Threat profiling

Terrorism: The Case for Threat Profiling

One of the predictive analysis tools that intelligence analysts have at their disposal is threat profiling. Threat profiling is an analytical technique to help analysts understand and organize intelligence information related to threat groups. It is simply a way to help collect relevant information about the group, prioritize analysis of that information and present their analysis within a common understood framework.

...Frustratingly, the word “profiling” triggers political correctness alarms throughout our overly sensitive culture. In one case, it is commonly and inaccurately associated with the biased and bigoted thought process known as racial profiling. Threat profiling is not racial profiling – in fact its intent is to combat it. Rather than make assumptions about a single person or group solely based on their race, ethnicity, religion or skin color, threat profiling looks at an entire set of social demographics and psychographics of a group. It also does this in context with a host of other areas like motivations, leadership, targets, etc. Instead of making generalizations, threat profiling is designed to help identify trends and exceptions equally.