Vates Intelligence Support Activities delivers unparalleled research and analysis to empower our customers with strategic and operational clarity. Our expert analytical team combines deep regional expertise with robust methodologies to produce high-impact intelligence products tailored to the security, counterterrorism, and political sectors.
Our analysts and field networks are supported by systems and processes which enable near real-time verified threat and incident reporting, as well as rapid collection and collation of information utilising intelligence tradecraft and qualitative analysis. Our proprietary georeferenced security incident database enables high-quality quantitative analysis from a controlled database.
Our Research and Analysis Capabilities Include
Precision Insights for Complex Environments
- Recurring Analytical Products: For select countries and regions, we produce regularly scheduled reports offering in-depth analysis of security trends, counterterrorism developments, and political dynamics. Products include daily OSINT summaries, incident alerts with detailed intelligence summaries, and bi-weekly country reports with trend analysis and heat mapping.
- Country Risk Reports and Assessments: We provide comprehensive country risk analysis and political risk assessments to support investment decisions, operational planning, and strategic decision-making in complex environments across the Horn and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Threat and Vulnerability Assessments: Our team conducts thorough threat assessments and security vulnerability assessments to identify and quantify risks to personnel, projects, and infrastructure, delivering cost-effective mitigation measures for balanced and informed decision-making.
- Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E): We provide third-party monitoring, evaluation, and verification services combining deep contextual understanding with rigorous methodologies. Our field networks enable access to denied areas, including regions under Violent Extremist Organisation (VEO) influence and control, for credible and verified reporting.
- Special Research, Analysis and Assessments: Our team undertakes bespoke analytical engagements, delivering customised research, analysis and assessments to address specific customer objectives, including stabilisation, reconstruction, development, and security sector assessments.
- Bespoke Research in Sensitive Environments: With extensive experience managing local collection networks and operations in denied and high-risk areas, we provide discreet, reliable, and actionable intelligence. Our field networks operate throughout Somalia, East and Sub-Saharan Africa including areas under Violent Extremist Organisation (VEO) control.
- Advanced Analytical Methodologies: Leveraging cutting-edge tools and tradecraft, our analysts synthesise open-source, human, and proprietary data to deliver precise, evidence-based insights. Our proprietary systems enables temporal threat analysis and identification of links and patterns in information and events, with GIS specialists geocoding incidents to neighbourhood level.
Our research and analysis capabilities ensure customers receive timely, accurate, and actionable intelligence to support critical decision-making in the most challenging operational environments. Our client list includes embassies, governments and select corporate customers.
