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.
FB-ISAO Newsletter, v5, Issue 9 – FB-ISAO (faithbased-isao.org)
The September issue of the FB-ISAO Newsletter has stories on:
- Membership Reimagined
- Harnessing the Power of Collaboration to Ensure School Safety
- Spotlight: If You See Something, Say Something®
The Newsletter lists that both the Physical and Cyber Threat Levels are Guarded.
There is also information on joining FB-ISAO, getting on FB-ISAO Slack, and upcoming events.
In addition to monthly newsletters, the FB-ISAO Blog has the Daily Awareness Post, and other items of interest, such as Active Versus Passive Participation, FB-ISAO Partners with Patrick Henry College’s Strategic Intelligence Program, and FB-ISAO: Five Years Strong.
To become a member and receive member benefits not available to the general public, join FB-ISAO at Membership – FB-ISAO.
The Gate 15 Security Sprint is their 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 Pounder and Andy Jabbour discuss:
- Bells toll as the U.S. marks 22 years since 9/11, from ground zero to Alaska
- Embezzlement
- Blended Threats
- See Something, Say Something
- Devastation in Morocco
- Swatting
- Other items of interest
The above Gate 15 Weekly Security Sprint website also provides links to many security related items of interest.
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More Faith-Based Stories
Ahead of High Holidays, US Jewish leaders stress need for security vigilance as antisemitism surges
Synagogues are doing active shooter training amid rise in antisemitism
Idaho: Four Armed Burglars Ransack Nampa Buddhist Temple
CAIR-CO Condemns Distribution of Antisemitic Flyers in Arapahoe County
CAIR-San Diego Again Condemns Distribution of Antisemitic Flyers
Norfolk church warns members of scam targeting parishioners
Canadian who killed Muslim family inspired by white nationalism; Prosecutor says the accused planned the 2021 attack, which killed four members of the Afzaal family in Ontario, for months.
Select All-Hazards Stories
FBI investigates cybersecurity issue at MGM Resorts while casinos and hotels stay open across US
Big MGM Resorts Outage Traces to Ransomware, Researchers Say
Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been captured, Pennsylvania police say
Maine Man Arrested for Racially-Motivated Death Threats Against Black Neighbor
Save the Children confirms systems breach
Patch Tuesday: Yesterday was the September 2023 Patch Tuesday. We had security updates from Adobe, Microsoft, Chrome, Cisco, AMD, Intel, Asus, Siemens, and SAP.
Other updates from Patch Tuesday: The Android Project, Apple, QNAP, VMWare, NVIDIA, Jenkins, Kubernetes, GitLab, and Drupal, released security updates last week as well.
CDC Recommends Updated COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall/Winter Virus Season
More Security-focused Content
The FB-ISAO’s sponsor Gate 15 publishes a free daily newsletter called the SUN. Curated from their open source intelligence collection process, the SUN informs leaders and analysts with the critical news of the day and provides a holistic look at the current global, all-hazards threat environment. Ahead of the daily news cycle, the SUN allows current situational awareness into the topics that will impact your organization. To sign-up for The SUN, please sign up below.
