Welcome to the UNDERSTAND module of the Creolytix platform—your control center for interpreting complex risk environments. This article is designed to guide you through the 14 powerful widgets available within the UNDERSTAND module.
Why It Matters With UNDERSTAND, you’re not just monitoring what has happened—you’re learning where things are heading and why it matters to your operations.
Note: Widgets are modular. You can use them standalone or in combination. Filter settings can be “linked” across widgets for synchronized analysis, or kept “unlinked” for isolated exploration.
Community Forum
The Community Forum widget enables real-time collaboration across internal teams and trusted partners. Users can post operational updates, share situational insights, or request input from others in the network. These discussions can be kept internal for privacy or shared publicly with trusted partner organizations such as members of the European Resilience Alliance (ERA).
The ability to like, comment, and track the reach of each post encourages engagement and cross-functional learning. This makes the Community Forum an ideal space for validating early warnings, coordinating during emerging crises, or sharing lessons learned after an event. For more details, see Community Forum.
Event Feed
The Event Feed provides a real-time, filterable timeline of all incidents linked to your defined interests, such as personnel, facilities, or routes. You can sort by event type, source, severity, and time range to tailor your view.
Use Cases:
Monitoring recent events for executive briefings
Keeping track of supply route disruptions
Filtering only high-severity or specific-type incidents
Asset Risk Analysis (ARA)
This widget consolidates events affecting each asset and ranks them based on frequency and severity. It gives a quick overview of which assets are most exposed, so you can prioritize risk mitigation strategies accordingly.
Use Cases:
Prioritizing protective measures for high-risk assets
Reporting asset-level vulnerabilities to leadership
Monitoring critical infrastructure like border checkpoints
For more details, see Asset Risk Analysis.
Interest Risk Profile
Interest Risk Profile assigns a dynamic score to each interest (e.g., warehouse, airports, or team member), factoring in how many events occurred and how severe they were. The result is a heat map-like dashboard that shows your most vulnerable points at a glance.
Pro tip: Enable global filters to sync with your current region or asset type (e.g., only logistics hubs or cross-border routes) for a more targeted risk snapshot.
Time Wise Distribution
This widget presents a time series view of events affecting your interests. Whether you’re looking at a spike in incidents over the last 7 days or a seasonal trend from the past 6 months, this widget helps identify:
Escalation patterns
Peak vulnerability windows
Cyclical risks such as election periods or storm seasons
Tip: Use this widget to prepare quarterly reports or validate when risk levels are rising versus stabilizing.
Event Trend
Event Trend provides a longitudinal view into how different event types have evolved. It allows you to compare changes in risk exposure over time and uncover early indicators of emerging threats.
Use Cases:
Forecasting policy response to social unrest
Mapping trends in cyber incidents across countries
Planning staff deployment windows during calm periods
Reports
The Reports widget compiles in-depth reports from Creolytix analysts and trusted partners. These are curated for your regions and interests and offer strategic context beyond just numbers.
Country Assessment Reports
This widget centralizes structured country-level intelligence. Each country report includes:
Severity levels across different event types
Current threat rating and trend outlook
AI-generated summaries of notable events
In the Zimbabwe report, major threats like crime and political instability are highlighted, helping you focus on the right risks for your operations.
Event Count
This widget gives you the raw volume of events across interests or geographies. It’s the fastest way to:
Spot high-activity regions
Track operational disruptions
Quantify trends over time
Tip: Combine this with Severity Level Distribution for a full view of both frequency and intensity.
Asset Risk Management / Geographic Risk Profile
This widget presents regional risk in a visual, map-based format. It lets you benchmark countries by threat level and trend direction.
In the map view, it lets planners quickly assess where to delay travel or boost protective measures.
For more details, see Asset Risk Management.
Severity Level Distribution
This pie chart widget categorizes all reported events by severity: low, medium, high, and major.
The chart example shows a dominant green slice for low severity, but the presence of red and orange slices (major and high) highlights where escalation planning is needed.
Threat Rating
The Threat Rating widget breaks down threat scores by category (e.g., armed conflict, terrorism, crime), giving each a rating from low to major and a trend outlook.
In the Ukraine example, armed conflict is rated “Major” and worsening. Use this to shape future-facing security plans and engage senior leadership proactively.
Top Event Categories
This widget shows which types of risks are most frequent in a region—whether infrastructure failures, civil unrest, or political demonstrations.
Use Cases:
Tailoring response strategies to dominant threats
Training staff on region-specific risk profiles
Aligning operational procedures with top risk drivers
Data Provider Frequencies
Displays how often each source reports from each country. This helps evaluate data reliability, blind spots, or potential bias in reporting.
In the next article, we’ll share real-world use cases and best practices to get the most out of the UNDERSTAND module.