Where it all comes together
The information system is the core of Global Monitoring. Here, information on hazards and risks worldwide is collected, structured and presented in different layers and modules. Our team of travel security analysts, which is staffed around the clock 365 days a year, uses the latest technology to analyse events worldwide and supplement them with information and behavioural advice. These are displayed in the event ticker. Some of the events are automatically fed into the system via APIs, such as hurricanes, earthquakes or ash clouds. These data are provided directly by scientific institutes such as the National Hurricane Center and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (for tropical cyclones) as well as Geofon in Potsdam and the United States Geological Survey in the USA (for earthquakes).
In total, we evaluate more than 500 sources of information, including many news agencies and travel and security advice published by foreign offices. Our experts – predominantly political scientists – constantly monitor and evaluate world events and rate them according to the level of security risks.