We know where to look
BIA was founded in 2001 by several visionaries, a blend of experts in the Central Intelligence Agency’s polygraph and interrogation methodologies, and professionals in the financial and compliance arena. The founding mission is still relevant today: to help our clients make better, more profitable business decisions and mitigate risk.
The BIA methodology is used to analyze both verbal and nonverbal behaviors to measure completeness, confidence and accuracy to determine how much risk is in communications. Currently, BIA analyzes thousands of management statements for our clients, ranging from:
BIA’s proprietary Tactical Behavior Assessment® methodology was derived from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and is used to identify language and behavioral cues that indicate when an individual isn’t being entirely candid.
Founded in 2001 on the principle that methodologies originally developed for the national intelligence community could be powerfully applied to the private sector, BIA has been working with institutional investors, venture capital firms, private equity firms, and other entities since, helping them gain unique insights by using our approach.