Stratfor

Stratfor Enterprises, LLC
Company type	Private
Industry	Publishing
Founded	1996
Founder	George Friedman
Headquarters	Austin, U.S.
Key people	Chip Harmon (Pres.); Fred Burton (VP Intel, 2004–2020);
Products	Worldview; Threat Lens;
Services	Advising
Revenue	~US$10M (2021 est.)
Number of employees	~100 (2016)
Parent	Rane Corporation
Website	www.stratfor.com

Strategic Forecasting Inc.,^[3] commonly known as Stratfor, is an American strategic intelligence publishing company founded in 1996.^[4] Stratfor's business model is to provide individual and enterprise subscriptions to Stratfor Worldview, its online publication, and to perform intelligence gathering^[5] for corporate clients. The focus of Stratfor's content is security issues^[6] and analyzing geopolitical risk.^[7]

^ Stratfor. "RANE Acquires Geopolitical Intelligence Platform Stratfor". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
^ Bureau, E. T. (2020-02-05). "RANE Acquires Geopolitical Intelligence Platform Stratfor". EnterpriseTalk. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
^ "Stratfor to settle class action suit over hack". Reuters. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
^ Perlroth, Nicole (2011-12-26). "Hackers Breach the Web Site of Stratfor Global Intelligence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-29. Stratfor Global Intelligence Service, a company based in Austin, Tex., that analyzes geopolitical risk
^ Chatterjee, Pratap (2012-02-28). "WikiLeaks' Stratfor dump lifts lid on intelligence-industrial complex". Guardian. Retrieved 2020-11-29. WikiLeaks' latest release, of hacked emails from Stratfor, shines light on the murky world of private intelligence-gathering
^ Perlroth, Nicole (2011-12-26). "Hackers Breach the Web Site of Stratfor Global Intelligence (Published 2011)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-29. a United States research group that puts out a daily newsletter on security issues
^ Perlroth, Nicole (2012-03-12). "Inside the Stratfor Attack". Bits Blog. Retrieved 2020-11-29. Stratfor Global Intelligence Service, a company based in Austin, Tex., that analyzes geopolitical risk

[1] Stratfor. "RANE Acquires Geopolitical Intelligence Platform Stratfor". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2020-11-29.

[2] Bureau, E. T. (2020-02-05). "RANE Acquires Geopolitical Intelligence Platform Stratfor". EnterpriseTalk. Retrieved 2020-11-29.

[3] "Stratfor to settle class action suit over hack". Reuters. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2022-09-13.

[4] Perlroth, Nicole (2011-12-26). "Hackers Breach the Web Site of Stratfor Global Intelligence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-29. Stratfor Global Intelligence Service, a company based in Austin, Tex., that analyzes geopolitical risk

[5] Chatterjee, Pratap (2012-02-28). "WikiLeaks' Stratfor dump lifts lid on intelligence-industrial complex". Guardian. Retrieved 2020-11-29. WikiLeaks' latest release, of hacked emails from Stratfor, shines light on the murky world of private intelligence-gathering

[6] Perlroth, Nicole (2011-12-26). "Hackers Breach the Web Site of Stratfor Global Intelligence (Published 2011)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-29. a United States research group that puts out a daily newsletter on security issues

[7] Perlroth, Nicole (2012-03-12). "Inside the Stratfor Attack". Bits Blog. Retrieved 2020-11-29. Stratfor Global Intelligence Service, a company based in Austin, Tex., that analyzes geopolitical risk

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