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Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post

Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 15 November 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. 

FB-ISAO-Newsletter

Volume 5, Issue 11

November-2023

Want this newsletter delivered directly to your inbox each month? Membership in FB-ISAO is open to all Faith-Based Organizations including Houses of Worship, Charities, Faith-Based Schools and their affiliated organizations. Join FB-ISAO!

Stories in this month’s newsletter include:
  • FB-ISAO Raises the Threat Level
    • Both Physical and Cyber Threat Levels raised to “Elevated”.
  • Security Considerations for Houses of Worship
    • Provides federal resources.
    • Discusses:
      • Inner Perimeter
      • Middle Perimeter
      • Outer Perimeter
The newsletter also Spotlights: The Nonprofit Security Grant

The Spotlight provides information on applying for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). The time to start preparing for the next cycle of funding is NOW.

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

The November 2023 Newsletter has been directly distributed to members and may be accessed here

Additionally, FB-ISAO members are sharing additional information on the Israel-Hamas Conflict, as well as information about threats, domestic protests, and security coordination activities in FB-ISAO Slack. Join here.

More Faith-Based Stories

290,000 attend DC rally, making it largest ever pro-Israel gathering — organizer and ‘No ceasefire!’: tens of thousands march for Israel in Washington DC and ‘You’re Not the Real Jews:’ Anti-Israel Protester Yells at Kids and Hired Bus Drivers Refuse To Transport 900 Jews From Airport To Pro-Israel Washington Rally

NC: Two (black) Fayetteville churches targeted with hate incidents, bomb threats & racist graffiti

‘Good versus evil’: Vandal targets Miami-Dade church’s Christmas decorations, windows

TN: Anti-Semitic messaging removed from I-65 exit in Brentwood

MA: 2 swastikas painted on roadway in Wayland, police say

MD: ‘Like a punch in the stomach’: Bethesda pastor reacts to gay pride banner being ripped down at his church

Jewish students sue NYU over ‘egregious’ antisemitism on campus that’s left them ‘under siege’

Georgia Baptists voice support for Israel, condemn Hamas

DC: GW suspends SJP for three months after anti-Israel library demonstration

DC: ‘Inhumanity’: Pastors shown footage of Hamas atrocities during private embassy screening

Amid increase in antisemitism and Islamophobia, NC Governor calls for more public safety funding

FBI Portland Encourages Oregonians to Report Federal Hate Crimes

FACT SHEET: The U.S. Department of Education Announces New Tools to Tackle Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Related Forms of Discrimination and Bias

Synagogue vandalism leads to arrest of B.C. man

Ottawa flower shop that caters to Jewish community looted and trashed

Beijing reportedly asked Hikvision to identify fasting students in Muslim-majority province

Select All-Hazards Stories

Worldwide Caution (15 Nov)

Information for U.S. Citizens in the Middle East (15 Nov)

U.S. political violence driven by new breed of ‘grab-bag’ extremists

Analysis: How the conflict between Hamas and Israel fuels terror threats in the West

Arrested Flemish couple linked to neo-Nazi group that wants to create ‘white ethnostate’

Montreal police investigating after at least 16 Metro stations vandalized

CAIR Arizona to Condemn Intimidation of Pro-Palestine Student Clubs at Desert Mountain High School

‘It’s just heartbreaking.’ For Palestinian American businesses, a time of harassment — and support

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) – Operation “Swords of Iron.” Real-Time Analysis of Operation Swords of Iron

Israeli troops enter Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital in culmination of siege

ADL: Responsible Reporting: Citing the Gaza Health Ministry

Israel’s Comically Bad Disinfo Proves They’re Losing the PR War

Heavy Rain for Southern Florida; Rain and Snow in the Western U.S. National Weather Service

Investigation of Elevated Lead Levels: Cinnamon Applesauce Pouches (November 2023)

WP Fastest Cache plugin bug exposes 600K WordPress sites to attacks

China is using the world’s largest known online disinformation operation to harass Americans, a CNN review finds

National Cyber Security Center has detected influence operations exploiting China’s “disguised media websites.”

Meta Allows Ads Claiming Rigged 2020 Election on Facebook, Instagram

CISA Releases Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Adoption and Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence

More Security-focused Content

Read a report detailing attacks on Faith-Based organizations following the Dobbs ruling.
Read the October 2023 Threat Level Statement Update
Access all-hazards resources from public and private sector partners, curated by the FB-ISAO team.

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.

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