Terrorist Exploitation of Geospatial Technologies and Related Threats to Homeland Security: A Joint NCITE-START Project Report

Authors

• Austin C. Doctor, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
• Steve Sin, University of Maryland
• Megan Rutter, University of Maryland
• Markus Binder, University of Maryland
• Louis Wasser, University of Maryland
• Michael Becker, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
• Abie Harder, University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Ryan Vilter, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
• Elle Ward, University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Victoria Maldonado, University of Maryland
• Eleanor Greenbaum, University of Maryland

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

3-2026

Abstract

This project characterizes threats and risk pertaining to violent non-state actor exploitation of commercially available geospatial technologies to surveil, target, and attack U.S. critical infrastructure and American communities over the near and intermediate future.

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Recommended Citation

Doctor, Austin C.; Sin, Steve; Rutter, Megan; Binder, Markus; Wasser, Louis; Becker, Michael; Harder, Abie; Vilter, Ryan; Ward, Elle; Maldonado, Victoria; and Greenbaum, Eleanor, "Terrorist Exploitation of Geospatial Technologies and Related Threats to Homeland Security: A Joint NCITE-START Project Report" (2026). Reports, Projects, and Research. 165.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/ncitereportsresearch/165