Commissioned Research

An independent research answer to a specific question.

EWSRC accepts selected commissions from institutions that need an independent research answer to a specific strategic question. Commissioned work applies the same open-source, cross-sector and fully attributable method used in the published research — and helps sustain the open record.

Tier 01 · Fixed Deliverable

Sector Threat Benchmark

Fixed fee · quoted at scoping
DELIVERED IN 3 WEEKS · BRIEFING INCLUDED

How does your sector's threat picture actually compare to the fifteen next door? A benchmark built from The Observatory's enriched layer — severity scoring and actor extraction across all 4,328+ incidents — that no sector-siloed vendor can produce.

  • Actor and campaign landscape scoped to your sector and region
  • Cross-sector comparison: where you sit against adjacent sectors
  • Initial access, dwell, and impact trend analysis
  • Every claim footnoted to an open, checkable source
  • 60-minute executive briefing with board-ready deck
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Most Requested
Tier 02 · Recurring

Intelligence Retainer

Monthly retainer · 6-month term · quoted at scoping
FIRST BRIEF WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF KICKOFF

A standing research function scoped to your footprint, for less than half the fully loaded cost of a single senior analyst.

  • Monthly threat brief scoped to your sector, geography, and stack
  • Flash advisories when events touch your footprint
  • Quarterly deep-dive on one topic you choose
  • One original 30 to 70 page commissioned study included each contract year
  • Direct principal access for ad-hoc questions
  • Full Institutional Access to The Observatory's enriched layer for the term of the retainer
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Tier 03 · Commissioned

Commissioned Study

Scoped per study
6 TO 8 WEEKS · PUBLICATION OPTION

Original 30 to 70 page study on a threat or question. Scoped in days. Delivered under your imprint or EWSRC byline, shareable without the classification friction of platform intelligence.

  • Bespoke 30 to 70 page original study
  • Three stakeholder briefings (scoped to your requirements)
  • One full revision round included
  • Publication and syndication option at your discretion
  • All analysis sourced to open, public sources
  • Every claim footnoted and verifiable
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Rate card available on request.

Because commissioned work funds The Observatory, hiring EWSRC keeps the commons standing watch for everyone else. Data licensing lives at 16sectors.org; analysis lives here. License the enriched layer when your team will do the analysis — commission EWSRC when you need the answer.

Sector scope

EWSRC accepts commissions from organizations across all critical infrastructure sectors and Space Systems, with one exception: the Communications sector, where preexisting client relationships preclude new advisory engagements. Communications-sector research remains freely available through The Observatory and EWSRC’s published work.

A note on independence

Engagements are governed by a published conflict-of-interest standard. Read the independence statement.