We intend to carry out a critical reflection on the planning processes – strategic, operational and tactical – in jihadist terrorist organizations, using as a reference the “catalog” of tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) of state agencies – security and intelligence services –, namely regarding the framework of intelligence and counter-intelligence activities, and their role, both in planning, preparation and execution of terrorist attacks, and the terrorist decision-making process. This type of organisations shows great learning and innovation capabilities – both operational and tactical –, mimicking techniques and procedures of state agencies, and learning from them, making it more difficult to identify, locate and track both their members and their operations.