Global security risk has emerged in recent years as an important risk factor to institutional investors and other shareholders and as a new category of due diligence for corporate executives. Broadly defined, global security risk is the risk to share value and corporate reputation stemming from the intersection of a publicly traded company's international business activities and security-related concerns, such as terrorism and weapons proliferation.
Global security risk research includes coverage of corporate involvement in the following countries:
- Sudan
- Iran
- Syria
- North Korea
- Cuba