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Purple Guide Chapter on Counter Terrorism - Threat Levels

… this fact in their planning. It is essential that the threat level is considered when planning the measures that … records were made public on the MI5 website. Where does the threat level come from? MI5 publish a national threat level to help the public plan for appropriate levels …

Tactic IB1: Ensure that staff are briefed on Threat and Response Levels

… and Intention There are 5 levels which form the UK National Threat Levels:  Critical Severe Substantial Moderate Low These threat levels are designed to provide a broad indication of … and public spaces are reminded that Substantial and Severe Threat Levels indicate a high level of threat and that an …
Keywords: Threat , Threat Level , Risk Assessment , Communications , National Threat Level

Security professionals urged to tackle threat from state actors

… looking to undertake malign activity which would harm or threaten the safety or interests of the UK, and which may … who have no concern for the individuals they employ. The threats malign actors pose to our country are expanding, in … such as sowing discord, undermining public safety, or threatening foreign dissidents; and retaining or sharing …
Keywords: Vigilance , Foreign actors , Security Professional , State actors

Review your protective security plans in response to the increase in the national threat level

… Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) raised the UK National Threat Level from SUBSTANTIAL, meaning an attack is likely, … The increase in threat comes following Thursday’s stabbing in Golders Green … but it is not solely a result of that attack. The terrorist threat level in the UK has been rising for some time, driven …
Keywords: National Threat Level , Threat , Severe , Counter Terrorism Policing , Stakeholders

Countering threats from Uncrewed Aerial Systems (C-UAS)

… explosive devices. In the UK, UAS pose an evolving threat. The 2018 Gatwick Airport drone incident highlighted … to any incident, the police will need to assess the threat, harm and risk against the resources they have … will provide information that will both inform the threat and enable sites to learn from how incidents have …
Keywords: Terrorist threat , Attack Methodology , Protective Security , Response , PALs Guidance , PALs , publicly accessible places , publicly accessible locations

Incident procedures

… The vast majority of bomb threats are hoaxes designed to cause alarm and disruption. As well as the rare instances of valid bomb threats, terrorists may also make hoax bomb threat calls to intimidate. … Bomb Threats … While many bomb threats involve a person-to-person phone call, an increasing …
Keywords: Bomb threat , Suspicious Item , HOT principle , Suspicious Behaviour , Terrorist threat , Public Safety , Suspicious activity

Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW)

… The threat of Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW) attacks …
Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Attack , Terrorist threat , publicly accessible places , Car , Combined attack , VAW , Election , Hostile Vehicle Mitigation

Introduction

… sets out straightforward steps that can help mitigate the threat of goods vehicles being used in a vehicle as a weapon … all of which increase the potential impact. This is a real threat: there have been numerous VAW attacks in the UK and …

IT security and online communications

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

… In this article we take an analytical look into the threat from Blunt and Bladed Force Weapons. … and Likelihood in Intelligence Assessments When describing threats in intelligence assessments, Counter Terrorism …
Keywords: Blunt Weapons , Blunt force weapons , Threat , Attack Methodology , Venues and Public Spaces , VAPS , Bladed weapons , Attack Methodology , Marauding Attack , Knives