Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 30 April 2024

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.

Tomorrow FireArms in the House – FB-ISAO Tomorrow

This is the fifth in a series that addresses making informed decisions about allowing or deliberately bringing firearms in your House of Worship.

Title: Insurance Considerations

Date: 01 May 2024

Time: 12pm ET

Registration:

• FB-ISAO Members ONLY – Register HERE.
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Representatives associated with the insurance industry will discuss the implications of both armed or unarmed security teams. Considerations and adoption of policies for either decision will be explored and discussed with the goal of preparing a house of worship to consider adjusting their policies and procedures, messaging, signage and to align with legal considerations.

• General Liability policy does NOT cover any of the teams working on the premises and certainly not the safety and security teams. So, what other instruments are there for insurance?
• If there are labilities, typically, who is liable – the person or the facility?
• A discussion of past claims statistics as a demonstration of where the liability has fallen.
• A discussion of insurance costs (general) when considering both an armed and unarmed force.
• Does the insurance industry require certification and training when an armed force is utilized?
• How should a House of Worship communicate its position on the use of an armed or unarmed force?

Panelists and Moderator

• Ben Johnson, Ben Johnson Insurance, Inc. Ben Johnson is owner/president of Bob Johnson Insurance (www.bobjohnsonins.com) and managing partner of American Church Group of Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama
• Paul Turiano, CSP, CRSP, Marsh McLennan Agency LLC. Paul is a highly trusted specialist and ethical safety professional handling confidential and sensitive information. industries. Mr. Turiano is a graduate of PACE University with a BBA in Operations Management.
• Phil Froehlich, Co-Chair of the Business Resilience Group. Phil is a founder and Chief Operating Officer of Integris Security.

This program is now an ASIS International Preferred CPE Provider Program

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The Gate 15 Interview with the Son of a Preacher Man. Curt Tilley, DHS Office of Bombing Prevention, on the enduring threat of IEDs, Saturday Night’s Main Event, and more.

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.

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour welcomes Curtis E. Tilley, Branch Chief, Training, Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Those who want to engage with the DHS Office of Bombing Prevention may email at [email protected].

In the discussion they address:

• OBP’s background.
• Some bomb threat and IED history. 
• The enduring threat and challenge of the IED threat.
• Preparedness and resources. 
• How to contact OBP. 
• They talk about what’s on Curt’s mind.
• They play Three Questions and talk Macho Man Randy Savage, being the big man on campus, serving our communities and more!

A few references mentioned in or relevant to their discussion are included on this podcasts website.

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