Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 1 November 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 Educational Series: Standing Up Security Teams

Security Teams are an essential component of any security program. Building a security team to safeguard people is crucial for any house of worship. The Faith-Based Information Sharing and Analysis Organization is hosting a series of discussions on how to effectively create, develop, and manage a security team. Participants will learn best practices, strategies, and practical tips to ensure their security team is well-equipped to handle a variety of challenges.

The program sessions include:

• Is a security team right for us? And how to approach leadership (06 Nov)
• Standing up a Security leadership team
• The importance of risk analysis coupled with a safety and security operations program
• Selecting and recruiting an operational team
• The skills and ideas that go into training an operational team
• And finally, when a security team is not possible – what can be done?

Sessions begin on 06 November 2024 at 12pm ET and are held every first Wednesday of the month. Members need only register once for all sessions!

The 06 November session, “Is a Security Team Right for my House of Worship?” begins at noon ET. This session will explore the entry points for the program – highlight the pertinent questions to be explored, introduce the key concepts and considerations, look at various approaches House of Worship and communities have taken, and how to get started on the path toward developing the appropriate security structure for your House of Worship.

• Overview to the Topic
• Outline What the Audience Can Expect
• Key Concepts and Considerations
• What Kind of Security Team is Best for My House of Worship?
• Discussions with leadership

Program panelist biographies can be found here.

Members of FB-ISAO! Register Here.

Not a member? Not a problem! Register Here. If you don’t know if you are a member or not, please write to [email protected].

CISA: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month 2024

From CISA:

Each November we celebrate Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. This year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is continuing with our enduring theme of Resolve to be Resilient and asking everyone to prepare for and invest in resilience today, so we can withstand or recover quickly in the event of an incident tomorrow. Critical infrastructure is a shared resource as well as a shared responsibility – we all play a role in keeping it secure, and resilient.

The CISA website provides the following quick actions different stakeholders can take to help make critical infrastructure more resilient.

• Recommended Actions for the Private Sector
• Recommended Actions for Sector Risk Management Agencies
• Recommended Actions for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Government Officials
• Recommended Actions for Members of Congress
• Communication Tips

Visit cisa.gov/CISR to learn more about critical infrastructure and find available resources, trainings, and tips.