Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 24 April 2024

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.

Vehicle Incident Prevention and Mitigation Security Guide | CISA

From DHS’ Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) website:

The Vehicle Incident Prevention and Mitigation Security Guide offers a recommended framework of Plan-Prevent-Protect for critical infrastructure owners and operators, as well as those responsible for pedestrian safety in proximity to those sites, against vehicle threats.

Featuring an introductory overview of the vehicle incident threat environment, the Guide outlines options for planning—which includes conducting a risk assessment, creating an emergency operations plan, connecting with professional security subject matter experts, and exploring funding opportunities for mitigations.

Recommendations for preventive measures include implementing safe crowd management and traffic management principles, being aware of concerning behaviors in individuals and suspicious vehicle activity, establishing a strong culture of reporting and staff training, and using a layered approach to security.

Protection includes implementing appropriate and appropriately installed active and passive barriers and understanding industry standards for perimeter protection devices.

PDFs:

• Vehicle_Guide_Factsheet
• Vehicle_Incident_Prevention_and_Mitigation_Security_Guide

Analyst Comments:

There are many examples of vehicles being used as a weapon. In an April 10 incident, one person was killed and 14 injured by a perpetrator that rammed a stolen truck into a Texas Department of Public Safety building. In a 2016 incident, 84 people were killed and hundreds injured in a vehicle attack in Nice, France. Casualties can be even higher in a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) attack.

Faith-Based Organizations can utilize the CISA guide to improve their security posture.

Follow Up to Current U.S. College Campus Environment

The following articles are a follow up to Faith-Based ISAO’s  23 April 2024 Daily Awareness Post which provided links to personal safety guidelines.

• Explainer-What Is Behind the Pro-Palestinian Protests at U.S. Universities?
• Stefanik calls for Columbia pres. to resign after Jewish professor locked out, students terrorized
• CAIR-NY Calls on Political Leaders to Stop ‘Endangering’ Students Peacefully Protesting at Universities
• Dearborn imam confronted ‘Death to America’ protester
• Anti-Israel radical launched 2-hour tirade at Columbia event before protests exploded: ‘Nothing wrong with being a Hamas fighter’
• Riot police surround Columbia ‘tent city’ of anti-Israel protesters as deadline is extended for demonstrators to leave
• National Guard Threat Issued to Columbia Protesters, Students Claim
• ‘We will not move.’ Pro-Palestinian encampments, protests grow at California universities
• Man in his 70s fired shots near mosque on Shaw University campus, Raleigh police say
• CAIR-NJ, ADC File Title VI Complaint Against Rutgers U. Citing Hostile Anti-Muslim, Anti-Palestinian Environment

Weekly Security Sprint EP 62. A jambalaya of news – emergency comms, China, deep fakes, and de-escalation

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:

• US 911 emergency call line outage resolved in some areas
• Director Wray’s Remarks at the Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats
• UK: Government cracks down on ‘deepfakes’ creation
• “Proactive De-escalation”

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).