This DAP highlights – GMU student charged in mass-casualty plot targeting Jews. DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. 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.
Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 5 September 2023
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.
Weekly Security Sprint EP 32. National Preparedness Month, Burning Man, Insider Threat Awareness, Ransomware and more!
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:
- Burning Man,
- Alphabet months begins,
- Back to School Scams & Sextortion,
- Ransomware,
- Bias in analysis,
- And other topics of interest.
National Preparedness Month
As was covered in Friday’s DAP, September is National Preparedness Month. The following items provide resources for Faith-Based Organizations to prevent and prepare for attacks and emergencies at houses of worship and faith-based schools.
- FEMA, Ready Campaign Launch National Preparedness Month
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence and other USG partners: NCSC And Federal Partners Focus on “Bystander Engagement” During National Insider Threat Awareness Month 2023
- Secure Community Network webinar registration: The Power of Hello.
- Secure Community Network webinar registration: Stop the Bleed.
- Secure Community Network webinar registration: Committing to Action: A Training on Situational Awareness and Countering Active Threats.
- Campus Safety Partner Series: Access Control in Schools: A Key Component of Campus Security
Recent reports from the ADL Center for Antisemitism Research
Members have shared the following recent reports in FB-ISAO Slack:
- The Antisemitic Environment: How Social and Media Exposures Predict Antisemitic Beliefs
- Survey of Americans on Holocaust and Antisemitism Education
- A Closer Look at the Relationship between Holocaust Knowledge, Education and Antisemitism
- Antisemitic Attitudes in America: Conspiracy Theories, Holocaust Education and Other Predictors of Antisemitic Belief
- Contemporary Anti-Zionism’s Connections to Soviet Propaganda
- Antisemitic Attitudes in America: Topline Findings
More Faith-Based Stories
AZ: Two Douglas churches burned in suspected arson case assess the damage and ways forward
Oregon Catholic Church fire determined to be arson; suspect arrested
CALIFORNIA AREA CHABAD JEWISH CENTER ROBBED, VANDALIZED
NY: Church in Cheektowaga burglarized, volunteer catches alleged suspect
CALIFORNIA AREA CHABAD JEWISH CENTER ROBBED, VANDALIZED
Lugoff church burglary suspects arrested in Sumter
NJ: Vandalism At OLL Same suspect damaged church statue in second incident.
SC: Lugoff church burglary suspects arrested in Sumter
CA: Santa Clarita Catholic school vandalized; classrooms, smart screens wrecked
MD: Another Washington-area Mosque receives threatening call.
MA: Brookline synagogue on alert after bomb threat described by police as swatting incident
FL: Apopka police investigating bomb threat targeting local AME Church during Sunday service
Flyers placed on cars latest in series of antisemitic incidents in Greater Cincinnati
Palm Beach, Okeechobee counties residents find antisemitic flyers at homes
Orange County residents find antisemitic messages in neighborhood
Hospital Sisters Health System hit with massive computer systems failure (Catholic Hospital System)
An anti-ADL campaign is erupting on Twitter and Elon Musk endorsed it
Rise in Jewish hate crimes prompts federal funding for synogoge security in Connecticut
Hispanic group’s leader savages Santa Fe mayor over monument vandalism
Hate crime against Sikhs: North American Punjabi Association writes to US Secy of State
Report: Hate crimes surged in most big cities in 2022
Pastors, churches still struggling in throes of ‘uncertainty and unsettledness’ post-pandemic: study
Tennessee court overrules adoption decision, lets couple sue Methodists
How Samaritan’s Purse Is Bringing Relief – and Hope – to Maui and Florida
India: Violence against tribal Christians in Manipur escalating despite military interventions; 131 killed
Congo: DRC military accused of church massacre that killed 48: report
Nigeria: Nine people killed in Kaduna mosque attack
Uganda detains man suspected of planning bomb attack on church
Pakistan: Priest injured in Faisalabad shooting
Chapel in Argentina vandalized; bishop calls for acts of reparation
Canada: North York church evacuated after reports of bomb inside: Cops
Haitian Gangs Are a Major Threat. Last Week, a Church Fought Back.
BRITISH NEO-NAZI PRISON GUARD JAILED FOR WAGING RACE WAR AGAINST JEWS
UK: St Petroc’s Church in Bodmin closed to visitors after vandalism
Swedish Police Arrest 2 as Riot Breaks Out at Quran Burning Protest
Finland prosecutors charge 4 suspected Neo-Nazis in terrorism investigation
Pope, in Mongolia, sends apparent message to China on Catholic aims
Select All-Hazards Stories
Russia’s African coup strategy
Fan ejected from US Open match after German player said the man used language from Hitler’s regime
ANOTHER CALIFORNIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VANDALIZED WITH SWASTIKA
VANDALS DEFACE COLORADO PARK BENCH WITH NAZI SYMBOLS
L.A. was ready for Tropical Storm Hilary. That preparedness proved to be life-saving
‘We are everywhere’: Group of neo-Nazis reportedly marched through Florida park
Right-Wing Influencers Deny Reality by Claiming Neo-Nazis Are ‘Feds’
Conspiracy Theories, Extremism and Violence: Why and When do Conspiracy Beliefs Lead to Violence?
ISD: Young guns: Understanding a new generation of extremist radicalization in the US
Students criticize the University of North Carolina’s response to an active shooter emergency
What Goes into a Higher Education Physical Security Site Assessment?
Sweltering Heat Across A Large Section Of The U.S. National Weather Service
L.A. was ready for Tropical Storm Hilary. That preparedness proved to be life-saving
CA: Largest Wildfire In State’s History Determined To Have Been Caused By Arson, Officials Say
September’s Start Brings Record-Threatening Heat To Midwest, Northeast
Help spot scammers after Hurricane Idalia
Severe Vibrio vulnificusInfections in the United States Associated with Warming Coastal Waters
SEC: Updated Investor Bulletin: 10 Questions to Consider Before Opening a 529 Account
SEC: Updated Investor Bulletin: An Introduction to 529 Plans
How Worried Should We Be About AI’s Threat to Humanity? Even Tech Leaders Can’t Agree.
Schools Using AI to Prevent Gun Violence
3 High School Teens Charged With ‘Terroristic Threats’ After TikTok Bomb Threat Challenge
Musk’s new Twitter policies helped spread Russian propaganda, E.U. says
X WILL COLLECT BIOMETRIC DATA FROM ITS PREMIUM USERS
Why Instagram Threads is a hotbed of risks for businesses
Getting off the hook: 10 steps to take after clicking on a phishing link
Fake YouPorn extortion scam threatens to leak your sex tape
Chrome extensions can steal plaintext passwords from websites
Maker of ‘smart’ chastity cage left users’ emails, passwords, and locations exposed
Children’s snack recalled after its website caught serving porn
Allowing cybercriminals to drive your car: 5 Tips for Keeping Your Electric Vehicle Secure
Why is .US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?
Arctic Wolf: 1H 2023 Ransomware Landscape Overview
Qualys Top 20 Most Exploited Vulnerabilities
More Security-focused Content
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This DAP highlights – Gate 15 Security Sprint EP 32, National Preparedness Month, and recent reports from the ADL Center for Antisemitism Research. Every DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. 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.
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