Traveler Toolkit

Locations in U.S. Department of State Travel Advisories are rated on a scale from 1 to 4, with Level 1 advising U.S. citizens to exercise normal precautions, and Level 4 advising U.S. citizens to not travel to that locat...

This report examines the risks associated with commercial and personal uses of UAS and provides recommendations to mitigate these risks.

This report examines the threats of UAVs abroad and provides recommendations to mitigate these threats.

Repeated heatwaves during summer 2025 exponentially increased the number of wildfires throughout Europe and North America. OSAC members with operations in or travelers to countries prone to wildfires should be aware of w...

Updated. This report includes a collection of country/region-specific wrongful detention placemats, covering threats, key players, tactics, and resources.

This report reviews worldwide hostage, detention, and kidnapping threats, and the U.S. Government response to those threats.

This report examines the key risks associated with most political summits and provides some guidelines for security managers to prepare internal security assessments if attending or operating near a planned summit.

Dating applications can expose users to various risks, including financial scams, violent crimes, and espionage. Criminal actors often use fake profiles to manipulate victims into providing money, personal information, o...

Sometimes the road most traveled is not the one you want or need to take to get where you are going. This report will provide considerations for OSAC members to take when traveling off the beaten path in off-road or remo...

Whether someone is 18 or 78, enjoying one’s time off the clock while on business travel or study abroad is common for almost every traveler. Though OSAC does not endorse any one way to spend free time while overseas, we...

This report examines the precautions travelers should take before and during travel to ensure their devices are not stolen or maliciously accessed in 2025.

There is a plethora of tools out there that several OSAC members likely utilize frequently for global situational awareness. However, two tools highlighted in this report may be less frequently used or underutilized; RSS...

This guide offers a series of steps to take when your passport is lost or stolen while outside of the U.S., how to obtain an emergency passport, and additional tips regarding that process. For additional information plea...

Petty crime—including pickpocketing, bag snatching, and street crime—is often one of the most common types of crime in a country. However, it may also be one of the most preventable incidents someone may face while trave...

With the recent landslide and subsequent deaths in Papua New Guinea, OSAC members with operations in or travelers to countries prone to landslides may seek ways they can protect their organization or travelers in the eve...

Preparing for the impacts of a coup requires imagination and extensive scenario planning. This OSAC report serves to help security managers think through variables that may impact their organization during a coup and con...

Media organizations and journalists face physical and digital risks throughout the world. There are general best practices journalists and media organizations can adopt to mitigate physical and information security risks...

This report describes how short- and long-term power outages can impact U.S. private-sector organizations’ operations and employees, and what organizations and individuals can do to stay safe without electricity.

OSAC members with operations in and travel to high-risk seismic regions should prepare for the possibility of earthquakes and tsunamis. Earthquakes pose an immediate threat to the physical safety of personnel, but also c...

This OSAC Traveler Toolkit piece seeks to answer common OSAC member questions about terrorism-related security alerts and provides resources from the U.S. government and the private sector to help organizations understan...