Stratfor

Stratfor Enterprises, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryPublishing
Founded1996 (1996)
FounderGeorge Friedman
HeadquartersAustin, Texas, U.S.
Key people
Products
  • Worldview
  • Threat Lens
ServicesAdvising
Revenue~US$10M (2021 est.)
Number of employees
~100 (2016)
ParentRane Corporation[1][2]
Websitewww.stratfor.com Edit this at Wikidata

Strategic Forecasting Inc.,[3] commonly known as Stratfor, is an American strategic intelligence publishing company founded in 1996.[4] Stratfor's business model is to provide individual and enterprise subscriptions to Stratfor Worldview, its online publication, and to perform intelligence gathering[5] for corporate clients. The focus of Stratfor's content is security issues[6] and analyzing geopolitical risk.[7]

  1. ^ Stratfor. "RANE Acquires Geopolitical Intelligence Platform Stratfor". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  2. ^ Bureau, E. T. (2020-02-05). "RANE Acquires Geopolitical Intelligence Platform Stratfor". EnterpriseTalk. Retrieved 2020-11-29. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Stratfor to settle class action suit over hack". Reuters. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  4. ^ Perlroth, Nicole (2011-12-26). "Hackers Breach the Web Site of Stratfor Global Intelligence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-29. Stratfor Global Intelligence Service, a company based in Austin, Tex., that analyzes geopolitical risk
  5. ^ Chatterjee, Pratap (2012-02-28). "WikiLeaks' Stratfor dump lifts lid on intelligence-industrial complex". Guardian. Retrieved 2020-11-29. WikiLeaks' latest release, of hacked emails from Stratfor, shines light on the murky world of private intelligence-gathering
  6. ^ Perlroth, Nicole (2011-12-26). "Hackers Breach the Web Site of Stratfor Global Intelligence (Published 2011)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-29. a United States research group that puts out a daily newsletter on security issues
  7. ^ Perlroth, Nicole (2012-03-12). "Inside the Stratfor Attack". Bits Blog. Retrieved 2020-11-29. Stratfor Global Intelligence Service, a company based in Austin, Tex., that analyzes geopolitical risk