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06/18/2020

This is a great article about the impact of COVID on the migrant worker. Many thanks to Samuel Blazek, PhD, Portia Hunt, Abdullah Rahmanyar, and Sarah Lyons Lyons for their continued support of the fragile populations around the world.

"In a recent study conducted by IST Research of 6,000 Filipino migrants working in GCC countries, 71 percent indicated they risked exposure to COVID-19 on the job. Across seventeen sector categories, 21 percent had limited access to food, 11 percent reported being forced to work, 14 percent were confined to their home, and 10 percent were confined to their job site. The majority of workers reported being unaware of any assistance or compensation being offered by home governments. Half of workers reported host governments were not offering assistance or compensation. Domestic workers, a majority female workforce, in particular appear to face increased risks. They were more likely to report new debts and working on rest days due to the crisis. In all but one destination site, they were more likely to report not being paid as a result of the COVID-19 crisis."

https://www.cfr.org/blog/covid-19-migrant-labor-and-case-labor-recruitment-reform

05/01/2020

Great spotlight on our recent Russian COVID-19 Narratives work on the Disinfo Cloud blog this week!

04/14/2020

Here is an article from our team on some of the disinformation plays we are seeing Russia make in the COVID-19 space. They are quite active and reusing much of their tried and true playbook with the pandemic.
Thanks to Mike Wear and Alian M. for their support on this piece.

In March of 2020, IST Research initiated a data collection campaign to capture online conversations pertaining to COVID-19 in the Russian…

04/01/2020

We have a phenomenal team. We take pride in connecting with people in the hardest to reach places in order to answer tough questions focused on human security issues.

Like everyone, we asked ourselves how we could contribute to the COVID-19 response. In partnership with several research organizations, we launched a campaign last week to connect with populations around the world.

Initially we were targeting 8 countries, however, as we built out the outreach campaigns, it made sense to grow the survey to the maximum extent possible. Bringing everything we had to bear, from our Pulse Platform, our global network, and years of lessons learned, we ended up surpassing all of our expectations. Over 5 days, we reached over 300,000 people, in 40 countries, through 8 different languages.

I am blessed to work with a phenomenal team. We take pride in connecting with people in the hardest to reach places in order to answer tough questions focused on human security issues.

03/26/2020

Here is another important survey that our friends at Digital Humanity (https://lnkd.in/ehJf39Z) are running for a group of research scientists. Digital Humanity is launching this in local languages in more than 15 countries over the next three days.

https://lnkd.in/eC6HyfK

This is very important data collection to investigate the content of the medicine cabinets of anyone who has or has recovered from COVID-19. Please pass this one on to as many folks as you can. Rapid data collection may help with some therapeutic discoveries. Share on all of your favorite social media channels.

Thank you!

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03/13/2020

Proud of our Board member Kevin Robbins! This award is well deserved.

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Kevin Robbins, co-founder of consulting firm Wolf Den Associates and investment firm Blue Delta Capital Partners, as the newest inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 for his active involvement in some of the major transactions in the government contrac

02/13/2020

If you are looking to join a fast-paced team focused on addressing some of the most urgent human security issues faced by the world's vulnerable populations, look no further. We are hiring!

Priority open positions are:
- Website Developer (Northern Virginia)
- Security Engineer (Northern Virginia)
- Graph Database Engineer (Remote Friendly)

Full position descriptions and additional openings can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eB6Vdyh

11/28/2019

At IST Research, we are thankful for our amazing employees, partners and customers. Happy Thanksgiving!

11/27/2019

We are within a year of the next Presidential election, and just as important, many Senate, the entire house, state, and local elections. We have spent the last 3 years talking about foreign meddling in our elections and the pending battle against bot farms, coordinated adversarial information campaigns, stolen data, email hacks, and all of the goodies we experienced in 2016.

At IST Research, we have decided that a very important first step is a robust characterization of the information environment surrounding the election and then flexible and timely detection of anomalies within that environment. We have challenged our team to put our platform, Pulse, into action to accomplish this task. We will be continually monitoring the environment until we get past Decision Day 2020.

Our Lead Customer Advocate, Sean Birdsell, shared his initial thoughts in this post. Stay tuned for more updates!

We are within a year of the next Presidential election, and just as important, many Senate, the entire house, state, and local elections. We have spent the last 3 years talking about foreign meddling

11/21/2019

A look into the Iranian Internet shutdown provided by our talented team of analysts and operators - Jennifer Bower, Abdullah Rahmanyar and Mohammed Alion.

Protests broke out in Iran on 15 Nov 2019 and have spread to over 100 cities following a government announcement of a rationing plan and an increase in fuel prices intended to raise cash for handouts to the poor. Iran has been in a dire economic crisis since 2017, precipitated by tough US sanctions.

11/12/2019

Thanks to our friends Raymond James for a fun night of hockey. Let’s do it again with a different outcome next time...

11/11/2019

Thank you to all those who have served and to those who continue you to serve. Your strength and sacrifices are greatly appreciated. Happy Veteran's Day from IST Research.

Veterans Day is a day set aside for us to pay our respects to those who have served. For this one day we pause, stand united, and honor our veterans.