Platform first
Africa Risk Dashboard, country records, Live OSINT, specialist watches and travel-risk workspace are the delivery layer — every client sees the same rigour.
SRMaaS
Security Risk Management as a Service — not advisory by the hour
Mazin Intel is an independent, founder-led intelligence practice. Open-source monitoring, structured analysis and practical resources are developed continuously so that research findings, methods and analytical judgements are documented in one place rather than held as isolated notes.
Model comparison
Why SRMaaS beats a pure advisory model
The same analysts, a fundamentally different delivery and commercial shape.
| Feature | Pure advisory model | Mazin Intel SRMaaS |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery method | Manual consulting, email alerts, static PDF reports. | Client software dashboard plus proprietary Africa threat data feeds — reports are an output, not the product. |
| Revenue type | Transactional, project-by-project fees and ad-hoc retainers. | Predictable subscription revenue, renewed on the platform, expanded by advisory. |
| Scalability | Hard capped — ten more clients means hiring more analysts. | Continuous collection and scoring serve every client at once; analysts add judgement, not throughput. |
| Client experience | Waits for the next report cycle or an analyst's reply. | Logs in to current country records, alerts, journeys and exposure at any hour. |
| Institutional memory | Held in individual analysts' inboxes and drives. | Held in the platform — sourced, graded, time-stamped and auditable. |
| Enterprise valuation | Founder-dependent; the practice contracts when key people leave. | Tech-enabled recurring revenue with defensible data assets and transferable value. |
The engine
Four properties that make the model work
Recurring by design
Subscriptions and retainers renew against continuous monitoring, not one-off deliverables. Advisory expands the account rather than replacing it.
Scales without payroll shock
Collection, deduplication, scoring and alerting run once and serve all accounts. Analyst time is reserved for interpretation and client decisions.
Auditable evidence
Every record carries source attribution, confidence grading and a time stamp — defensible for duty-of-care, insurers and boards.
Already in the platform
- Continuous Africa collection across six intelligence layers
- 54-country risk records with scoring breakdown and outlook
- Threshold-based alerting to in-app, email and chat destinations
- Travel risk, journey coordination and duty-of-care workspace
- Source registry with reliability grading and full attribution
- Branded briefing and assessment exports on demand
Commercial shape
Recurring first, engagements second
Africa Risk Monitor
Open intelligence layer — headlines, country records and the risk map. No account required.
Platform subscription
Dashboard access, country and sector monitoring, alerting and export. Recurring.
Advisory retainer
Named analyst, escalation support and leadership briefings layered on the platform. Recurring.
Engagements
Assessments, due diligence, crisis exercises and field verification — scoped work, evidenced in the platform.
Commercial terms for retainers and engagements are quoted against scope. Platform subscription tiers are published on the pricing page.
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