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On this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the topics below. In the podcast, the team mentions the SUN transition. SUN transition to the Gate 15 Resilience and Intelligence Portal. Full message via the preceding link. We are excited to announce that we will be transitioning to our new Gate 15 Resilience and Intelligence Portal (GRIP), hosted on the Cyware Collaborate platform, on 17 June 2024. Starting on 17 June 2024, the GRIP will be the only means to access the SUN.
- NCTC Mobilization Indicators – 2021 version.
- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on FBI’s Quarterly Uniform Crime Report. The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the release of the FBI’s Quarterly Uniform Crime Report, which shows a decrease in violent crime and property crime in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same time period last year: “This data makes clear that last year’s historic decline in violent crime is continuing. In the first three months of this year, violent crime has decreased by over 15 percent compared to same period last year, and murder has decreased by over 26 percent.
- FBI Releases 2024 Quarterly Crime Report and Use-of-Force Data Update
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Interagency Security Committee: Managing Risk of Adverse/Involuntary Employee Separations An Interagency Security Committee Guide, 2024 Edition. This guide provides best practices on how to conduct an employee separation risk assessment and categorize that risk, keys to success for notifying the employee, managing access to facilities and information technology (IT) systems, remote worker considerations, and post-separation vigilance. This guide also offers recommendations for a risk-based removal and exiting security checklist. This document is not all-inclusive as each separation is unique. In addition, federal laws and regulations govern employee separations. Therefore, it is important the organization’s security element develops organization policy and collaborates with human resources (HR), including employee relations and labor relations, management (supervisor), legal, contracts, grants, and visitor management, as needed, to enhance and customize the risk mitigation best practices described in this document. (PDF)
- UK NPSA: Mitigation of Terrorist Threats at Venues during Ingress and Egress Guidance. NPSA has produced new guidance that helps to highlight the main security concerns and provides various strategies to reduce the risks. The key is to: understand the potential threats, identify vulnerabilities during entry and exit times, mitigate the risk, and finally – record, test, review and revise the plans and procedures. The profile of the audience, location of the venue, the space available, the landscaping around the area – are just some of the factors that need to be considered when devising a plan. The NPSA guidance provides pointers to help keep people safe and secure, from basic changes to the venue operation, through to more complex security led design approaches. This NPSA guidance is about planning and preparation to make sure people visiting venues and attending events remain safe, especially during ingress and egress, which are particularly vulnerable to attacks.
- FBI Urges Safety and Security During Pride Month
- Suspected IS supporter arrested at Cologne airport. A suspected supporter of the Islamic State (IS) was arrested a week before the start of the UEFA European football championship in Germany, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office said Sunday. According to a spokesperson for the Karlsruhe authority, the suspect was arrested at Cologne/Bonn Airport on Friday. Investigators say the man, who has shared German-Moroccan-Polish nationality, transferred money in September 2023 to an account belonging to an offshoot of the IS terror group, the Islamic State Khorasan Province. According to the German press agency dpa, the man also applied to work as a steward and security staff for so-called side events outside the football stadiums during the Euros but was unsuccessful.
- ISIS makes ‘lone wolves’ threat to Paris 2024 Olympics with chilling mock-up of Eiffel Tower being attacked by drone
- Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Read more about Gate 15’s full podcast menu at our Podcast page. You can subscribe and enjoy all the Gate 15 Podcasts on Spotify for Podcasters, Apple, Spotify, as well as other locations accessible from the Spotify for Podcasters link. Week-to-week, you can hear and learn more about our all-hazards threats, risks, mitigation and other issues impacting homeland security risk management from our team as well as our regular and special guests. The full podcast menu includes:
- The Security Sprint is our weekly rundown of the week’s notable all-hazards security news, risks and threats and some of the key focus areas for organizations to consider behind the headlines. Gate 15 team members discuss physical security, cybersecurity, natural hazards, health threats and other issues across our environment.
- Nerd Out! Security Panel Discussion, moderated by Dave Pounder, focuses on physical security topics including terrorism, extremism, hostile events, and other pertinent topics.
- The Gate 15 Interview, is a monthly interview between Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour and guests from throughout the homeland security risk management community addressing a wide range of all-hazards topics and issues.
- Venue Security, The IAVM Podcast Series is our newest podcast as Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour hosts short interviews with venue safety and security experts from the International Association of Venue Managers’ (IAVM) Venue Safety and Security Committee (VSSC) and other special guests from the IAVM community.
- The Cybersecurity Evangelist, with Jennifer Lyn Walker, is a cybersecurity-focused discussion with Jen and invited guests. This is presently a Gate 15 special podcast and occasionally is updated on our Gate 15 podcast channel.
- The Risk Roundtable, was a monthly discussion among our team and occasional guests exploring the all-hazards threats and risks impacting the United States and internationally. This was suspended in September 2023.
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