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Directed and enabled attacks

… IS almost certainly retain the intent to direct or enable attacks against the West including the UK.   … A directed … the best known examples of this type of attack is the 9/11 attacks in the United States in 2001 carried out by AQ. … foreign-terrorist fighters (FTFs) planning and carrying out attacks in their country of origin, having acquired …
Keywords: Attack , Attack Methodology , Terrorist threat , Emergency Planning

Terrorist Cyber Threat

… Terrorist Cyber Threat Headline Assessment Hostile attacks against UK cyber-space are considered a Tier 1 national security risk. …
Keywords: Threat analysis , Threat , Cyber , Attack Methodology , PALs , Cyber attacks

Complex attacks

… of what constitutes a ‘complex attack’. Terrorist attacks exhibit varying degrees of complexity – from high to … Characteristics of the most complex terrorist attacks include the use of well-prepared, well-trained and … targets in a co-ordinated way.   Headline Assessment Attacks of high complexity in the UK are rare. The most …
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 … Right-Wing (ERW) Terrorists.   Over the last five years, attacks planned or carried out using only fire have been …
Keywords: Fire as a weapon , Attack , Attack Methodology , FAW , Arson , Terrorist Attack , Fire , Weapon

Threat levels

… main threats to national security are terrorism, espionage, cyber threats and the proliferation of weapons of mass … comparison with events in other countries and previous attacks. Intelligence is only ever likely to reveal part of … in question and the method they may use based on previous attacks or from intelligence. This would also analyse the …
Keywords: Threat Level , Threat , National , National Security , Terrorist threat , Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre , JTAC , UK Threat Level , Security Services , Intelligence

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 … methodologies.   How and why do terrorists use vehicles in attacks? Terrorists are increasingly adopting less sophisticated methodologies for carrying out attacks in the West. This has partly been driven by …
Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Hostile Vehicle Mitigation , Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Ideologies , Threat , VAW , Awareness , Analysis

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

… as weapons such as hammers, picks, clubs, bats etc.    BBFW Attacks in the UK  Up until relatively recently, terrorist attacks in the UK were characterised by complex plots, often … last decade there has been a trend of terrorists mounting attacks in the UK using simpler methodologies, principally …
Keywords: Blunt Weapons , Blunt force weapons , Threat , PALs , Attack Methodology

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 … period provides terrorists with opportunities to carry out attacks, not simply because it is a public holiday, but also …
Keywords: Threat analysis , Risk , Threat

Terrorist use of Firearms

… you or your business. … Headline Assessment Terrorist attacks in the UK using firearms are extremely rare. In the …   Terrorist use of Firearms in the UK UK terrorist attacks using firearms are extremely rare. In the last …
Keywords: Firearms , Threat analysis , Attack Methodology , PALs , Threat

Threat from Drones in the UK

… adapted for military purposes and used to mount successful attacks. It is likely that terrorists will seek to learn … against Israel.  There is no definitive list of terrorist attacks using UAVs. However, according to data collected by … and this use will not have been confined to just mounting attacks. It is known that modified commercially available …
Keywords: Drones , Threat analysis , Threat , UAV , Weapon