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ISD resources for policymakers and Officials

ISD has a 20-year track record of helping governments at all levels. Our work includes policy advisory support, cutting-edge analysis, and monitoring of the threat landscape to safeguard national security and individual rights.

Threat detection, research and analysis

We provide governments with the best-in-class data analysis to combat a range of emerging threats both online and offline. Our analysis tracks the connections between extremist networks and offline violence, dissects the role of foreign interference in regional politics, and explores a variety of threats to democracy across different jurisdictions.

Policy advisory support

We use evidence and expertise to make sure regulations can adapt and last. Our Digital Policy Lab (DPL) convenes regulators and other officials from to discuss threats to democracy, free speech and public safety.

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

August 26, 2026

Online antisemitism and digital regulation: ISD’s submission to the Australian Royal Commission

Antisemitism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

May 21, 2026

Addressing the Intersection of Misogyny, Targeted Hate and Violent Extremism

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety

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

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December 18, 2020

Responding to a Terror Attack: A Strong Cities Toolkit

This Strong Cities Network toolkit offers a guide for governments in formulating a sensitive and effective response in the wake of a terror attacks.

Resources, Strong Cities, Terrorism and Extremism

December 18, 2020

Fostering Civic Responses to Online Harms: Learnings from the Online Civil Courage Initiative and the Online Civic Fund

This report reviews the impact of the Online Courage Civic Initiative and Online Civic Fund in 2019, demonstrating how effective civil society actors

Resources, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Training and Educational Resources

October 5, 2020

Public Figures, Public Rage: Candidate abuse on social media

This report presents the findings of our research into the scale of online abuse targeting Congressional candidates in the 2020 US election.

Democratic Integrity, Threats to Public Figures

June 26, 2020

Cracking the Code: An Evaluation of the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation

This report provides recommendations which seek to inform efforts to counter disinformation and online harms at the EU level.

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Tech Legislation and Regulation

April 29, 2020

Algorithm Inspection and Regulatory Access

This paper outlines proposed approaches to achieve new systems for transparency and oversight of algorithm design.

Recommender Systems and Algorithms, Tech Accountability and Safety

December 16, 2019

UK General Election 2019: Digital disruption by the political parties, and the need for new rules (joint paper)

A December 16, 2019 briefing by eight organizations shows current UK digital regulations are inadequate, based on pre-election digital monitoring.

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Tech Legislation and Regulation

December 4, 2019

Extracts From ISD’s Submitted Response to the UK Government Online Harms White Paper

On April 8, 2019, the UK's DCMS released the Online Harms White Paper, proposing measures to tackle illegal and harmful online behavior.

Tech Accountability and Safety, Tech Legislation and Regulation

November 21, 2019

An imprecise science: Assessing interventions for the prevention, disengagement and de-radicalisation of left and right-wing extremists

This report examines global approaches to challenging political extremism, based on 19 interviews with practitioners from seven countries.

Education, Far-Left Extremism, Far-Right Extremism, Resources, Training and Educational Resources