HGIS draws on a rigorous set of proven frameworks — from military doctrine to behavioral science — to deliver precise, defensible, and actionable intelligence for every client engagement.
CARVER
Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability, Vulnerability, Effect, Recognizability
A targeting and risk assessment methodology for systematically scoring and prioritizing threats — helping clients focus resources on what matters most, whether a physical site, event, or key individual.
MICE
Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego
A behavioral framework for analyzing human motivation behind risk. Applied to insider threat investigations and personnel vetting to uncover risk drivers and enable tailored mitigation strategies.
F3EA
Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze
A dynamic, iterative targeting cycle adapted from special operations for real-time threat response — ideal for executive protection and event security where speed and iteration are critical.
OSINT
Open-Source Intelligence
Leveraging publicly available data — social media, news, forums, and public records — to build cost-effective, real-time intelligence profiles for background checks, monitoring, and threat research.
HUMINT
Human Intelligence
Intelligence derived from human sources and interactions. Applied to insider threat investigations and executive protection to surface motives and risks invisible to digital collection alone.
IPB
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
A structured environmental analysis process adapted to assess event venues, physical sites, and digital threat landscapes — providing clients a clear, layered picture of risks and opportunities.
All-Source Analysis
Multi-Discipline Intelligence Synthesis
Integrating HUMINT, OSINT, SIGINT, and GEOINT into a single coherent assessment — ensuring no intelligence discipline creates a blind spot in the finished product.
PMESII-PT
Political, Military, Economic, Social, Information, Infrastructure, Physical, Time
A holistic operational environment framework used to enrich event security, site assessments, and geopolitical analysis with the full contextual depth decision-makers require.
Red Teaming
Adversarial Simulation & Stress Testing
Simulating adversarial perspectives to stress-test security plans, identify vulnerabilities, and expose weaknesses clients may overlook — adding a decisive proactive edge to all protective services.
BTA
Behavioral Threat Assessment
Evaluating an individual's behavior patterns for indicators of escalating risk — including fixation, grievance, and capability — applied to workplace violence prevention and executive threat cases.
OODA Loop
Observe, Orient, Decide, Act
A rapid decision-making cycle developed by military strategist John Boyd that keeps HGIS analysts ahead of evolving threats — enabling faster, more adaptive responses than an adversary can mount.
SAT
Structured Analytical Techniques
A suite of bias-reduction methods — including Analysis of Competing Hypotheses and Red Teaming — ensuring every analytical conclusion is rigorous, reproducible, and defensible under scrutiny.
MDMP
Military Decision Making Process
A seven-step planning framework adapted to complex client engagements — ensuring every assessment, strategy, and deliverable is structured, thorough, and operationally decision-ready.
D3A
Decide, Detect, Deliver, Assess
A deliberate targeting methodology complementing F3EA. Applied to long-term engagements such as client vetting programs and insider threat prevention where planning depth and progress tracking are essential.
Kill Chain Analysis
Attack Phase Disruption Model
Breaking an attack into sequential stages — from reconnaissance through execution — to identify and disrupt threats at the earliest possible phase before harm can occur.
Link Analysis
Relationship & Network Mapping
Visualizing connections between individuals, organizations, and events to expose hidden networks, threat actor relationships, and undisclosed associations in complex investigations.
Threat Modeling
Systematic Risk Identification & Prioritization
A structured process to identify, score, and mitigate potential threats across all service lines — giving clients a clear, proactive roadmap for reducing exposure before incidents occur.
Geopolitical Risk Analysis
PESTLE Environmental Assessment
Assessing how political, economic, and social instability in specific regions impacts client operations — using the PESTLE framework to translate global risk into actionable local guidance.
Crime Script Analysis
Offense Pathway Mapping
Mapping the step-by-step process an offender takes to commit a crime — from preparation through escape — enabling predictive, behavior-focused security planning and countermeasure design.
CTAF
Counter-Terrorism Analytical Framework
A structured framework for analyzing threat networks by examining leadership, finances, logistics, communications, and recruitment — adapted for any threat actor to identify critical vulnerabilities.
SWOT Analysis
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Adapted for physical security site assessments and event threat intelligence to give clients a clear, accessible snapshot of their current posture and highest-priority action items.
FMEA
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
A systematic engineering-derived approach to identifying potential failure points in a security system, assessing their likely impact, and prioritizing corrective actions before failures occur.
Army Writing Style / BLUF
Bottom-Line-Up-Front Communication
A concise, direct reporting standard that ensures every HGIS deliverable leads with the most critical finding — enabling busy decision-makers to act immediately without parsing dense narrative.
TSA
Target System Analysis
Dissecting a person, group, or infrastructure to map its critical components, interdependencies, and vulnerabilities — providing a comprehensive picture of how a threat system functions and where it is exposed.