In this blog, we’ve written a few times about the idea of “Blended Threats,” and some of the ways the…
By Bridget Johnson (@BridgetCJ) Much of the action at Saturday’s Unite the Right rally in Washington took place off…
In a recent post introducing the preparedness efforts that the National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (NH-ISAC) is taking to…
By David Pounder On 14 February, a former student entered Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Florida and killed…
By Andy Jabbour This is an update to the original post, “Terminology for $500. What Are Blended Attacks?” 26 May…
By Andy Jabbour In Brief: On 22 Feb, President Trump made remarks regarding the 14 Feb mass shooting at…
By Andy Jabbour Please note, this post has been updated to reflect the changes posted in update 1.1, 01 Mar…
By Bridget Johnson (@BridgetCJ) The Department of Homeland Security rang in the holiday season by adding a new office to…
By Bridget Johnson (@BridgetCJ) A pre-Christmas attack-plot arrest and shooting spree targeting police officers unfolded on different sides of the country…
By Bridget Johnson (@BridgetCJ) Wildfires that have been chewing through Southern California, with not much relief currently in sight from…
By Andy Jabbour Following the House of Representatives, the US Senate needs to approve the re-designation of DHS’s National…
By Bridget Johnson (@BridgetCJ) Maybe the Islamic State is starting to consider the usefulness of the al-Qaeda job application…
By Bridget Johnson (whose Twitter account remains suspended due to Twitter’s inexplicable policies and enforcement, and inability to respond in a…
By Bridget Johnson Every so often, terror groups like to remind followers that poison could be a cheap and effective…
By Bridget Johnson As if potential attacks at malls didn’t give security professionals enough on their hostile events preparedness plate,…
By Bridget Johnson The ISIS version of a holiday card was issued this week when a propaganda outfit operated by…
By Andy Jabbour November is National Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month (NCISRM), and I’m very excited to work with…
By Bridget Johnson Shortly after 3 p.m. on 31 Oct., a flatbed pickup rented from Home Depot pulled onto the…
By Bridget Johnson Good municipal planning and long security screening lines kept white supremacist rallies on 28 Oct. in two…
By Bridget Johnson In a country where fortification of critical assets is second nature after years of war, terrorists still…
By Bridget Johnson On the morning of 6 Oct., FBI agents were summoned to the regional airport in Asheville, N.C.,…
By Bridget Johnson The Islamic State didn’t just quickly claim the 01 Oct. massacre of concert-goers in Las Vegas, but…
By Andy Jabbour In the coming days, as the immediate aftermath of Harvey transitions to the longer-term recovery, media attention…
Key Points: It is every person’s right to protest against, or petition their government for, whatever issue is of concern.…
We assess that while the month will be largely peaceful and do not expect significant security incidents, there is an…
About a week ago, as we were coming out of the initial concerns relating to the WannaCry ransomware outbreak, I…
This week, terrorists have conducted attacks in the United Kingdom, Indonesia, the Philippines, Somalia (and other parts of Africa), as…
The National Terrorism Advisory System is an inadequate tool to communicate threats and risks to homeland security. From Friday, over…
Introduction. At Gate 15, we believe that to properly assess risks and effectively plan and conduct preparedness and operational activities…