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Threat levels

… to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack. … SUBSTANTIAL  – An attack is likely    The main threats to national security … to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack. How are threat levels decided? The national threat …
Keywords: Threat Level , Threat , National , National Security , Terrorist threat , Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre , JTAC , UK Threat Level , Security Services , Intelligence

Terrorist use of Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW)

… an insight into terrorist use of Vehicle as a Weapon (VAW) attacks. … What is meant by Vehicle as a Weapon? Vehicle as … an Islamist terrorist or Extreme Right-Wing terrorist attack were to occur in the UK, the use of a Vehicle as a … plotting in the UK will, in some instances, form part of an attack including other methodologies.   How and why do …
Keywords: Vehicle as a Weapon , Hostile Vehicle Mitigation , Attack , Attack Methodology , Threat analysis , Ideologies , Threat , VAW , Awareness , Analysis

Terrorist Cyber Threat

… Terrorist Cyber Threat Headline Assessment Hostile attacks against UK cyber-space are considered a Tier 1 national security risk. Cyber attacks against UK businesses take a number of forms and … unless a specific group openly claims to have conducted an attack, terrorist cyber activity is not always identifiable. …
Keywords: Threat analysis , Threat , Cyber , Attack Methodology , PALs , Cyber attacks

Terrorist use of Firearms

… The threat of a terrorist attack by firearm in the UK is not likely, but it is … you or your business. … Headline Assessment Terrorist attacks in the UK using firearms are extremely rare. In the … occasion where a firearm has been discharged in a terrorist attack on the UK mainland. Although there is a criminal …
Keywords: Firearms , Threat analysis , Attack Methodology , PALs , Threat

Threat from Drones in the UK

… adapted for military purposes and used to mount successful attacks. It is likely that terrorists will seek to learn … conflicts, the use of a weaponised UAV in a terrorist attack in the UK is unlikely in the next 12 months. This is … employing UAVs as the weapon itself or in roles outside an attack such as hostile reconnaissance.   What is a drone? A …
Keywords: Drones , Threat analysis , Threat , UAV , Weapon

Threat from Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism

… Globally, there has been a very small number of terrorist attacks where CBRN materials have been used. A chemical … in 1990. In Japan, a chemical weapon and a biological attack occurred against various targets between 1990 and … from CBRN Terrorism in the UK Whilst a CBRN terrorist attack has not previously occurred in the UK, Police and …
Keywords: CBRN , Threat analysis , Threat , Attack Methodology

The Threat from Islamist Terrorism

… pressure from the West has reduced the threat from attacks directed and enabled by Islamist terrorist groups … as long as al-Qa’ida (AQ) and Daesh maintain the intent to attack the West.  It is likely that Daesh continues to … has allowed terrorist groups like Daesh to grow and plan attacks against the West. The availability of a large pool …
Keywords: Terrorism , Threat analysis , Risk , Threat , Islamist Terrorism , insights , Intelligence assessments

The Threat from Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism

… . The threat from ERWT in the UK has evolved with several attacks and plots since 2017. Any future ERWT attack in the UK is highly likely to be carried out by … been disrupted in the UK. Over the same period, three ERWT attacks have occurred in the UK: In 2017, a 47-year old male …
Keywords: Risk , Threat , Terrorist threat , ERWT , RIGHT-WING , Terrorism , GROUPS , EXTREME , EXTREME RIGHT-WING , THREAT FROM , EXTREME RIGHT-WING TERRORISM

The Threat from Left-Wing, Anarchist and Single-Issue Terrorism (LASIT)

… or practice. Headline Assessment We assess a terrorist attack in the UK motivated by LASIT ideology to be unlikely. … activity falls below the terrorism threshold.   What LASIT attacks have taken place in the West? There has been a … in Italy and Action Directe in France carried out a wave of attacks across Western Europe. By the late 1980s and 1990s …
Keywords: Risk , Threat , Terrorist threat , LASI , LASIT , Left Anarchist and Single Issue Terrorist , Single Issue Terrorist

NaCTSO and Evidence-based Policing

… The PSAPT programme encompasses learning from recent attacks, including those in 2017, and reflects a shift away …
Keywords: PALs Guidance , Research , Evidence , Protective Security , Preparedness