Terrorism Knowledge Base

The Terrorism Knowledge Base (KKB) was a database maintained by the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) which provided information about terrorist groups and organizations and acts of terrorism from the 1970s onwards. It was maintained by MIPT using the RAND Corporation Terrorism Chronology 1968-1997; the RAND-MIPT Terrorism Incident database (1998-2008); the Terrorism Indictment database (University of Arkansas & University of Oklahoma); and DFI International's research on terrorist organizations. It was possible to search the database by keyword, organisation, date, type of incident and geographical region. Entries included a synopsis of the attack, background information on the groups involved, information on related course cases, statistical facts and links to related headlines and in some cases full-text articles. Terrorist incidents included: hijackings, assassinations, arson, kidnapping, bombings and suicide bombings. Other features of the site included a glossary of terms and news headlines relating to recent terrorist attacks worldwide.

MIPT discontinuted the Terrorism Knowledge Base on 31 March 2008. A message on MIPT’s website states that, “elements of the system will be merged with the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), managed by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland.” Although elements of the database are being transferred to START, this transfer does not apply to portions of the database which are the property of the RAND Corporation.