National Threat Assessment Center

Programs

Insider Threat Study
In collaboration with CERT/CC of Carnegie Mellon University, the Secret Service is developing the Critical Systems Protection Initiative (CSPI). The goal of this program is to develop a refined cyber security prevention and response capability in support of both investigative and protective missions. One important component of the CSPI is the Insider Threat Study, which will analyze the physical and online behavior of insiders prior to and during network compromises. The insider who already has access to systems can potentially be the most dangerous. The U.S. Secret Service foresees the applicability of this program in assisting private industry to evaluate and manage a potential problem before it happens.
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As part of the Insider Threat Study, the U.S. Secret Service and CERT/CC are conducting an anonymous survey of critical infrastructure sector organizations. The purpose of the survey is to collect information about the current prevalence of insider cases across all critical infrastructure sectors. For more information on the anonymous survey, please visit their Web site: https://www.survey.cert.org/InsiderThreat/

Secret Service Safe School Initiative
As part of its mission to provide leadership and guidance in the prevention of instances of targeted violence, the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) initiated a data-based research project to examine the incidents of school-based attacks. Since September 1999 NTAC staff have been conducting the Safe School Initiative, an operational study of 37 U.S. school shootings involving 41 perpetrators, that have occurred over the past 25 years.
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Publications

Threat Assessment
	Protective Intelligence & Threat Assessment Investigations "A Guide for State and Local Law Enforcement Officials" (194K)
	Threat Assessment: An Approach to Prevent Targeted Violence (243K)
	Threat Assessment: Defining an Approach for Evaluating Risk of Targeted Violence (3.2M)
Assassination / Targeted Violence Against Public Officials and Public Figures
	Assassination in the United States: An Operational Study of Recent Assassins, Attackers, and Near Lethal Approaches (5.7M)
	Protective Intelligence & Threat Assessment Investigations "A Guide for State and Local Law Enforcement Officials" (194K)
	Threat Assessment: An Approach to Prevent Targeted Violence (243K)
Targeted Violence in Schools
	Final Report and Findings: Implications for Prevention of School Attacks in the United States (271K)
	Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates (185K)
	USSS Safe School Initiative: An Interim Report on the Prevention of Targeted Violence in Schools (390K)
	Evaluating Risk for Targeted Violence in Schools (80K)
	Chicago Sun Times Deadly Lessons - School shooters tell why
Targeted Violence in the Judiciary
	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences Preventing Targeted Violence Against Judicial Officials and Courts
	Assassination in the United States: An Operational Study of Recent Assassins, Attackers, and Near Lethal Approaches (5.7M)
Terrorism / Extremist Group Violence
	Assessing Threats of Targeted Group Violence: Contributions from Social Psychology (160K)

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