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

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

January 12, 2026

True Crime Community associated with tragedy, highlights nihilistic violence’s threat

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Threat Analysis and Prevention

December 23, 2025

Bondi Beach: The hallmarks of an Islamic State attack 

Antisemitism, Islamist Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

Further Reading

March 26, 2023

Patriotic Alternative looks to stir local sentiments of Welsh town against asylum seekers

ISD's Tim Squirrell contributed to a BBC article discussing a Welsh town's pushback against the influence of a white nationalist.

Far-Right Extremism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

March 15, 2023

Extremist language choices and false information fuelling dynamic against immigrants in Ireland

In this documentary for TG4, ISD's Ciarán O'Connor provides commentary and research into the rise of the anti-immigration movement in Ireland.

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

February 27, 2023

Conspiracy on 15-minute cities may have worrying, long-term impacts on climate action

ISD's Jennie King spoke to CNN about the origin of the 15-minute city conspiracy and why it's causing such an uproar on social media.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Threat Analysis and Prevention

October 17, 2022

Trump fans urging for rise in poll watchers ahead of midterms

Some Trump fans are already accusing Democrats of voter fraud and are calling for a rise in poll watchers.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Threat Analysis and Prevention

September 10, 2022

The 1972 Munich Olympic Games attack informs current counter-terrorism efforts

In a new documentary, Julia Ebner analyses the counter-terrorism failures and outcomes of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games attacks.

Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

August 31, 2022

COVID conspiracists spark the latest culture war over drag queen readings in the UK

ISD's Tim Squirrell spoke to VICE about the anti-LGBTQ+ campaign that has followed a tour of drag queen readings to children in UK public libraries.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Threat Analysis and Prevention

August 22, 2022

Fatwa against novelist Salman Rushdie unites Islamist extremists around the world

A religious order issued by an Islamic leader over 33 years ago in Iran is unifying extremists globally following the attack on Salman Rushdie.

Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

August 19, 2022

TikTok is struggling to detect extremist content following Mar-a-Lago search

ISD's Katherine Keneally features on a segment of NPR's Here & Now on the current state of TikTok following the Mar-a-Lago raid earlier this month.

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

August 19, 2022

Katherine Keneally on the rise of far-right extremism in the US

ISD's Katherine Keneally speaks about the rise of extremism in the US and why it will require a dynamic response.

Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

August 19, 2022

Katherine Keneally on the aftermath of Mar-a-Lago: “The threat of extremism is not new”

ISD Senior Analyst Katherine Keneally features as an expert in an Op-Ed piece for US news outlet Salon.

Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

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