Please enjoy our newest podcast, the weekly Security Sprint, on Spotify, Apple, as well as other locations accessible via the Spotify for Podcasters link or almost anywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts.
On this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy tackle the all-hazards environment and applaud some exciting updates from WaterISAC and FB-ISAO. Andy gets animated as he talks about the proactive approach one organization is taking to addressing cyber risk and bolstering resilience. At Gate 15, we celebrate all those who lean into security, preparedness and resilience. Not where you need to be? Reach out to our team to get the help you need to enhance your resilience – from cyber to physical and across all-hazards!
- Join the new Gate 15 Resilience and Intelligence Portal – the GRIP! and get our daily report, the SUN, TARGET reports, our ransomware digest, partner reports, and more! Join the GRIP!
- WaterISAC: Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Water and Wastewater Utilities
- DHS Faith-Based Security Advisory Council. Latest Recommendations:
- June 24, 2024 | FBSAC Combatting Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) Subcommittee Final Report
- June 24, 2024 | FBSAC Countering and Responding to Targeted Violence and Terrorism (TVT) Subcommittee Final Report. This report has several references to FB-ISAO.
- June 24, 2024 | FBSAC Countering Transnational Repression (TNR) Subcommittee Final Report. With contributions from FB-ISAO’s Mayya Saab.
- AMWA comments on DHS’ proposed cyber reporting rule
- ABA, associations: Proposed cyber reporting rule misses the mark
- CISA Misses Mark on Proposed Cyber Incident Reporting Rule
Main Topics
Beryl! Sea Level Rise!!
- Why Hurricane Beryl is a warning of what is to come this season
- Beryl rapidly intensifies to become unprecedented Category 4 hurricane in June
- Hurricane Beryl Public Advisory
- Rising sea levels will disrupt millions of Americans’ lives by 2050, study finds
Cyber threats, frustrations and celebrating orgs taking a proactive approach to security and resilience!
- Join the GRIP! New! The GRIP Interviews: Part Three. Sharing Intel, Building Resilience!
- Troy Hunt, HIBP: The State of Data Breaches. “I don’t see anything changing any time soon, and anecdotally, it’s worse now than it was 5 or 10 years ago.”
- ‘I don’t see it happening’: CISA chief dismisses ban on ransomware payments
- Critical MOVEit vulnerability puts huge swaths of the Internet at severe risk
- Progress Software Releases Security Bulletin for MOVEit Transfer
- TeamViewer Trust Center: Security Update – June 28, 2024, 12:10pm CEST
- Teamviewer accuses Russia-linked hackers of cyberattack
- Threat Intelligence: TeamViewer compromised by APT29
- regreSSHion: Remote Unauthenticated Code Execution Vulnerability in OpenSSH server
Hate, Extremism, Terrorism
- ‘They see Tennessee as a battleground.’ New data points to dramatic rise of hate in Tennessee
- DHS identifies over 400 migrants brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network
- FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Presidential Proclamation and Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule Cut Encounters at Southwest Border by Over 40 Percent in First Three Weeks
- Last of Five Defendants with Ties to White Supremacy and Who Were Charged with Targeting Energy Facility Enters Guilty Plea…
- Evidence mounts Islamic State is looking to the US southern border
- First Responders Toolbox: Terrorism Prevention Spectrum
Social Media & Private Public Coordination
- The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states
- Chairman Jordan Statement on Murthy v. Missouri Supreme Court Ruling. “…While we respectfully disagree with the Court’s decision, our investigation has shown the need for legislative reforms, such as the Censorship Accountability Act, to better protect Americans harmed by the unconstitutional censorship-industrial complex. Our important work will continue.”
- Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Supreme Court Decision Murthy v. Missouri. “Today’s Supreme Court ruling in Murthy v. Missouri confirms what we have already known— Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) officials did not censor anyone’s speech. Instead, as Justice Barrett explained, ‘The evidence indicates that the platforms had independent incentives to moderate content and often exercised their own judgment.’ With cyber attacks impacting our nation every day, Congressional support for CISA and its critical mission is essential for our national security.
International
- US military bases in Europe raise security threat levels
- Several US military bases in Europe on heightened alert amid possible terrorist threat
- China’s envoy to France labels Taiwanese government ‘rebel regime’ to be expelled ‘at any time.’
Quick Hits
USSS: NEW: National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) Releases Guidance for State & Local Law Enforcement to Prevent Targeted Violence. Please join NTAC for a presentation of our latest publication, Behavioral Threat Assessment Units: A Guide for State and Local Law Enforcement to Prevent Targeted Violence. Releasing July 31, 2024, the guide offers a scalable 6-step framework for state and local law enforcement agencies to proactively identify and intervene with those who display threatening or concerning behavior in their communities. In this free virtual event, we will outline actionable steps and offer principles and best practices to support the violence prevention efforts of our state and local partners. All who register will receive a Microsoft Teams event link by email one day prior to the event.
- Event Date: July 31, 2024
- Event Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET
- Register here.
- Info Ops:
- Google disrupted over 10,000 instances of DRAGONBRIDGE activity in Q1 2024
- A Russian Propaganda Network Is Promoting an AI-Manipulated Biden Video
- Recorded Future: Russia-Linked CopyCop Expands to Cover US Elections, Target Political Leaders
- Russia-linked group criticizes Biden, praises Trump in latest influence campaign
- Navigating the Misinformation Minefield. Elections in 2024
- New Tactic in China’s Information War: Harassing a Critic’s Child in the U.S.
- Reality Check Commentary: ‘Information Voids’ Cause AI Models to Spread Russian Disinformation
- FBI PSA: Social Engineering Tactics Targeting Healthcare & Public Health Entities and Providers
- FBI PSA: Fictitious Law Firms Targeting Cryptocurrency Scam Victims Offering to Recover Funds
- Polyfill Supply Chain Attack Hits Over 100k Websites
- Canadian Centre for Cyber Security: Cyber security gudance for democratic institutions: artificial intelligence (ITSAP.00.135)
- Canadian Centre for Cyber Security – Tips for backing up your information (ITSAP.40.002)
- CISA: Looking Ahead to Better Prepare Today
- NSSE Event Notice: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit 2024
- Key Emerging Risks: Cascading Effects of Natural Disasters, Supply Chain Resilience
- The 10 Major Risks Shaping Insurance Today
- AI, Economy, Geopolitical Conflicts Lead to Highest Level of Corporate Risk in 12 Years: Report
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.
- Venue Security, The IAVM Podcast Series is our newest podcast as Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour hosts 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 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.
- 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.
We hope you’ll subscribe, listen and share your ideas and other feedback! Reach out to us on Threads, LinkedIn, via email at [email protected].