APEX-FOCI
APEX-FOCI is a structured Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence screening workflow for open-source, evidence-led supplier review.
Boundary Notice
APEX-FOCI supports evidence gathering and structured review. It does not make official security determinations, security clearances, legal advice, probity advice or supplier approval decisions. Final decisions remain with authorised human officials.
What is FOCI Screening?
Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) screening assists procurement and cyber security units to identify if a foreign state interest can exert direct or indirect control over a supplier, software package, or delivery network.
Our FOCI module operates at **screening-level**, processing open-source company registries, corporate filing logs, and geopolitical indicator criteria. It guides analysts to map ultimate parent entities and record confidence rates.
Review Scope:
Jurisdiction and ownership are initial screening indicators only. They do not conclude the assessment. APEX-FOCI supports a broader, evidence-led review of ownership, control, influence, operational dependencies, access pathways and relevant supply-chain risks.
Screening Indicators
Track corporate voting shares and identify ultimate natural person controllers.
Flag suppliers operating from, or linked to, regions carrying economic coercion signals.
Verify state ownership percentages, board seats, and intelligence compulsion risks.
Analyse remote administration patterns, data storage hubs, and telemetry pipelines.
Pilot APEX-FOCI Workflows
Integrate structured FOCI question cards and open-source verification pipelines into your department's upcoming supplier review cycle.