Eaton and Palisades Fires in Los Angeles
In early January 2025, two major wind‑driven wildfires, the Eaton Fire in the foothills above Altadena and the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, ignited during an extreme Santa Ana wind…
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Insights & Industry Contributions
These publications represent over twenty years of industry contribution and thought leadership in situational awareness and operational intelligence. They include both current insights and historical materials that reflect the evolution of our platform and methodologies.
White Papers
Accelerating Solutions for Enterprise Security Whitepaper TX360
Emerging Technology Impact: The “Need to Knows” for Business Continuity Professionals
PANYNJ and INTERCEP create the NYC Metropolitan Resilience Network (MRN)
Corporate Situational Awareness: Watch Your Front!
Books by Company Leadership
Silver Bullets, How Interoperable Data Will Revolutionize Information Sharing and Transparency
Authored by Pete O'Dell, Swan Island Networks Founder/Board Member
Artificial Intelligence: The Rise of the Lightspeed Learners
Authored by Charles Jennings, Swan Island Networks Founder/Chairman
Cyber 24/7: Risks, Leadership and Sharing
Authored by Pete O'Dell, Swan Island Networks Founder/Board Member
Selected Articles
UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting
Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare since 2021, was killed in Midtown Manhattan on December 4th, 2024 after being shot in the back around 6:44 AM outside the New York…
Israel-Hamas Conflict and Regional Escalations
On October 7, 2023, Hamas and allied Palestinian militant factions launched a large-scale attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip, coinciding with the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. The assault…
Corporate Security Predictions and Trends
2021 is approaching rapidly, and most organizations are planning for whatever new normal will emerge in the coming months. The team at Swan Island Networks has built a collection of…
10 Reasons You Need A Situational Awareness Program Now
1. Gain time for prevention and mitigation Seconds and minutes can count in emergency situations. Active monitoring and a consolidated situational capability can give you a jump start on saving…
Enterprise Risk Management: 3 Keys to Success
If you don't have an umbrella, why check the weather? Enterprise Risk Management doesn't have to be complicated. Here are 3 keys to success.
5 Ways to Improve Your Economic Recovery Results Quickly
As the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 (coronavirus) becomes more controllable, we face a unique problem. How to start the discretionary economy back up? Do these 5 things to improve…
Interoperability Lessons For Right Now
Remember when your new phone had a unique charger that wouldn’t work with other phones, and leaving it behind caused a major nightmare? Sanity prevailed, and except for Apple, the…