STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE FOR ACADEMIA

Securing Research. Advancing Innovation.

Strategic intelligence for academic institutions navigating global collaboration, compliance, and nation-state risk.

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Academic Institutions Are Being Targeted

Open, global collaboration is essential to academic innovation and competitive funding. But it also creates exposure. Today, nation-states increasingly exploit open research environments to access sensitive technologies, influence personnel, and bypass controls—often without institutions realizing it until too late.

  • Growing Complexity of Collaborations

    Cross-border partnerships, joint labs, and shared funding streams make it harder to see where foreign states target researchers, programs, or technologies.

  • Limited Access to Critical Data

    Most institutions lack timely access to the external data needed to assess researchers, partners, and organizations beyond disclosures.

  • Unintentional 
Non-Compliance

    Researchers may unknowingly omit key affiliations—such as foreign talent programs or ties to restricted entities—placing funding, reputation, and research integrity at risk.

Strategic Intelligence Built for Academia 

Strider delivers an external, open-source intelligence view of the global research landscape. Our platform helps academic institutions preserve open collaboration while strengthening compliance, governance, and research security.

  • External Intelligence, Purpose-Built for Academia
  • Unified View Across People, Organizations, and Research
  • Continuous Monitoring of Nation-State Risk
  • Actionable Context and Source-Backed Intelligence

POPULAR USE CASES

How Research Security Leaders Use Our Platform 

Strider supports research security offices, export control teams, and academic leadership as they protect institutional integrity.

Grant Funding Compliance 

Screen researcher backgrounds against public records and open-source data to validate disclosures, identify foreign talent program participation, and protect federal research funding.

Research Partnership Due Diligence 

Assess potential and existing partners to identify restricted entities, uncover hidden affiliations, and evaluate key personnel across institutional networks.

Educating the Research Community 

Identify researchers working in areas targeted by foreign states and proactively brief them on tactics and risks before travel, collaborations, or critical project milestones.

Purpose-Built Tools for Research Security 

Explore Strider’s intelligence capabilities, delivered through a single platform and designed to illuminate different dimensions of nation-state risk.

  • Insights

    Identifies potential nation-state risk signals related to your institution’s people and research areas—providing context for informed decision-making.

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  • People Search

    Screens researchers, collaborators, and visitors for affiliations with restricted governments and other high-risk organizations.

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  • Organizations Search

    Reveals ownership structures, supply chains, and personnel connections tied to entities of concern.

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SPARK

AI-Powered Intelligence for Faster, Clearer Decisions

Spark brings together Strider’s intelligence data, natural-language search, and rapid analysis—helping academic teams uncover risks in seconds, not weeks.

  • Natural Language Search: Ask natural-language questions and receive contextual answers.

  • Automated Summaries: Generate summaries of complex networks and risk patterns.

  • Risk Prioritization: Prioritize investigations using AI-driven indicators across people, organizations, and technologies.

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