Real-time Travel Safety for the Modern Workforce: Utilizing Artificial Intelligence and Live Data to Revolutionize Employee Protection Strategies for Businesses Globally
In the current global landscape, organizations are grappling with a multitude of challenges in ensuring the safety and security of their travelling workforce. The evolving complexities of the post-pandemic era, characterised by geopolitical tensions, natural disasters, and regional instability, have heightened concerns for employee safety.
Dataminr, a global leader in real-time information discovery and risk management, is addressing these challenges with its innovative solutions. The white paper from Dataminr focuses on the evolving challenges of travel security and the use of intelligence and integrated risk management solutions.
Dataminr's offerings aim to help organisations fulfil their employee security obligations more effectively. These solutions can be seamlessly integrated with automated travel management systems, offering two-way notification capabilities. This means that security teams can be alerted to potential risks in real-time, enabling them to take swift action to protect their employees.
The solutions provided by Dataminr offer unprecedented visibility into potential risks, allowing security teams to detect, assess, and respond to threats within minutes instead of hours. This is made possible through Dataminr's real-time alerting solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that analyse millions of data points across multiple formats and languages.
One of the key challenges organisations face is the increased employee safety concerns due to greater geopolitical volatility, health risks, and changes in immigration or border control policies. For instance, travel to the US faces growing safety worries and border detentions, with 46% of companies citing employee safety/duty of care as a concern, up 9 percentage points recently[1].
Higher travel costs and more paperwork associated with health protocols, visa requirements, and security measures have made business travel more complex and expensive, leading some companies to cancel or reduce trips[1]. Additionally, rising employee reluctance to travel due to policy changes or safety fears is another significant challenge. Around 18% of travel buyers report employees refusing trips, especially to regions like the US[1].
Diverse evolving risks such as disease outbreaks, political unrest, crime, cyber threats, and natural disasters complicate risk assessment and response during travel[3]. However, with the help of intelligence and integrated risk management solutions like those offered by Dataminr, organisations can proactively manage these risks.
These solutions provide real-time risk intelligence and alerts on emerging health, security, political, or environmental threats in travel destinations, enabling proactive decision-making and itinerary adjustments[3]. They also enable organisations to fulfil their duty of care obligations through better monitoring, communication, and support for travelers before, during, and after travel, reducing liability and enhancing traveler confidence[3].
Moreover, these solutions facilitate integrated approaches to security by combining physical security measures, health protocols, cyber protection, and crisis management into one comprehensive travel risk management strategy[3][4]. Leveraging technology such as tracking tools, digital platforms for traveler support, and streamlined security screening processes like TSA’s One Stop Security can further enhance travel safety and efficiency[2][3].
In conclusion, using intelligence-driven and integrated risk management approaches allows organisations to not only anticipate and mitigate diverse travel risks in a complex post-pandemic environment but also support and protect their employees comprehensively while travelling[3][4]. As post-pandemic business travel rebounded significantly and is projected to surpass pre-2019 levels in 2025, it is crucial for organisations to have robust travel security measures in place. Access to Dataminr's solutions is provided upon completion of a form.
- In the realm of business, Dataminr's solutions, leveraging artificial intelligence and integrated risk management, are designed to address the evolving challenges of travel security, offering organizations a tool to fulfil their employee duty of care.
- Aslide from health risks and changes in immigration or border control policies, technological advancements such as tracking tools, digital platforms, and streamlined security screening processes can enhance travel safety and efficiency, making travel more manageable in today's complex lifestyle.
- The combination of artificial-intelligence-driven risk intelligence, technology-assisted travel support, and proactive crisis management can form a comprehensive travel risk management strategy, enabling organizations to minimize potential threats and ensure a secure business environment, while adapting to the evolving demands of finance, technology, art, and culture in the modern global lifestyle.
