Warning intelligence and high consequence environments: a comparative assessment to integrate human factors to support warning analysis

In high-consequence environments, a common source of threat occurs because of the actions of a single individual or small group. Whether purposeful or unintentional, the impact of a few persons can disproportionately have global consequences. To mitigate these sub-state and individual-level threats, decision-makers must be provided with timely and tailored intelligence integrating behavioural characteristics into threat assessments to better categorise the threat's nature. Using a comparative approach, this paper assesses the utility of behavioural assessment and screening as a critical component of warning intelligence to safeguard against threats at this level. Though originally used to assess the behaviour of states, warning intelligence offers insight into the continuous monitoring of human factor threats in high-consequence environments, including individual assessments and evaluations of dangerous workplace practices.