Hillard Heintze and Prescient Announce Strategic Alliance and the Launch of the Traveler Solution and App

Accelerates Integration of Travel Risk Management Services Portfolio with Advanced, Market-Leading Technology that Pushes Real-Time Security Alerts to the Devices of Clients' Employees

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Sep 08, 2016, 03:46 ET

CHICAGO, Sept. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Hillard Heintze and Prescient announced a new strategic relationship. The joint agreement integrates Hillard Heintze's travel risk management competencies with Prescient's unique and proprietary big-data analytics and technology platforms to support the new Traveler solution and mobile application.

Hillard Heintze and Prescient Traveler Solution Application Accelerates Integration of Travel Risk Management Services with Market-Leading Technology Providing Real-Time Security Alerts for Global Travelers.

"This is an exciting development for us – and for many of our corporate clients," said Hillard Heintze CEO and co-founder Arnette Heintze. "Up to now, Hillard Heintze's travel-related client services to major enterprises and other employers with global workforces have been focused primarily on travel security advisory. As one of the fastest growing travel risk management technology companies in the world, Prescient and its powerful technology permit us to integrate this guidance with real-time alerts that allow employees traveling internationally to be much more aware of the risks and threats around them and make proactive decisions before an incident occurs."

The Traveler solution and mobile application is supported by a 24/7 global command-and-control center staffed by trained threat analysts and equipped with sophisticated threat assessment and analysis systems. The solution delivers live, continuous monitoring of employees' locations in correlation with threat intelligence and information captured from nearly 50,000 discrete sources. When events do occur, Hillard Heintze has the global operational ability to respond immediately anywhere in the world – with services that range from liaison with embassy and U.S. government assets or in-country security and law enforcement personnel to extraction and relocation or hostage and kidnapping response.

"Prescient's travel intelligence and alerting technologies are natural complements to Hillard Heintze's risk management support for global travelers," remarked David Walsh, Prescient's CEO. "With this new partnership, travelers will benefit from the humanized intelligence that our big data analytics platform affords, and will also be able to leverage end-to-end strategic advisory support in mitigating risks for traveling personnel, business operations and assets anywhere in the world."

Prescient's industry experts provide custom risk management solutions. From national security programs to travel safety and regulatory compliance, Prescient merges technology and human analysis to deliver concise, actionable insights that make it easy to protect organizations and teams. Prescient's principal staff is comprised of expertly trained professionals from the intelligence, federal law enforcement, special operations, software engineering and business communities. The company pursues the same rigorous and meticulous approach it uses for select government customers with "no- fail" mission requirements and applies it in support of its commercial clients.

In addition to travel risk management, Hillard Heintze's security risk management and investigative services include security risk, threat and vulnerability assessments; program development and management; workplace violence prevention programs; active shooter planning; executive protection program support; emergency preparedness and organizational resilience; high net worth security and family office support; social media intelligence and threat monitoring; threat investigation assessment and management; due diligence; litigation support and disputes; and fraud, financial and internal investigations.

About Prescient

Prescient is a global risk management company that combines leading edge technological solutions and human analysis to deliver simple, actionable insights that help clients mitigate enterprise-wide risks. The firm's commercial solutions consist of a comprehensive suite of due diligence, traveler safety and risk mitigation services that cultivate informed decision-making and situational awareness. Prescient's federal solutions support U.S. agencies with a variety of National Security, compliance and research and development programs. Visit www.prescient.com for more information.

About Hillard Heintze

Hillard Heintze is one of the leading investigation and security risk management firms in the United States. The company helps protect people, performance, interests and reputations. The firm's investigative, security and law enforcement advisory services provide insight, deliver assurance, and instill confidence among clients worldwide. Headquartered in Chicago, Hillard Heintze also has operations in Washington D.C., Virginia Beach, Detroit, Newark and San Jose, as well as operating capabilities across North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Asia. For more information, visit www.hillardheintze.com