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In this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:
- In reversal, CISA workforce now permitted to take deferred resignation offer
- FS-ISAC Releases Timely Data Governance And Generative AI Guidance & read More Opportunity, Less Risk: 8 Steps to Manage Financial Services Data with GenAI.
- Cyber Pipeline:
- Gate 15’s been arguing for this since 2018… It’s Time for an FBI Cybercrime College Scholarship Program, October 14, 2018
- Blended Threats! Gate 15’s been talking about this since 2017… Unpacking the vicious cycle of climate change and digital security. Blended Threats you say…? Cyberattack on NHS causes hospitals to miss cancer care targets
Main Topics
- Ransomware & Data Breaches: Ransomware attackers turn to workers for data breach access
- Cyfirma: Tracking Ransomware: January 2025
- Scams! Take9!Hackers Hijack JFK File Release: Malware & Phishing Surge
- Take9: Gate 15 is proud to partner with Take9! 9 SECONDS FOR A SAFER WORLD. Cyber threats are everywhere. And getting sneakier. What can you do to protect yourself, your community and our nation? Take a 9 second pause and think before you click, download, share. A short pause goes a long way.
Quick Hits:
- Trump’s Gaza comments hand jihadist terrorists a ‘rallying cry,’ experts say
- CSI: Security Considerations for Edge Devices: Executive Guidance
- Canadian Centre for Cyber Security – Virtual private networks (ITSAP.80.101)
- UK NCSC: Network security fundamentals; How to design, use, and maintain secure networks
- National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-2; Imposing Maximum Pressure on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Denying Iran All Paths to a Nuclear Weapon, and Countering Iran’s Malign Influence
- Government Data Security Concerns:
- Musk’s DOGE agents access sensitive personnel data, alarming security officials; The highly restricted data includes personally identifiable information for millions of federal employees maintained by the Office of Personnel Management.
- Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts; At the Education Department, the tech billionaire’s team has turned to artificial intelligence to hunt for potential spending cuts — part of a broader plan to deploy the technology across the federal government.
- Breaking Encryption:
- U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts; Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.
- DeepSeek:
- Internet-connected cameras made in China may be used to spy on US infrastructure: DHS
- Exclusive – Chinese Spy Balloon Was Packed With American Tech; The balloon carried technology from at least five US firms.
- Hackers exploiting bug in popular Trimble Cityworks tool used by local gov’ts & Trimble Releases Security Updates to Address a Vulnerability in Cityworks Software
- Media giant Lee Enterprises confirms cyberattack as news outlets report ongoing disruption
- Spain arrests 5, including 2 Russians, on charges of plotting terrorist attacks across Europe
- Grubhub confirms data breach affecting customers and drivers
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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