This DAP highlights – Justice Department Announces Formation of Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism / 2025 Homeland Security Threat Forecast: Part III, The Multidimensional Threats / Reminders of This Week’s FB-ISAO Events. 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 February 2025
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 97. DeepSeek Al, Ransomware report, 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 covered the following topics:
- Ransomware: NCC Group releases Annual Cyber Threat Monitor Report 2024
- DeepSeek
- CISA employees told they are exempt from federal worker resignation program & Alarmed by Chinese hacks, Republicans mute attacks on cybersecurity agency
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).
The Gate 15 Interview EP 54. Brandon Dixon on Artificial Intelligence, getting your hands dirty & long, long runs
The Gate 15 Interview is a monthly interview between Gate 15’s Founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour and guests from throughout the homeland security risk management community addressing a wide range of all-hazards topics and issues.
In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with Brandon Dixon. Brandon has worn many hats, from security engineer to entrepreneur. Today, he serves at a Partner AI Strategist for Microsoft, Strategic Advisory and Partner with NinjaJobs, and is a tremendous athlete.
In this discussion Andy and Brandon discuss:
- Brandon’s Background.
- Three “Big Things” in AI Brandon’s paying attention to in 2025.
- Entrepreneurship: “Make sure the idea is something you personally care about.”
- The value of falling short.
- Roasting Coffee
- Fitness: from BMX to ultras.
- We play Three Questions! Whippets, Big Sky, and long runs.
- More!
Information on other Gate 15 podcasts can be found at Podcasts (gate15.global).
More Faith-Based Stories
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Threatening Jewish Synagogue in Albany. (Incident with shotgun occurred in December 2023)
NY: NYPD Searching For Antisemitic Vandal for Defacing Washington Square with Swastikas (First Incident Occurred January 21st)
DC: ‘Retribution is inevitable’: Proud Boys leader plans to defy judge who stripped group of trademark in fight with vandalized Black church (Incident occurred in 2020)
Lutheran groups push back on Elon Musk’s allegation tax dollars were used for ‘illegal’ activity
Some Jewish leaders renew calls for X boycott as Musk’s power grows
Church Leaders Help Define The Role Of AI In Ministry
Anglican Church in South Africa admits failures in handling of sexual abuse claims
Select All Hazard Stories
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Maximum Pressure on Iran and National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-2
Sweden’s worst mass shooting leaves at least 11 dead, including the gunman
Criminal Groups Are Ramping Up Explosives in Mexico
Bruce Foster ID’d as suspect in ‘targeted’ shooting at Ohio cosmetics warehouse that killed one, injured five (Workplace Violence)
Protests:
- Protests against Trump and Project 2025 are planned in cities across the US.
- Police in riot gear face-off with protesters in downtown Los Angeles
- ‘Nobody Elected Elon’ protest held in D.C.
Multiple ICE impersonation arrests made during nationwide immigration crackdown
DOJ: White Supremacist Leader Found Guilty of Conspiring to Destroy Regional Power Grid (Occurred 2022)
DOJ: Member of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Sentenced to 44 Years in Prison for Terrorism Offenses (Occurred 2011)
Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan aim to jointly tackle Islamic State, Ankara says
Pacific Storms Continuing to Impact the West; Impactful Winter Storm in the Central and Eastern U.S. National Weather Service
The Alarming Rise of DeepSeek Scams
AI Influencer Platform Promises Users Thousands of Dollars in Likely Passive Income Scam
Investors, Trump and the Illuminati: What the “Nigerian prince” scams became in 2024
More Security-focused Content
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