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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

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

… Cyber-attacks against UK businesses take a number of forms and vary significantly in scale and complexity. … Terrorist Cyber Threat Headline Assessment Cyber-attacks against UK businesses take a number of forms and …
Keywords: Threat analysis , Threat , Cyber , Attack Methodology , PALs , Cyber attacks

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

Security Guard
… 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

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 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

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

Self-Initiated Terrorists (S-ITs)

… ideologies, which encourages Self-Initiated Terrorist attacks. Supporters of terrorist groups continue to leverage … for propaganda aimed at inspiring Self-Initiated Terrorist attacks in the West including the UK.   Mental health … to prisons It is likely that perpetrators of future UK SIT attacks, will have previously served a custodial sentence.   …
Keywords: Self-Initiated Terrorists , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Intelligence , Prevent , Weapon , Ideologies , Target , Extremist

The Threat from Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism

… . The threat from ERWT in the UK has evolved with several attacks and plots since 2017. Any future ERWT attack in the … been disrupted in the UK. Over the same period, three ERWT attacks have occurred in the UK: In 2017, a 47-year old male … received minor injuries.   In every case, these plots and attacks have been carried out by a Self-Initiated Terrorist …
Keywords: Risk , Threat , Terrorist threat