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.
May 13, 2026
Building a strategic response to antisemitism in the UK in a changing threat landscape
Amid recent attacks on the Jewish community, this brief calls for a PM-led framework linking digital regulation, prevention & counter-extremism.
Antisemitism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Legislation and Regulation, Threat Analysis and Prevention
Further Reading
August 16, 2024
Jennie King on UK schools teaching children critical thinking skills to spot extremist content
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
Islamist Extremism, Tech Accountability and Safety, Threat Analysis and Prevention
July 3, 2024
Indiana livestreamed shooting proliferates on X and Facebook
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
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
Far-Right Extremism, Officials and Law Enforcement, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention, Threats to Public Figures
March 15, 2024
Five years on from Christchurch: Assessing the evolution of the threat landscape and policy response
Far-Right Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
January 29, 2024
‘Saints Culture’
Far-Right Extremism, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
