Analyzing human data , social data , other data points a State Department tool . `` When we published our findings with NDU , everyone was asking how we did this -- questioning whether or not we had inside deals . Modeling terrorism at Iraq , Syria , Libya , North Korea and other hot spots . Data - driven approach is contrary to conventional ` ` top - down '' approach . Potential to use data analytics in the United States to help forecast terror attacks .
Analyzing human data , social data , other data points a State Department tool . Modeling terrorism at Iraq , Syria , Libya , North Korea and other hot spots . Data - driven approach is contrary to conventional ` ` top - down '' approach . Potential to use data analytics in the United States to help forecast terror attacks .