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Lurking in the Fog Podcast featuring Archana Bae

Secrets, Sanctions, and Silent Networks Join Archana Bae, CEO & Founder of Porta Strategies, on Lurking in the Fog for an eye-opening episode, Secrets, Sanctions, and Silent Networks. With nearly 25 years of expertise across investigations, intelligence analysis,...

Intelligence Career Conversations Podcast

Archana Bae: Mission and Purpose Join Archana Bae, CEO & Founder of Porta Strategies, LLC, on this week's episode of the Intelligence Career Conversations podcast. Host Jim Donnelly delves into Archana’s impressive career spanning both the public and private...

Porta Strategies receives the SIDVI Foundation award

We are honored that our CEO & Founder, Archana Bae, received the SIDVI Foundation's Excellence in Anti-Financial Crime Award on March 31, 2025. The SIDVI Foundation is an NGO based in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India that aims to improve quality, efficiency...

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT April 3, 2025

Porta Strategies Welcomes Seven New Advisors to the Team  Washington, DC — Porta Strategies, a premier financial crime risk management firm renowned for delivering exceptional advisory services and solutions to the government, financial services firms, consultancies,...

Porta Strategies Receives SBA EDWOSB Certification

Washington, DC – March 17, 2025 – Porta Strategies LLC, a consulting firm based in Fairfax, Virginia, is proud to announce that it has been certified as an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)....

ACAMS U.S. Capital Chapter Event

December 2024 – Porta Strategies had the privilege of attending the ACAMS U.S. Capital Chapter year-end review and holiday celebration in Washington. Panelists included current and former anti-money laundering, Sanctions, and financial crime leaders from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services.

Women in Financial Crimes Compliance & Fintech

November 2024 – Porta Strategies is honored to have hosted a phenomenal roundtable in partnership with Winston & Strawn LLP and J.S. Held LLC in at the prestigious MetLife building in New York on November 20, 2024. This event brought together leaders from major...

NSIN Foundry

August 2024 – December 2024: Porta Strategies CEO, Archana Bae mentored startup founders with the National Security Innovation Network's Foundry Accelerator program, part of the Defense Innovation Unit's technology innovation initiatives. nFactor, the firm Ms. Bae...