Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 10 July 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.

FB-ISAO Newsletter

Volume 6, Issue 7

July-2024

Articles in this month’s newsletter include:

The FB-ISAO FireArms in the House Series: What Did We Learn?

FB-ISAO hosted a series of discussions on FireArms in the House. The FB-ISAO takes no position on this topic, other than to promote best practices in pursuit of the house of worship’s objectives and implementation of any appropriate model.

The entire series of discussions is available to all members via the FB-ISAO recordings library. The library is accessible on the FB-ISAO Slack workspace.

The article presents some of the best practices shared by the panelists.

Is Cybersecurity Part of Your Travel Checklist?

Check Point Research (CPR) found 1 in every 33 new summer vacation related domains registered in the month of May was malicious or suspicious.  Well-known and trusted websites like Kayak, Booking.com, hotels.com, and other hospitality-related brands are being impersonated to trick users into entering their login credentials, potentially leading to personal information theft.

The article presents some quick tips to stay safe.

The newsletter also Spotlights:

Transnational Repression

The Faith-Based Security Advisory Council | Homeland Security (FBSAC) met on 24 June to deliver reports on the three taskings issued by Secretary Mayorkas back in January. Mayya Saab, Executive Director of the FB-ISAO, serves on the FBSAC and was a member of the subcommittee making recommendations on Countering Transnational Repression (TNR).

The article includes a link to the FBI Threat Intimidation Guide, which provides additional information about types of threats and what to do if you’ve been threatened.

The FB-ISAO Cyber and Physical Threat Levels remain Elevated.

The newsletter also covers the FB-ISAO Advisory Board, how to join FB-ISAO, FB-ISAO Slack, and a link for upcoming FB-ISAO events.

The July-2024 2024 Newsletter has been directly distributed to members and may be accessed here.  

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FB-ISAO Threat Assessment Statement: Threat Levels Remain at Elevated – July 2024

FB-ISAO anticipates releasing a deliberate updated Threat Assessment in September 2024. In the interim, the Cyber Threat Intelligence, Operational Resilience (together, the Threat and Incident Response) working groups continue to actively monitor and share information, reports, and perspective regarding our threat environment. At this time, we have determined to maintain the Threat Assessment shared in March and we have determined to maintain both the Physical and Cyber Threat Levels at “ELEVATED.”

• The Physical Threat Level is “ELEVATED.” ELEVATED means that FB-ISAO is unaware of any specific threats, but there is concern that an event is more likely than normal. We are also closely monitoring events and are considering an escalation to “SEVERE,” meaning that an event is highly likely, but decided to not escalate to that level at this time.

• The Cyber Threat Level is “ELEVATED.” ELEVATED means that FB-ISAO is unaware of any specific threats, but there is concern that an event is more likely than normal.