# Person as Threat System **Entity class:** Threat-assessment model **Person as threat system** models an individual together with beliefs, intentions, behavior, capacity, access, relationships, platforms, targets, and timing. It shifts the analytic object from locating a dangerous object to estimating whether a person-in-context can instantiate an attack. ## Relationships [[wiki/Dangerous Individual|Dangerous Individual]] · [[wiki/Counterterrorism Predictive Graph|Counterterrorism Predictive Graph]] · [[wiki/Mass-Casualty Threat System|Mass-Casualty Threat System]] ## Sources - [U.S. Secret Service — Behavioral Threat Assessment Units Guide, October 2024](https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2024-10/Behavioral-Threat-Assessment-Units-A-Guide-for-State-and-Local-Law-Enforcement-to-Prevent-Targeted-Violence.pdf) **As of:** 2026-09-23