


A Dataminr analysis of six major cities shows localized infrastructure failures often cascade into regional disruptions. It highlights how transit hubs, cyber-physical threats, and upcoming events create interconnected risks for organizations relying on urban infrastructure.

The threat environment facing state and local governments is evolving faster than legacy tools were built to handle. At the 2026 Esri Safety & Security Summit, Dataminr’s public sector team will focus on three themes driving the conversation: resilience, modernization, and real-time information. Here’s what those themes mean in practice — and how AI-powered intelligence is changing what’s possible inside the Esri ArcGIS environment.



Critical national infrastructure threats no longer originate solely inside the perimeter. They come from power grids, third-party software platforms, geopolitical events, and criminal groups operating entirely online. Security teams managing airports and other major hubs are working with frameworks built for a threat picture that no longer exists. Real-time analysis of publicly available information is what closes the gap and shifts posture from reactive to anticipatory before operational damage occurs.

Across Europe, emergency management teams can be the last to know when a major incident begins, creating an information gap. By the time consequence management is activated—shelter, housing, medical coordination, public communications—the crisis may have been compounding for hours. This piece examines why situational awareness arrives too late, and what changes when emergency management teams are informed from the early moments of a crisis.



Risk doesn’t wait. It cascades across domains, crosses borders, and moves faster than most organisations can track. The question was never whether this would happen. It’s whether you’ll see it coming.

State CISOs face an impossible equation: extend cyber protection statewide with flat budgets while threats surge 225%. Third-party breach concerns jumped 77%. The solution isn’t more dashboards—it’s systems that close the gap between early signals and decisive action before windows close.

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