Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security: Time to Make This Happen
By Andy Jabbour Following the House of Representatives, the US Senate needs to approve the re-designation of DHS's National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) to become the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA); The President should...
Hit or Miss? Why ISIS Will Give NYC Bomber a Mixed Review, and What Cities Can Learn
By Bridget Johnson (@BridgetCJ) Maybe the Islamic State is starting to consider the usefulness of the al-Qaeda job application discovered among the trove of documents in Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. Not that every ISIS terrorist is in need of remedial...
Terror Groups Try to Use Jerusalem to Widen, Rev Up Pool of Lone Jihadists
By Bridget Johnson (whose Twitter account remains suspended due to Twitter’s inexplicable policies and enforcement, and inability to respond in a timely manner to inquiries) This week’s White House announcement that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the...
Protesters to Descend on Verizon Stores in Bid to Keep Net Neutrality Rules
By Bridget Johnson (who has had her Twitter account suspended due to Twitter's inexplicable policies and enforcement, and inability to respond in a timely manner to inquiries) Beginning this week, protesters across the nation will be anything but neutral over...
Volcano Preparedness Essential Before One of America’s Molten Mounts Blows Its Top Again
By Bridget Johnson Bali is bracing for the worst as Mount Agung, which spewed ash on 21 Nov. followed by an eruption of magma four days later, is indicating it’s not done. The eruption thus far has turned tens of thousands of Indonesians into evacuees and temporarily...
The Buffet Threat: Mitigating Risk to the Food Chain in the Holiday Season and Beyond
By Bridget Johnson Every so often, terror groups like to remind followers that poison could be a cheap and effective way to wage an attack and spread panic in buffet lines across the country. They tailor the option toward those who may not have the training to launch...