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Andy goes solo this week, providing some initial updates relating to the ISAC community and last week’s Security Sprint focus on government transition and related concerns, then diving into a quick rundown of enduring threats and issues security leaders may want to think about as part of their broader security and resilience efforts.
- Crypto ISAC! FBI PSA – North Korea Responsible for $1.5 Billion Bybit Hack
- Insider Threats: US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say
- US – Russia Cyber Operations:
- CISA on X: “CISA’s mission is to defend against all cyber threats to U.S. Critical Infrastructure, including from Russia. There has been no change in our posture. Any reporting to the contrary is fake and undermines our national security.”
- Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
- Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
- Risky Bulletin: Trump administration stops treating Russian hackers as a threat
- Ranking Member Thompson: Trump Weakens National Security and Puts Our Critical Infrastructure at Risk as He Capitulates to Russia
Main Topics
- The Physical and Cyber Supply chain!
- Manmade Threats
- Terrorism
- Protests, Anger, Targeted Threats
- Tesla Takedown and other political protests
- Weather, Climate & Environment
- Hurricane Season is coming, and the USG may be less prepared and less able to respond
- Wildfires scorch the Carolinas, SC Governor McMaster declares state of emergency
- Wildfires Break Out in the Carolinas, Prompting Evacuations
- Carolina Fire Maps Show Where Blazes Burning in North, South Carolina
- Health preparedness
- NewsGuard: Vaccines Falsely Blamed for Measles Outbreak
- Cyber Threats:
- BEC & ransomware
- Blended Threats: Modat – Doors Wide Open: hundreds of thousands of employees exposed & related:Over 49,000 misconfigured building access systems exposed online.
- Critical dependencies
Quick Hits:
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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