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Threat from Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism

… CBRN terrorism is the term used to describe the terrorist use (or … What is CBRN Terrorism? … CBRN terrorism is the term used to describe the terrorist use (or … When describing threats in intelligence assessments, Counter Terrorism Policing utilises the Probabilistic …
Keywords: CBRN , Threat analysis , Threat , Attack Methodology , Chemical , Biological , Radiological , Nuclear , Counter Terrorism

Terrorist use of Bladed or Blunt Force Weapon (BBFW) in the UK

… When describing threats in intelligence assessments, Counter Terrorism Policing utilises the Probabilistic Yardstick.  …
Keywords: Blunt Weapons , Blunt force weapons , Threat , Attack Methodology , Venues and Public Spaces , VAPS , Bladed weapons , Attack Methodology , Marauding Attack , Knives

Complex attacks

… Conversely, attacks of higher complexity are acts of terrorism that exhibit particular characteristics, which can … When describing threats in intelligence assessments, Counter Terrorism Policing utilises the Probabilistic Yardstick. The …
Keywords: Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat , Threat analysis , Self-Initiated Terrorists , VAPS , Complex , MTA , Marauding Attack , IEDs , Venues and Public Spaces

Directed and enabled attacks

… reasons for this, but include the following: Significant counter-terrorism pressure on groups overseas in places like Syria, … When describing threats in intelligence assessments, Counter Terrorism Policing utilises the Probabilistic Yardstick.  …
Keywords: Attack , Attack Methodology , Terrorist threat , Emergency Planning , Directed , Enabled

Unintended Consequences Research: Identifying the Impact of NaCTSO Public-Facing Products and Campaigns

… (CPNI) evolved to become the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA). All references to CPNI should … be read as NPSA. In the UK, public-facing products and counter-terrorism vigilance campaigns (VC hereafter) have grown …
Keywords: Counter Terrorism Policing , Consequences , Unintended Consequences , Research , Awareness

Threat from Drones in the UK

… could be used for nefarious purposes, including terrorism. How much illegal drone activity is there in the … data collected by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), between 2015 … When describing threats in intelligence assessments, Counter Terrorism Policing utilises the Probabilistic …
Keywords: Drones , Threat analysis , Threat , UAV , Weapon , Hostile Reconnaissance , Drone , public spaces , Venues and Public Spaces

Relevance of ‘EVIL DONE’ to the current UK threat landscape

… the TRACK framework (Marchment & Gill, 2020) using cases of terrorism in the UK from 2015 through 2021 (n=184). For the … components to predict the vulnerability of locations to terrorism (i.e., how attractive they are as targets). The … easy targets are those easily accessed or with little or no security measures in place. Since 2006, very little …
Keywords: Evidence-based policing , Research , Evidence , Protective Security , publicly accessible locations , EVIL DONE , Situational Crime Prevention , Academia , Terrorist targeting

NaCTSO and Evidence-based Policing

… At the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) we are passionate about ensuring … supports the work we do to keep the public safe from terrorism.  To support this, we are fully committed to …
Keywords: Research , Evidence , Protective Security , Preparedness