Louvre attack scares a city already on edge France has been at the center of several recent terror attacks, including last summer’s Nice attack on Bastille Day and an attack in Paris on November 13, 2015 that killed 130 people. And, yet again, France makes headlines as a man screaming “Allahu akbar” and wielding a […]

International Security Consulting Firm Analyzes the Brussels Attack On March 22nd, the city of Brussels was devastated by three suicide bombers that killed more than thirty people and injured over 300. Two of the bombings targeted the Brussels airport while the other suicide bomber detonated in a downtown metro station. The Brussels attack bombings were […]

On December 2nd, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik attacked the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California during a workplace Christmas party. Using an assortment of semi-automatic rifles and pistols, the couple killed 14 people and seriously wounded another 22. After the attack, the assailants quickly fled the scene only to be […]

In the news and around the world, ISIS continued to dominate security discussions in 2015. Thus, based on both impact to global security and international media coverage, IMG’s employee travel security experts believe that ISIS news tops their list of security-related global news stories in 2015. In a previous post, IMG employee travel security experts […]

International Security Consulting Firm Reviews Russia’s Involvement in the Syrian Civil War The Syrian civil war has developed into an incredibly complex conflict. Amidst the Arab Spring fervor of 2011, the Syrian civil war began with protests in the city of Daraa. Government security forces responded to these initial demonstrations by opening fire on protesters. […]

International Travel Security Update: Tunisia Terror Attack Sousse, Tunisia – On June 26th, 2015 a gunman attacked the Hotel Imperial Marhaba, a popular tourist destination on the Tunisian coast. The gunman, Saif Al-Deen Al Rezgui, killed 38 people and wounded almost 40 others before being shot and killed by police. Although the Tunisia terror attack […]

One of the hottest topics in corporate international security currently is the potential impact of ISIS on European security. Over the past several months, international corporate security experts have examined the terrorist threat posed by ISIS in Europe. These experts are particularly concerned with radicalized European Muslims who have joined ISIS on the battlefields of […]

International Travel Security & Terrorism: The Siege of Kobani In August 2014, the United States launched its first air strikes against ISIS. The strikes were meant to blunt the effectiveness of the group and stop the Islamic militants from marching on Baghdad and northern Iraq. Since that time, a large coalition of Arab states and […]