Turning Verified Intelligence into Action in Real-Time with Factal and Restrata

When a crisis breaks, the alert is only the beginning. The harder question is what it means for your people — and what you do in the next five minutes. In this session, Brian Goss (Factal) and Tim Willis (Head of Partnerships, Restrata) walk through how verified threat intelligence becomes coordinated action in real time — using the recent Middle East escalation as a live example. Brian covers how Factal's editorial team verifies fast-moving events, the nuance behind severity ratings, and why knowing what's not happening matters as much as what is. Tim then shows how that intelligence is operationalised inside resilienceOS: surfacing your full exposure to a regional event in seconds, identifying who's reachable (and who isn't) before a message goes out, and using operational AI to turn raw alerts into assessments, recommendations, and ready-to-send communications. A recurring theme runs through the session: AI in security operations is only as useful as the data underneath it. Tim breaks down the model that makes it work — software for precision, AI for interpretation, and human judgement for the decisions that carry accountability. What's covered: – How Factal's editorial team verifies breaking events in real time – Why severity ratings carry more nuance than they appear to – The knock-on effects of a regional crisis — beyond the conflict zone itself – Why most travel risk systems struggle in a fast-moving regional event – Surfacing full exposure (people, sites, travel, HR data) in seconds – Identifying unreachable contacts before sending a message – Operational AI: turning verified alerts into assessments, sitreps, and action – The one question to ask any "AI for security" platform – Software, AI, and human judgement — and why all three are needed ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ About Restrata: Restrata helps security and resilience teams turn intelligence into action when it matters most. Our platform, resilienceOS, brings people, travel, asset, and threat data into a single operational picture — with operational AI (rosa) built in — so teams can assess threats, account for their people, and coordinate response in seconds, not hours. Learn more: [www.restrata.com]