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
January 3, 2022
Incel community celebration of Plymouth shooting prompts debate on calls for action
Anti-LGBTQ+, Far-Left Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
September 30, 2021
Policy Paper: Mainstreamed Extremism and the Future of Prevention
Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Tech Legislation and Regulation, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
February 10, 2020
Das Online-Ökosystem Rechtsextremer Akteure
Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
November 1, 2019
‘The Baghdadi Net’: How A Network of ISIL-Supporting Accounts Spread Across Twitter
Islamist Extremism, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention
