Threat Analysis and Prevention
Online ecosystems have an enormous impact on the offline world. Our threat analysis and prevention practice involves monitoring online extremist ideologies, hostile states and other bad actors to identify and mitigate potential threats before they escalate into offline violence or criminal behaviour. Our team of digital analysts and subject matter experts can research and track a range of bad actors – including extremist groups, radicalised individuals and hostile states – to detect and prevent violent threats.
ISD offers a unique rapid response capability: we can provide partners with real-time analysis of incidents (from global conflicts to politically motivated attacks) at nearly any hour. This support helps stakeholders swiftly respond to evolving crises and minimise harm on the ground. Please email us at [email protected] if you would like to learn more about this work.
September 17, 2026
25 years after 9/11, al-Qaeda remains perennially online: The group’s digital ecosystem in 2026
Twenty-five years after 9/11, al-Qaeda remains online, adapting its decentralized ecosystem across platforms, messaging services and AI.
Islamist Extremism, Tech Accountability and Safety, Threat Analysis and Prevention
Further Reading
March 31, 2025
Dismantling digital terror: Lessons learned from the collapse of Terrorgram
Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
December 19, 2024
Veneration of Luigi Mangione shows widespread support for vigilante violence
Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Threat Analysis and Prevention, Threats to Public Figures
September 19, 2024
Platforms fail to label and remove AI-generated and manipulated election content
Democratic Integrity, Emerging Technologies, Recommender Systems and Algorithms, Threat Analysis and Prevention
September 13, 2024
TikTok series: Methodology
Anti-Migrant, Far-Right Extremism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
