For 20 years, ISD has delivered field-leading threat detection, analysis and real-world strategies to combat terrorism, extremism and authoritarianism - in all their ideological forms.

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

September 7, 2026

Lessons from Extremism Prevention for Countering Hybrid Threats: A Framework for Policy Response

Threat Analysis and Prevention

July 14, 2026

UFC terror plotters’ motivations raise questions about threat prioritization

Antisemitism, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

July 12, 2026

UK security system ill-equipped to address rising threat of nihilistic violence

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

May 13, 2026

Building a strategic response to antisemitism in the UK in a changing threat landscape

Antisemitism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Legislation and Regulation, Threat Analysis and Prevention

March 11, 2026

Islamic State group activity in the US in 2025

Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

March 10, 2026

The 2025 Annual Review of Plots and Attacks Across the US

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

March 9, 2026

Leaked data ties Canadian Armed Forces members to a ‘white-only’ dating site

Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

January 19, 2026

Landscape Briefing: Mapping Online Male Supremacist Activity in Central and Eastern Europe

Misogyny, Officials and Law Enforcement, Threat Analysis and Prevention

Further Reading

September 19, 2024

US Election Platform Preparedness

ISD assesses platforms’ policies and interventions ahead of the US 2024 election, finding persistent gaps in transparency and safety.

Accountability and Speech Protection, Tech Legislation and Regulation, Threat Analysis and Prevention

September 13, 2024

TikTok series: Methodology 

ISD's TikTok series analyzes white supremacy and anti-migrant content on TikTok, detailing how it's shared.

Anti-Migrant, Far-Right Extremism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

September 13, 2024

TikTok series: Policy recommendations 

ISD identified platform safety improvements for hate speech on TikTok, including better enforcement and clearer policies.

Anti-Migrant, Far-Right Extremism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

September 13, 2024

From message boards to TikTok: al-Qaeda’s two decades of internet exploitation

For over two decades al-Qaeda has had a thriving online presence, ISD's Moustada Ayad explains why this long-term problem doesn't need to be one.

Islamist Extremism, Tech Accountability and Safety, Threat Analysis and Prevention

August 28, 2024

Gangstalking and Targeted Individuals

‘Targeted individuals’ (TIs) are those who believe they are victims of gangstalking by adversaries, often claiming government involvement.

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Threat Analysis and Prevention

August 16, 2024

Jennie King on UK schools teaching children critical thinking skills to spot extremist content

ISD's Jennie King spoke to Nick Ferrari on LBC about children being taught to spot conspiracy theories in UK primary and secondary schools.

Education, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

July 18, 2024

The ‘original sounds’ of terrorist leaders: A TikTok feature enables terrorist content to flourish

ISD found that speeches by IS and al-Qaeda leaders are easily found on TikTok through simple searches, even after removal, due to TikTok’s ‘original sound’ feature.

Islamist Extremism, Tech Accountability and Safety, Threat Analysis and Prevention

July 3, 2024

Indiana livestreamed shooting proliferates on X and Facebook

In May, a man livestreamed what appeared to be an attempted mass shooting at a grocery store in Indiana. ISD identified dozens of versions of the full video on X and Facebook, generating nearly 9 million views in the 48 hours after the incident took place. 

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

June 26, 2024

Conspiracy theories continue to mobilize extremists to violence 

In this Dispatch, ISD looks at three recent incidents that highlight the ability of conspiracy theories to motivate extremists to action, a trend likely to continue through 2024, particularly online.

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Threat Analysis and Prevention

May 22, 2024

Ten years later, reverberations from the Bundy standoff continue to shape the anti-government landscape 

Ten years ago, rancher Cliven Bundy and supporters forced federal law enforcement to retreat during an armed standoff over unpaid grazing fees, a vict

Far-Right Extremism, Officials and Law Enforcement, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention, Threats to Public Figures

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