Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 14 May 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.

CISA and Partners Release Guidance for Civil Society Organizations on Mitigating Cyber Threats with Limited Resources

CISA, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and international partners, released Mitigating Cyber Threats with Limited Resources: Guidance for Civil Society. The joint guidance provides civil society organizations and individuals with recommended actions and mitigations to reduce the risk of cyber intrusions. Additionally, the guide encourages software manufactures to actively implement and publicly commit to Secure by Design practices that are necessary to help protect vulnerable and high-risk communities. Civil society, comprised of organizations and individuals such as– nonprofit, advocacy, cultural, faith-based, academic, think tanks, journalist, dissident, and diaspora organizations, communities involved in defending human rights and advancing democracy–are considered high-risk communities. Often these organizations and their employees are targeted by state-sponsored threat actors who seek to undermine democratic values and interests.

The ‘Sift’ strategy: A four-step method for spotting misinformation

The BBC article explains the ‘Sift’ strategy; a four-step method for spotting misinformation.

S is for… Stop
I is for… Investigate the source
F is for… Find better coverage
T is for… Trace the claim to its original context

Analyst Comments:

This BBC article can be used globally, not just in the UK. It can be useful to receive information from a different perspective. The “Sift” strategy can assist FBO members in recognizing misinformation.

UK NPSA: Hostile Activity Mitigations

The UK’s National Protective Security Authority | NPSA offers guidance on how to mitigate the impact of hostile activity. This may assist organisations seeking to review their risk assessments or update security policies against threat posed by a variety of hostiles, including those acting on behalf of foreign states. Updated 10 May.

The following guides provide an overview of the threat that state actors may pose.

Analyst Comments:

NPSA provides useful guidance aimed at UK citizens, but like the “Sift” strategy, it can be useful to receive information from a different perspective. FBOs should consider reviewing the relevant guidance.

Weekly Security Sprint EP 65. Protest Influence / Interference, Ransomware, Al, lessons learned

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 and Andy discuss the topics below.

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

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