational discipline as finance and IT. Otherwise it stays in permanent catch-up mode. For security people overseeing medium to large portfolios (20+ sites): What’s currently your biggest bottleneck volume, visibility, or validation? And why do you think this is?

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Hot off the presses! LabArchives, LLC's product LabArchives for Government, including its ELN, Scheduler, and Inventory capabilities, has received its FedRAMP Moderate Authorisation! This is a huge milestone for Dotmatics and enables a phenomenal set of products for use by those whose data requires or can benefit from a FedRAMP authorised environment! LabArchives for Government product info here: https://lnkd.in/ewEJGKTj Full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eG5477Rx #fedramp #security #federal #data #eln #research #randd #highered #scholarlyresearch

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The intelligence landscape is shifting faster than many security programs can adapt. Recorded Future's latest analysis highlights seven key trends shaping enterprise threat intelligence in 2026, with AI-augmented CTI and unified platforms leading the charge. The research points to growing demand for workflow integration and better data fusion capabilities as organizations seek measurable ROI from their intelligence investments. https://lnkd.in/g8F6RGTf These trends reflect a maturation in how we approach threat intelligence. Organizations are moving beyond collection toward operationalization, demanding platforms that integrate seamlessly with existing security workflows and deliver actionable insights rather than data overload. The focus on ROI metrics signals that intelligence programs must demonstrate clear business value. Security leaders should evaluate their current intelligence capabilities against these emerging requirements. The organizations that adapt their programs now will have significant advantages in threat detection and response effectiveness. Intelligence without integration is just expensive data. #GreyShield #ThreatIntel #Cybersecurity #Security #Intelligence #InfoSec #Leadership

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Next up in our 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄/ 𝗟𝗲𝗲: 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗦𝗖 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁: Self proclaimed "cheerleader for AI in the security industry" Brian Karas from Actuate. We set up shop in the middle of the AI Discovery Zone at #ISCWest and asked 10 companies a few questions: What problems are you solving? How is AI meaningfully transforming your product? And what do most people still get wrong about AI in this industry? 📽️ 🎧 Watch or listen via the link in comments and stay tuned for the rest of the series.

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📢 JPEO-CBRND has released an RFI seeking industry input on low-SWaP wearable sensor systems that integrate physiological, cognitive, hazard, and environmental data into a single platform for real-time CBRN threat detection. 📅 Responses due Dec. 19, 2025 Wondering whether your technology aligns with what the #DoD is exploring? Connect with our experts and learn more about the opportunity: https://hubs.ly/Q03VJyJD0 #JPEO #CBRND #Biodefense #FederalFunding #GovCon

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Navigating Australia’s "Execution Maturity" Era By 2026, Australia has moved from AI experimentation to full-scale operationalisation. With the Federal Government's National AI Plan now in effect and the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) mandating "runtime governance," the focus has shifted to execution maturity. Splunk’s latest releases provide the "confidence layer" required to scale AI across hybrid-cloud environments while ensuring compliance, cost-efficiency, and national resilience. Strategic Recommendations for Australian Leaders 🎶 Move from Policy to Operating Control: Use Splunk to automate your AI governance, moving away from static spreadsheets to real-time monitoring that satisfies DTA and ASIC requirements. 📥 Unify Your Multi-Cloud View: As Australian organisations increasingly adopt multi-cloud strategies to avoid vendor lock-in, leverage Splunk’s unified platform to maintain a single "pane of glass" across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. 📅 Prepare for Dec 2026 Privacy Deadlines: Start instrumenting your Automated Decision-Making systems now with AI Agent Monitoring to ensure you can meet the new transparency requirements of the Privacy Act. #resilience #data #agentic #splunk #cisco #observability

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Move faster. Investigate with clarity. Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are under siege—not just by the volume of alerts but by their vagueness. Analysts waste countless hours deciphering what’s real and what isn’t, often without the evidence they need. Fatigue rises. Threats slip through. Talent is wasted. Binalyze AIR brings clarity to chaos. It augments your existing alerting stack (SIEM, EDR, XDR) with automated, forensic-grade context—enabling your team to validate alerts in minutes, streamline investigations, and make better decisions, faster. Less noise. More signal. All in a single platform. ==

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