Seven integrated
practice areas.
Each practice area runs on one method: field-grounded human intelligence combined with AI-augmented open-source analysis, applied by practitioners who have operated in these environments, not analysts working from a distance. Every engagement moves the client from understanding to a decision.
Political & Security Risk Advisory
Is it safe, viable, and wise to operate here?
Bespoke threat assessments, scenario planning, and early warning for corporates, investors, and governments entering or operating in fragile, contested, or transitional markets. We combine human source networks with AI-powered monitoring of open-source signals, from media and social networks to grey-zone indicators, to deliver assessments that reflect ground reality, not modelled assumptions.
Strategic Intelligence & Market Entry
Should we enter this market, or back this counterpart?
Tailored intelligence reports, competitive analysis, market entry assessments, and monitoring briefs for clients operating in or entering complex markets. Our AI-augmented open-source analysis pipelines synthesise vast data streams into actionable intelligence; our human networks validate what no algorithm can verify. We give phased, risk-calibrated entry paths, never a binary verdict.
Crisis & Access Advisory
How do we reach, operate in, or withdraw from a contested environment safely?
Operational continuity and access advisory for organisations facing disruption, instability, or sudden crisis, including engagement and access in complex environments. Extended to due diligence and third-party vetting for corporates, investors, and financial institutions requiring deep background on partners and counterparts in frontier and emerging markets.
IHL & Compliance Advisory
Are we exposed legally, under sanctions, or under IHL, and how do we prove we are not?
International humanitarian law guidance, sanctions due diligence, and expert litigation support for law firms, arbitration bodies, and institutions operating in conflict-adjacent contexts. Our IHL-qualified practitioners provide expert witness testimony, written legal opinions, and regulatory navigation support, with AI-assisted sanctions screening embedded throughout.
AI & Influence Threats
Is someone shaping the narrative, market, or decision around us, and who?
Strategic assessment and counter-analysis of AI-driven disinformation, coordinated influence operations, and narrative manipulation. We deploy AI detection and attribution tools alongside human analyst judgement to map, track, and counter influence operations across fragile political and competitive commercial environments.
Executive & Asset Protection Intelligence
What are the threats to our people and our assets?
Personalised threat profiling, travel risk intelligence, and asset security assessments for senior executives and organisations in high-risk environments. We provide the intelligence layer, not physical security provision, so clients can make informed decisions. AI-powered threat monitoring delivers continuous situational awareness while our field networks provide the ground truth no system can replicate.
Training, Assessment & Leadership Advisory
How do we equip our own people for these environments?
Bespoke assessment, training, and leadership advisory for organisations navigating complexity, transition, or performance challenges, across the public, private, and institutional sectors. Drawing on direct experience with government bodies, armed forces, international institutions, and corporate leadership teams, SISG evaluates organisational effectiveness, leadership capacity, and institutional resilience. AI-assisted diagnostic tools accelerate data gathering and pattern analysis across large organisations; all findings and recommendations are practitioner-authored. Engagements range from discrete diagnostic assessments to sustained advisory relationships with senior leadership.
Who we serve.
Companies entering or operating in fragile, emerging, or contested markets requiring intelligence beyond published country risk ratings.
Private equity, private credit, and insurers requiring political risk intelligence, third-party vetting, and due diligence in frontier markets.
International legal practices requiring IHL expertise, sanctions due diligence, expert witness services, and specialised regional intelligence.
Operators and developers with assets in high-risk environments requiring ongoing intelligence and access advisory.
Government and public institutions seeking specialised regional analysis and decision support from practitioners with direct field experience.
International organisations requiring access advisory, IHL compliance, and operational intelligence in complex and high-risk environments.
Intelligence, carried all the way to the decision.
Most advisers deliver an assessment and move on. We stay with the decision, combining in one method what intelligence, consulting, and compliance firms each do in part.
Our Model