We work with one of the largest higher education institutions in the United Kingdom to risk assess and provide intelligence support to keep faculty and research students safe on trips overseas. We identify potentially higher risk trips in coordination with individual faculties and departments, and identify potential threats and risks to travel based on the specific work or research being undertaken and the proposed trip itineraries. This provides a ‘second layer of defence’ to the university to reduce the risk of everything from low level crime, to kidnap, to state detention or arrest.