Table 2.

A typology of crisis signal detectors (human).

	Non-specialist	Specialist
Core detectors	•All members of the organization •Key suppliers •Key customers •Government Agencies •Industry Bodies	•Assigned detection specialists (e.g., risk analysts, security experts, etc.) •Intelligence vendors (e.g., business intelligence services, internet scanning, press clipping, media monitoring, etc.)
Ad Hoc detectors	•Customers •Competitors	•Crisis-specific vendors (e.g., security agencies, disaster recovery services, business continuity services, crisis counselling, etc.)
Expert detectors		•Crisis consultants •Think-tanks