Kriptia Magazine
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Supply Chain Security and Intelligence: Protecting the Value Chain in an Era of Converging Risks
Global supply chains have never been so interconnected, or so vulnerable. In this environment, pursuing efficiency at all costs is no longer sustainable without an equally strong focus on resilience.
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Duty of Care 2026: The Paradox of Information Overload in Risk Management
Duty of Care, namely an organization’s legal and ethical obligation to take reasonable measures to protect the health, safety, and well-being of its employees, has undergone significant evolution over the past decade.
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Summer Reading for Corporate Security Professionals
Books to take on holiday in 2026, and return with fresh ideas
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Expanding into America: From Italy to the U.S. Military and the Private Sector. Francesco Serafini’s Perspective Between Public Service and the Global Market
In the European debate on business internationalization, the United States continues to occupy an ambivalent position. On the one hand, it represents the largest Western market; on the other, it is often perceived as a complex environment.
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Dialogue Between a CEO and a Travel Risk Manager on Climate Change
Let's imagine a conversation between a CEO, passionate about efficiency, allergic to reports longer than two pages, and a young Travel Risk Manager.
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Cyber-Physical Convergence: Breaking Down Silos in Corporate Security
Organizations that maintain separate silos between physical security and cybersecurity pay a high price in terms of response times, resource duplication, and coverage gaps.
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The risk arising from decision-making: human factors and organizational vulnerabilities
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Analytical challenges in monitoring extremism across encrypted platforms
Encrypted platforms continue to constrain visibility into extremist ecosystems; yet, the central challenge for analysts lies not merely in access, but in the reliability and interpretability of available information.
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OSINT for Executive Protection: When Digital Threats Become Physical
In recent years, most attacks targeting senior executives no longer begin with physical intrusion, but with a digital reconnaissance phase that exploits the vast amount of personal information available online.
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Cybercrime, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: New Interconnections of Risk
In recent years, the digitalization of the economy has profoundly transformed not only markets and exchange mechanisms, but also the forms of economic and financial crime.
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Artificial Intelligence, Companies, and Risk Management: Method and Responsibility
The reflections in this brief contribution aim to outline the highly contemporary topic of the dialogue between risk and the tools of artificial intelligence.
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Devotion at Risk. Travel Security Today in Contested and Geopolitically High-Risk Countries
Religious or symbolic journeys are not simple movements. They activate identity narratives, historical memories, and power dynamics.
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Between Risk, Communication, and Security: The Recent Trajectory of Kriptia Magazine
In recent months, Kriptia Magazine has outlined a trajectory grounded in a clear theoretical assumption: contemporary security is neither a sectoral field nor reducible to a single dimension—whether military, technological, strategic, or legal. Rather, it is a transversal domain in which mobility, security, information, security management, travel security, geopolitics, economics, and systemic patterns intersect.
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Venezuela: State Collapse, Geopolitical Risk, and the Trentini Case
For years, Venezuela has occupied a stable place in international geopolitical debate not only because of its current relevance, but because it reflects—often in amplified form—some of the key fractures of the contemporary global order.
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Quantum Technologies as a Response to the Vulnerabilities of Traditional Satellite Communications
In a global context in which space has become a strategic arena, the dynamics of space systems, signals, and security require a comprehensive and forward-looking approach.
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Flying money and clandestine banks: how an ancient Chinese tax-collection technique became a crucial element of global money laundering
In October 2025, a major operation carried out by the Guardia di Finanza and coordinated by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) brought renewed attention to the phenomenon of Chinese clandestine banks, active in the covert movement of capital both within and beyond national borders.
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Vulnerabilities and security countermeasures in the transport of luxury goods
This article analyzes the evolving landscape of cargo theft methods and some of the security countermeasures needed to protect luxury goods along supply chains.
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Tripoli in 2025: Between Structural Fragility and the Urgent Need for Geopolitical and Strategic Risk Precognition
This article offers an analytical examination of the Tripoli context in light of recent tensions, with particular attention to risk management and the role of strategic precognition, understood as the ability to anticipate adverse scenarios through intelligence and OSINT analysis.
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Insights from SAFE2026 | Mega Events Security Forum
The event that served as a meeting point for professionals in Security, Operations and reputation management ahead of the Milano Cortina Olympics and the major events of 2026 took place on Tuesday, 18 November, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at BIP Liberty Tower in Milan.
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Operation Royal Flush: The Adaptive Resilience of Italian-American Organized Crime in the U.S. Betting Industry
In the autumn of 2025, the federal investigation known as “Operation Royal Flush” pierced a veil that many observers and analysts had long believed worn thin and outdated — that of the deep connections between Italian-American organized crime and the world of gambling.
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Communication Yesterday and Today: The Need to Ensure Information Security During Business Travel
The problem of protecting information did not originate in the digital age. As early as the 15th and, above all, the 16th century, the great European powers—most notably the Spanish Empire—faced the need to transmit orders, instructions, and sensitive data without them falling into hostile hands.
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Corporate Sustainability and Reputational Risks
Yet another Italian excellence has been tarnished by a request for judicial administration. The request made by the Milan Prosecutor’s Office against the fashion company Tod’s was, in fact, rejected by both the Milan Court and the Court of Appeal.
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The Nepal Case: Contemporary Political Instability and the Challenge of Travel Security
A Brief Historical and Political Overview for the Present Nepal, nestled between the high mountains of China and Tibet to the north and India to the south, has long been affected by internal political tensions stemming from ethnic conflicts, party fragmentation, social and economic inequalities, and weak governance, often accused of corruption and negligence.
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The Trentini Case and Arbitrary Detention: Implications for Travel Security in High-Risk Countries
The arbitrary detention of NGO worker Alberto Trentini in Venezuela clearly exposes the critical issues of traveling in contexts with high political and legal risk.
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Attacks on accommodation facilities and the hospitality sector: the urgency of effective risk management tools
This article is aimed in particular at security managers, hospitality facility managers, guests and staff, business and private travelers.
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OSINT analysis to understand the Far East: new war scenarios between Cambodia and Thailand
This article aims to provide an analysis based on verified OSINT sources, to facilitate dialogue and highlight Kriptia's capabilities in data collection, monitoring and analysis for Travel Security, Situational Awareness & Early Warnings.
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Training and information: pillars of travel safety
The news received significant media coverage and naturally served as a reminder for the localhealth authority about the best practices to follow in the event of time-sensitive conditions such ascardiac arrest, and therefore the absolute importance of calling 118 and the ambulance service. Operators arriving at the scene in ambulances can at least stabilise the situation and monitor itduring emergency transport to a fully equipped hospital, without wasting potentially fatal time.
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Security in Corporate and Private Events: Lessons from the Bezos Case
Jeff Bezos’ recent wedding has become a prime example of how even the most exclusive events can be vulnerable to security breaches
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Businesses of the Future: Management & People in the Digital Age
On June 10, 2025, the workshop "Businesses of the Future: Management & People in the Digital Age" was held in Milan—an important opportunity for discussion and reflection on the evolving paths of companies in today’s context of digital transformation.
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Anticipating Conflict: Travel Security as a Strategic Early Warning Tool in the India-Pakistan Crisis
This article aims to explore how the Travel Security, Situational Awareness & Early Warning team at Kriptia, through a systematic approach to open-source intelligence (OSINT), succeeded—via historical context—in detecting and contextualizing early indicators of the India-Pakistan crisis before the mainstream narrative acknowledged its intensification.
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Background Check and Due Diligence: The Case of the Fake North Korean IT Workers
An investigation by Google’s intelligence team revealed how hundreds of North Korean IT workers managed to obtain jobs at Western companies by using false identities and collaborating with intermediary agencies.
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Risk Management, the Key to Success for Future
On March 28th, the event “Kriptia Meeting Miami 2025 | Risk Management, the Key to Success for Future” was held at The Ritz-Carlton South Beach, Miami (FL), in collaboration with Kriptia USA and the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast (IACCSE). The event focused on risk management as a key element for the future success of businesses.
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Risk Management: A Powerful Engine for Strategic Growth and Organizational Success
On March 28th, the event “Kriptia Meeting Miami 2025 | Risk Management, the Key to Success for Future” was held at The Ritz-Carlton South Beach, Miami (FL), in collaboration with Kriptia USA and the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast (IACCSE), focusing on risk management as a key element for the future success of businesses.
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Essential Soft Skills for Security Managers
When talking about Security and Risk Management, people often think immediately of advanced technical skills: risk analysis, crisis management, compliance, and so on. However, soft skills play an equally crucial role, especially in a sector where the human factor is often the weakest link in the security chain. Let’s look at the essential transversal skills for those working in security and risk management.
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Converged Security: The New Paradigm for Corporate Security
In an era where interconnectivity is the fabric that binds every aspect of our lives, the boundaries between physical security and cybersecurity are dissolving inexorably. This transformation has given rise to a new paradigm in corporate protection: Converged Security.
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New Technologies for Travel Risk Management
Adopting technological solutions such as a mobile app or dedicated platforms can make a difference. These applications allow employees to voluntarily share their location, receive real-time updates on potential threats nearby, and have a direct communication channel with the company in case of an emergency.
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Female or LGBTQ+ Traveling Personnel and Travel Risk Management
Although often overlooked, Travel Risk Management (TRM) not only protects employees but also contributes to creating a safer, more responsible, and inclusive work environment.
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Risk Management and Gamification
In recent years, gamification has been used as a simple and interactive strategy to learn best practices and improve competence in corporate security.
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Risk Management in Corporate Governance
Information security and corporate asset protection in general is not a purely technical matter, but a management issue at the corporate level.
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Italy’s Public Procurement Code and Risk Management: An Opportunity for Businesses
The new Italian Public Procurement Code represents a turning point in the regulation of public contracts. It introduces a more modern and integrated approach to risk management.
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Risk Management Framework: OODA Loop and ISO 31000
New risks arise from unexpected combinations or large-scale events. Relying on routine management practices can create a false sense of security, while real risks grow. A Risk Management team must act swiftly, making adaptable decisions with awareness of uncertainty, as not all actions will be successful.
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Crisis Management and Business Continuity Plans
In an increasingly uncertain and volatile economic and geopolitical context, organizations must be prepared to respond quickly and systematically to emergency situations, which may stem from internal or external threats.
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Techniques for Preventing Data and Intellectual Property Theft
Protecting sensitive company assets requires an integrated approach that combines advanced technological measures and effective physical security controls.
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How to Choose the Best Corporate Intelligence
As more corporate teams turn to Private Intelligence providers to understand geopolitical and security operating conditions, it is crucial for corporate leadership and their intelligence teams to make the best choice aligned with their needs, risk level, and corporate ethics.
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Why Zero Risk Doesn’t Exist and You Need a Risk Management Plan
Humans, whether consciously or unconsciously, tend to manage risk by establishing structured approaches whenever they need to make decisions. Risk management is inherently linked to survival.
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All the News from Kriptia at Milipol Paris
On the occasion of the 2023 edition of Milipol Paris, the leading event for internal security organized under the patronage of the French Ministry of the Interior, Kriptia is pleased to announce the presentation of KRION and SECURITY HOTELS.
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Security Intelligence in the Corporate Context: Balancing Physical and Cyber Security
Summary of the Kriptia Event on June 20, 2023
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Tailored Security for Your Business: Discover Kriptia’s Services
If you haven't done so yet, now is the time to protect your business, events, and employees with Kriptia's advanced security solutions.
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Reducing Risks in Business Travel: Strategies for Effective Risk Management
The business world is constantly evolving, and with it grows the need to adopt risk management strategies in business travel.
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The Role of Corporate Intelligence
In an increasingly complex and uncertain world, companies must base their decisions on reliable and relevant information that helps them prevent and address risks, seize opportunities, and maintain a competitive edge.
