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
October 17, 2022
Trump fans urging for rise in poll watchers ahead of midterms
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Threat Analysis and Prevention
August 31, 2022
COVID conspiracists spark the latest culture war over drag queen readings in the UK
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
Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
August 19, 2022
TikTok is struggling to detect extremist content following Mar-a-Lago search
Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
August 17, 2022
ISD’s Katherine Keneally: Americans must end “us” versus “them” mentality
Far-Right Extremism, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
August 15, 2022
Uptick in violent rhetoric aimed at FBI following Mar-A-Lago search could be used for recruitment by extremists
Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
August 15, 2022
Jared Holt on far-right echo chambers and the “terrifying” fear supporters live in
Far-Right Extremism, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Threat Analysis and Prevention
