This DAP highlights – ODNI report – Uyghur Genocide and Concentrated Reeducation Camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China / Gate 15’s Weekly Security Sprint EP 89 - Post election texts, terror arrests and threats, and compromised emails / USCIRF hearing – Addressing Entities of Particular Concern: Non-State Actors and Egregious Violations of Religious Freedom. DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. 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.
Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 02 August 2023
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.
Update to 1 August Headline
Former student fired gun at Jewish school, shot by police
The Jerusalem Post reports that the shooter at the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South in Memphis was a former student.
According to Memphis Police Assistant Chief Don Crowe, the shooter was stopped by double security doors.
Crowe praised the school’s actions and said, “Thankfully, that school had a great safety procedure and process in place and avoided anyone being harmed or injured at that scene.”
Analyst Comment:
Many Faith-Based Organizations (FBO) operate schools. Monday’s shooting at the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South serves as a positive example of an FBO successfully mitigating a hostile event due to effective security policies and measures. The double security doors, security policies, and emergency actions plans and procedures kept the active shooter from killing or wounding the occupants of the school. This incident is an excellent example to use when making the “business case” for security, such as greater resources and time commitments.
The U.S. Secret Service’s USSS Averting Targeted School Violence.2021 is a valuable resource.
Other resources are provided by DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
More Faith-Based Stories
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WI: Former president of Baptist state convention under investigation for alleged abuse
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Sweden to intensify border controls following Koran burnings
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Select All-Hazards Stories
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New Report Reveals Increase of Unique Malware and Sudden Surge of Public Sector Attacks
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