About the ISVG relational database

The core of ISVG's daily operations is the ISVG Relational Database. Collectors scour news and other media from around the world, harvesting incidents of interest for content analysis and entry into the database. This human-centric collection methodology allows ISVG to be certain of incident relevance before entry, and provides more complete information than could a machine centric model.

The ISVG database currently has more than 9,000 unique sources focusing on the activities and associations of violent non-state actor networks. Source categories includes, court documents, print media, electronic media, government reports, NGO reports, third party datasets, broadcast transcripts, foreign databases, and private sector intelligence products. All the data is fully sourced, and all sources are retained, cited, and abstracted.

Live Statistics

Terrorism and Extremist Groups
Groups Linked to Terrorism and Extremism	2744
Individuals Linked to Terrorism and Extremism	50564

Table 1.1 The number of groups and individuals profiled in the ISVG database that have been linked to terrorism and extremism through open sources.

Violent Incident Types		Non-Violent Incident Types
Armed Assault	74766	Communications	28846
Arson	6464	Financing Incidents	716
Biological Terrorism	63	Trafficking Incidents	1992
Bombing	52274	Ceasefires	124
Biological Terrorism	63	Hostage Releases
Chemical Terrorism	84	Cyber attack	0
Nuclear Terrorism	10	Robbery	1934
		Vandalism	4457

Table 1.2 The number of events commited by terrorists, extremists, or criminals in the ISVG database by their Event Type.

Security Operations		Legal Proceedings
Police Operations	36741	Criminal Court Proceedings	8104
Military Operations	33722	Civil Court Proceeding	244

Table 1.3 The number of events in the ISVG database that are conducted against terrorist, extremist, and criminal actors.