Let's Talk Terrorism, With Bjørn Ihler

05/15/25 • 38 min

Bjørn Ihler is Director of the Sweden-based Khalifa Ihler Institute, as well as founder and CEO of Revontulet, a Norwegian consultancy devoted to helping organisations protect themselves against terrorism and violent extremism.

An activist, expert, and frequent speaker on the topic of terrorist and violent extremist content (TVEC), Bjørn joins us today to share his thoughts on the very broad topic of "terrorism". What is it, who are the major actors, who is affected and how, where does terrorism come from, and more - these are all topics that we touch on in this fascinating introduction to an area that's often clouded by buzzwords and sensationalism.

Notes and links:

Due to the volume of supporting links and text, we've listed them on the CyAN blog, available here: https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/2025/05/15/new-podcast-terrorism-with-bjorn-ihler/

Bjørn Ihler on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjornih

John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/

Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network

Intro/outro music courtesy of Studio Kolomna via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/studiokolomna-2073170/

Original video episode is at https://youtu.be/cyHFNfeYN2M

Notes and links:

Due to the volume of supporting links and text, we've listed them on the CyAN blog, available here: https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/2025/05/15/new-podcast-terrorism-with-bjorn-ihler/

Bjørn Ihler on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjornih

John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/

Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network

Intro/outro music courtesy of Studio Kolomna via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/studiokolomna-2073170/

Original video episode is at https://youtu.be/cyHFNfeYN2M

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Notes and links:

Due to the volume of supporting links and text, we've listed them on the CyAN blog, available here: https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/2025/03/21/new-podcast-information-sharing-cybersecurity-politics-threats-and-more/

Andy Jabbour on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-jabbour/ ...and on BlueSky: @andyjabbour.bsky.social John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/ ...and on BlueSky: @johnsalomon.bsky.social

Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network

Intro/outro music courtesy of Studio Kolomna via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/studiokolomna-2073170/

Original video at https://youtu.be/woKOnPEOr_Q

Next Episode

Bjørn Ihler - Let's Talk Terrorism, Part II

We continue our conversation about terrorism - including whether the term has been watered down due to overuse, how we can spot extremist content, what some of the tactics of actors are, and how extremist and violent groups relate to more legitimate-yet-extreme political parties.

Notes and links:

Due to the volume of supporting links and text, we've listed them on the CyAN blog, available here: https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/2025/05/16/new-podcast-some-more-terrorism-with-bjorn-ihler/

Bjørn Ihler on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjornih

John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/

Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network

Intro/outro music courtesy of Studio Kolomna via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/studiokolomna-2073170/

Original video at https://youtu.be/PK7uG0h9A70