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Directed and enabled attacks

… overseas, and targeted strategic or symbolic targets. Most attack plots in the UK between 2005 and 2014 were directed … IS almost certainly retain the intent to direct or enable attacks against the West including the UK.   … A directed … from terrorist groups, usually in the form of targeting or methodology guidance but also potentially military type …
Keywords: Attack , Attack Methodology , Terrorist threat , Emergency Planning

Complex attacks

… Whilst the likelihood of a terrorist attack is relatively low, it is important to understand the varying levels of complexity that an attack can manifest. … What is a Complex Terrorist Attack? … carried out by a lone attacker, employing a simple methodology against a single target. Conversely, attacks of …
Keywords: Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat , Threat analysis , PALs , Self-Initiated Terrorists

Terrorist use of Fire in Attacks

… Analysts give an insight into Terrorist use of Fire in Attacks. … Headline Assessment Terrorists have been using fire in attacks for decades. No special skill or training is … available.   The likelihood of terrorists using fire in an attack will vary depending on ideology. In the UK, such an …
Keywords: Fire as a weapon , Attack , Attack Methodology , FAW , Arson , Terrorist Attack , Fire , Weapon

Terrorist use of Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW)

… an insight into terrorist use of Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW) attacks. … What is meant by Vehicle as a Weapon? Vehicle as … an Islamist terrorist or Extreme Right-Wing terrorist attack were to occur in the UK, the use of a Vehicle as a … supporters to “wage individual jihad”.  One such methodology is Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW), which is the …
Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Hostile Vehicle Mitigation , Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Ideologies , Threat , VAW , Awareness , Analysis

Analysis Insights for the Christmas Period

… the Christmas period. … Headline Assessment Terrorist attacks can happen at any time with little to no warning. Analysis of data relating to terrorist attacks in Western Europe show there is no easily … Self-Initiated Terrorist (S-IT) using a low-sophistication methodology. Such an attack is likely to be inspired by an …
Keywords: Threat analysis , Risk , Threat

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

… A bladed or blunt force weapon (BBFW) is the most likely attack methodology if either an Islamist or Extreme Right Wing Terrorist (ERWT) attack were to occur in the UK. Such weapons are easy to …
Keywords: Blunt Weapons , Blunt force weapons , Threat , PALs , Attack Methodology

Terrorist Cyber Threat

… Terrorist Cyber Threat Headline Assessment Hostile attacks against UK cyber-space are considered a Tier 1 national security risk. Cyber attacks against UK businesses take a number of forms and … type of harassment. Zoombombing has been a notably popular methodology amongst the Extreme Right Wing (ERW) to harass …
Keywords: Threat analysis , Threat , Cyber , Attack Methodology , PALs , Cyber attacks

Self-Initiated Terrorists (S-ITs)

… services.   Methodologies and targets A low-complexity attack and low-sophistication methodology is most likely in the UK, irrespective of … are the most likely targets for a Self-Initiated Terrorist attack. Some Self-Initiated Terrorists are also likely to …
Keywords: Self-Initiated Terrorists , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Intelligence , Prevent , Weapon , Ideologies , Target , Extremist

Threat levels

… to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack. … SUBSTANTIAL  – An attack is likely    The main threats to national security … to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack. How are threat levels decided? The national threat …
Keywords: Threat Level , Threat , National , National Security , Terrorist threat , Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre , JTAC , UK Threat Level , Security Services , Intelligence

Terrorist use of Firearms

… The threat of a terrorist attack by firearm in the UK is not likely, but it is … you or your business. … Headline Assessment Terrorist attacks in the UK using firearms are extremely rare. In the … occasion where a firearm has been discharged in a terrorist attack on the UK mainland. Although there is a criminal …
Keywords: Firearms , Threat analysis , Attack Methodology , PALs , Threat