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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 terrorist attack is one that has been carried out by terrorists …
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? There is no formal definition of what constitutes a …
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 … plotting in the UK will, in some instances, form part of an attack including other methodologies.   How and why do …
Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Hostile Vehicle Mitigation , Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Ideologies , Threat , VAW , Awareness , Analysis

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 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 … unless a specific group openly claims to have conducted an attack, terrorist cyber activity is not always identifiable. …
Keywords: Threat analysis , Threat , Cyber , Attack Methodology , PALs , Cyber attacks

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

… 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

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 … conflicts, the use of a weaponised UAV in a terrorist attack in the UK is unlikely in the next 12 months. This is … employing UAVs as the weapon itself or in roles outside an attack such as hostile reconnaissance.   What is a drone? …
Keywords: Drones , Threat analysis , Threat , UAV , Weapon

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

… and relevant (from the TRACK framework). In the event of an attack in Great Britain, locations that are more exposed, … Kingdom). Legitimate targets are deemed deserving of an attack (e.g., military personnel or government buildings). … components of tolerable (related to risk of detection pre-attack) and relevant (target is symbolic of the ideology of …
Keywords: Evidence-based policing , Research , Evidence , Protective Security , publicly accessible locations , EVIL DONE , Situational Crime Prevention , Academia , Terrorist targeting