Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 22 October 2024

Faith-Based Security Headlines

These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.

Weekly Security Sprint EP 85. Election security, ransomware, and conspiracies.

The Gate 15 Security Sprint is a 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.

In this week’s Security Sprint, Dave covered the following topics:

Election Security.
Ransomware.
Conspiracy Theories.

The above Gate 15 Weekly Security Sprint website also provides links to many security-related items of interest.

Nerd Out EP 52. The Return of Bridget and Talk of Election Security and Global Terrorism.

The Gate 15 Nerd Out! Security Panel Discussion, moderated by Dave Pounder, focuses on physical security topics including terrorism, extremism, hostile events, and other pertinent topics.

In the latest episode of Nerd Out, Dave welcomed back a friend of the pod, Bridget Johnson! Bridget caught everyone up on her latest work and new ventures before the two talked about the upcoming election and potential for violence. They transitioned to global terrorism and the potential risks associated with the continued conflict in the Middle East.
Bridget is a part of the McCrary Institute.

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The Gate 15 Interview – TribalNet! Building a Cybersecurity Culture, Tribal-ISAC, and how we rock!

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.

Andy Jabbour recorded this session onsite at TribalNet 2024 with Michelle Bouschor, TribalHub’s Senior Marketing & Communications Manager; Adam Gruscynski, IT Director, Potawatomi Casino Hotel and Tribal-ISAC Steering Committee member; and Drew Ludwick, Director of IT Operations, Muckleshoot Casino Resort.

In the discussion the group discusses:

Organizational culture and what makes a cyber strong organizational culture.
Tribal-ISAC! What it is, how it’s like other ISACs, what makes it special.
How to build a strong organizational culture and the importance of leadership buy-in and taking things in “chewable bites.”
Why we love TribalNet!
Some of our favorite concert experiences – some we shared as we talked from Linkin Park to Snoop.
And more, of course!

Selected links:

Information on other Gate 15 podcasts can be found at Podcasts (gate15.global).

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