Editing Stratfor (section)

{{Short description|American geopolitical advising firm}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Stratfor Enterprises, LLC
| logo = Logo of Stratfor.svg
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| founder = [[George Friedman]]
| key_people = {{ ubl
 | Chip Harmon (Pres.)
 |  [[Fred Burton (security expert)|Fred Burton]] (VP Intel, 2004–2020)
 }}
| industry = [[Intelligence (information gathering)|Publishing]]
| products = {{ ubl
 | Worldview
 | Threat Lens
 }}
| services = Advising
| revenue = ~US$10M (2021 est.)
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| assets = 
| equity = 
| num_employees = ~100 (2016)
| parent = Rane Corporation<ref>{{Cite press release|last=Stratfor|title=RANE Acquires Geopolitical Intelligence Platform Stratfor|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rane-acquires-geopolitical-intelligence-platform-stratfor-300998822.html|access-date=2020-11-29|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=((Bureau))|first=E. T.|date=2020-02-05|title=RANE Acquires Geopolitical Intelligence Platform Stratfor|url=https://enterprisetalk.com/news/rane-acquires-geopolitical-intelligence-platform-stratfor/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=EnterpriseTalk|language=en-US}}</ref>
| foundation = {{Start date|1996}}
| hq_location = [[Austin, Texas]], U.S.
| homepage = {{official URL}}
}}

'''Strategic Forecasting Inc.''',<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-06-28 |title=Stratfor to settle class action suit over hack |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-stratfor-hack-lawsuit-idUSBRE85R03720120628 |access-date=2022-09-13}}</ref> commonly known as '''Stratfor''', is an American [[strategic intelligence]] publishing company founded in 1996.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Perlroth|first=Nicole|date=2011-12-26|title=Hackers Breach the Web Site of Stratfor Global Intelligence|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/technology/hackers-breach-the-web-site-of-stratfor-global-intelligence.html|access-date=2020-11-29|issn=0362-4331|quote=Stratfor Global Intelligence Service, a company based in Austin, Tex., that analyzes geopolitical risk}}</ref> Stratfor's business model is to provide individual and enterprise subscriptions to Stratfor Worldview, its online publication, and to perform [[Intelligence agency|intelligence gathering]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chatterjee|first=Pratap|date=2012-02-28|title=WikiLeaks' Stratfor dump lifts lid on intelligence-industrial complex|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/28/wikileaks-intelligence-industrial-complex|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Guardian|language=en|quote=WikiLeaks' latest release, of hacked emails from Stratfor, shines light on the murky world of private intelligence-gathering}}</ref> for corporate clients. The focus of Stratfor's content is security issues<ref>{{Cite news|last=Perlroth|first=Nicole|date=2011-12-26|title=Hackers Breach the Web Site of Stratfor Global Intelligence (Published 2011)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/technology/hackers-breach-the-web-site-of-stratfor-global-intelligence.html|access-date=2020-11-29|issn=0362-4331|quote=a United States research group that puts out a daily newsletter on security issues}}</ref> and analyzing [[Geopolitics|geopolitical]] risk.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perlroth|first=Nicole|date=2012-03-12|title=Inside the Stratfor Attack|url=https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/inside-the-stratfor-attack/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Bits Blog|language=en-US|quote=Stratfor Global Intelligence Service, a company based in Austin, Tex., that analyzes geopolitical risk}}</ref>