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In this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:
Main Topics
- Executive Orders:
- Biden EO: Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity
- Biden issues order to strengthen federal cyber defenses in the wake of hacks by the Chinese government.
- Trump Eos:
- President Trump repeals Biden’s AI executive order. During his first day in office, President Donald Trump revoked a 2023 executive order signed by former President Joe Biden that sought to reduce the potential risks AI poses to consumers, workers, and national security.
- Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States
- Section 1. Deployment of Personnel and Resources.
- Sec. 2. Additional Physical Barriers.
- Sec. 3. Unmanned Aerial Systems.
- Sec. 4. Revision of Policies and Strategies.
- Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists. It is the policy of the United States to ensure the total elimination of these organizations’ presence in the United States and their ability to threaten the territory, safety, and security of the United States through their extraterritorial command-and-control structures, thereby protecting the American people and the territorial integrity of the United States.
- Biden EO: Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity
- Scams:
- Wild Claims About L.A. Wildfires Get Millions of Views; NewsGuard has identified and debunked 18 false claims related to the wildfires
- ‘A flood of disinformation’: rumors and lies abound amid ongoing LA wildfires; Disasters have long led to misinformation as people grasp for control, but the consequences can be life and death
Quick Hits:
- Fact Sheet: Safeguarding America from National Security Risks of Connected Vehicle Technology from China and Russia
- US govt launches cybersecurity safety label for smart devices
- UK NCSC – A guide to ransomware
- UK NCSC: New proposals to counter ransomware: Have your say
- Inside a 90-Minute Attack: Breaking Ground with All-New AI Defeating Black Basta Tactics
- Unveiling the GRIT 2025 Ransomware and Cyber Threat Report
- Clop ransomware gang names dozens of victims hit by Cleo mass-hack, but several firms dispute breaches
- Terrorist Designations of The Terrorgram Collective and Three Leaders
- US designates extreme right-wing ‘Terrorgram’ network as terrorist group
- “Like Brenton”: Tennessee Man Arrested for Mass Shooting Plot at Mosque
- Executive Order on Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure
- Justice Department and FBI Conduct International Operation to Delete Malware Used by China-Backed Hackers.
- Operation 99: North Korea’s Cyber Assault on Software Developers
- Treasury Targets IT Worker Network Generating Revenue for DPRK Weapons Programs
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.
- 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.
- Venue Security, The IAVM Podcast Series was a 2024 limited series podcast as Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour hosted a series of 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 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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