Ryan Cummings is the director of the political and security risk management consultancy, Signal Risk, and co-founder of the My Travel Risk travel security web application.

He is also a founding member of the Nigerian Security Network and independent consultant to various international news media outlets including the New York Times, TIME magazine, the Associated Press, Al-Jazeera, AFP and Deutsche Welle. He is also a contributor to publications and think tanks, most notably CNN, the International Peace Institute (IPI) and the Daily Maverick, on issues of terrorism, conflict and political instability.