Security

Traveling to unfamiliar locations abroad can present a myriad of challenges. Encountering security, legal, financial or medical issues while away from home can be daunting. Fortunately, the United States Department of State provides a number of resources to help mitigate such travel risks. One resource is:  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories.html/.   Here the Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs posts Travel Advisories. Travel Advisories are issued for each country of the world, follow a consistent format and use plain...

Most of us are familiar with Benjamin Franklin’s famous adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Unprecedented access to information in today’s digital world oftentimes results in information overload. Paralysis by analysis may be worse than no analysis at all. One concise resource that US companies have to keep abreast of international security issues and incidents is the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). Founded over thirty years ago, OSAC is a public...