Blended Threats: Understanding an Evolving Threat Environment
By Andy Jabbour Please note, this post has been updated to reflect the changes posted in update 1.1, 01 Mar 2018. Last May, with the generous input of colleagues, we posted a blog titled, “Terminology for $500. What Are Blended Attacks?” At that time, the world...
Security Coordination: Working Across Organizations for Effective Cybersecurity Outreach
By Andy Jabbour In Brief: Security, preparedness, and resilience - whether focused on terrorism, health risks, natural hazards, cybersecurity, or any number of other concerns – require good partners and professionals that strive to achieve effective...
How Badly Do Terrorists Want WMD? Interest Increasing, Says New DHS Office
By Bridget Johnson (@BridgetCJ) The Department of Homeland Security rang in the holiday season by adding a new office to its operations stable earlier this month: the CWMD, or Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office, which Homeland Security...
How Alleged Failed San Francisco Terror Plot Will Make ISIS Happy
By Bridget Johnson (@BridgetCJ) A pre-Christmas attack-plot arrest and shooting spree targeting police officers unfolded on different sides of the country with very different suspects – one of them demonstrating to ISIS that he was really paying attention to their...
Protests for and Against Confederate Statues Removal Could Spill Beyond Memphis
By Bridget Johnson (@BridgetCJ) After a lull in post-Charlottesville white nationalist protests and counter-demonstrations, the nighttime 20 Dec. removal of two Confederate statues in Memphis, Tenn., in a well-plotted legal maneuver expected to provoke legal...
Trial-by-Fire for California’s Emergency Management as Stubborn Blazes Spark Terrorists’ Interest
By Bridget Johnson (@BridgetCJ) Wildfires that have been chewing through Southern California, with not much relief currently in sight from the biggest blaze straddling Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, have demonstrated the region’s skill in evacuations and...