Intelligence and Advisory

Country Risk Assessments and Pre-Travel Advisories

Intelligence for your people, your routes and your operations.

A country risk assessment is an analyst written evaluation of the security, political, health and infrastructure conditions affecting travel to a location. Solace Global produces country and city risk reports alongside bespoke pre-travel advisories, written by intelligence analysts in our 24/7 Global Security Operations Centre and tailored to each organisation’s people, routes and operations.

Written by human analysts in our GSOC

Our intelligence is written by people. Analysts sit within our 24/7 Global Security Operations Centre (GSOC), alongside the operations teams who coordinate the response, so the same team that assesses a situation is close to the people acting on it.

That matters for the quality of what you receive. Automated feeds can tell you that something has been reported. An analyst can tell you what it means for a team arriving in that city next week, whether it changes the route they had planned, and what would need to happen for the assessment to change again.

Country and City Risk Reports

Country and city risk reports give organisations a consistent basis for assessing a destination. They cover the security environment, political stability, health considerations, infrastructure reliability and practical conditions on the ground, so travel approvers, security teams and travellers are working from the same picture.

Reports are available automatically upon receiving an itinerary, or on demand within the Solace Secure platform.

What a country risk report covers

The security environment, including crime, terrorism, civil unrest and kidnap risk
Political and geopolitical conditions, and how they may develop
Health considerations and the standard of local medical provision
Infrastructure, transport and communications reliability
Legal and cultural factors affecting visitors
Practical guidance for people travelling to, or working in, the location
City level reports available for select cities where conditions vary within a country considerably.

Bespoke pre-travel advisories

A pre-travel advisory is written for a specific trip. Rather than describing a destination in general, it assesses the journey in front of you: who is travelling, where they are going, what they will be doing and what that combination means for their risk. Pre-travel advisories are written by our analysts and are included as part of our travel risk management services.

What’s included in a pre-travel advisory?

An assessment of the destination as it stands at the time of writing
Journey specific analysis covering the itinerary, routes and sites involved
Consideration of the traveller profile and the nature of the work being carried out
Practical guidance, including movement, accommodation and local considerations
Recommended precautions proportionate to the assessed level of risk
Escalation routes and how to reach the GSOC while travelling

The Wider Intelligence Portfolio

Country reports and pre-travel advisories sit alongside a broader set of intelligence products, so organisations can build situational awareness as well as assess individual journeys.

Verified alerts

Near real time notifications, verified and graded by an analyst before publication

Alert+

Additional context and analysis for significant events

Global Intelligence Summary

A weekly overview of developments worldwide, in PDF and podcast

Election Guides

Assessments of electoral events and their potential impact

Thematic Reports

Deeper analysis of specific issues and emerging risks

Trigger Monitoring and Bespoke Reporting

Focussed assessments of specific concerns or ongoing monitoring, quoted on requirements

How quickly analysis reaches you

During a fast moving event, the value of intelligence depends on when it arrives. The sequence below is drawn from our reporting during the escalation in the Middle East in February 2026.

When an event escalates, the same team stays with it: analysts assess exposure, our operations teams advise and coordinate with in country partners, and we manage the response through to resolution.

Case study: Intelligence in action during Middle East escalation in February 2026

First explosions identified in Tehran

06:24

First alert posted in Solace Secure

06:27

Clients notified directly

06:29

Mainstream media begin reporting

06:50 to 07:15

Posture guidance issued

07:00

Alert+ issued by the intelligence team

08:48

Evacuation planning guidance issued for the wider region

09:00

Evacuation options presented to clients

11:27

Supporting your duty of care

Assessing risk before travel is approved is one of the reasonable steps expected of employers, and it is the stage that produces the clearest evidence of a considered decision. Country risk assessments and pre-travel advisories give approvers a consistent basis for that decision and a record of what was known at the time. Our advisory, monitoring and response services are structured to support alignment with ISO 31030 guidance across each stage of the journey.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a country risk assessment?

A country risk assessment is an evaluation of the security, political, health and infrastructure conditions affecting travel to a location. It gives organisations a consistent basis for deciding whether travel should proceed, and what precautions are proportionate.

What is the difference between a country risk report and a pre-travel advisory?

A country risk report assesses a destination in general. A pre-travel advisory is written for a specific trip, taking account of the itinerary, the routes involved, the traveller profile and the work being carried out.

Who writes your country risk assessments?

They are written by intelligence analysts working within Solace Global’s 24/7 Global Security Operations Centre, alongside the operations teams who coordinate security response.

Are your reports written using automation?

No. Reporting is written by analysts. Every platform alert is checked by a person before release, and is risk rated, categorised and geo located as part of that process.

Are pre-travel advisories included in your service?

Pre-travel advisories are included as part of our travel risk management contracts, with the number of advisories set out in your annual contract. Red flag reports and trigger monitoring are quoted according to each organisation’s requirements.

What sources do your analysts use?

Reporting draws on alert detection software, partner feeds, government advisories, open source intelligence and human intelligence sources, assessed and verified by analysts before publication.

How often are country reports updated?

Reports are maintained on an ongoing basis. Significant developments are also covered through verified alerts and Alert+ analysis for alerts with wider impact or disruption.

Can we request a report for a specific journey or location?

Yes. Bespoke intelligence products are written around your people, routes and operations. Requests can be made through your account manager or within the platform.

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