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.
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.
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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).
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More Faith-Based Stories
Man arrested after string of armed robberies in Maine church parking lots
Massachusetts man charged with threatening, harassing B’nai Israel Southbury educator
Man arrested for felony vandalism of Catholic charity building
Man who allegedly vandalized Mandeville synagogue sought by St. Tammany deputies
St Mark’s Church vandalised as lead stolen from roof for second time in five years
Raided church accused in multimillion-dollar VA fraud scheme
SBC rolling out new toolkit to combat sex abuse in churches
MC USA’s Safe Church Ministry offers background checks for congregations
Judge Orders Nashville Police To Provide Details Of Investigation Into Covenant School Shooter
FBI Honors the Interfaith Peace and Action Collaborative with National Award.
Two Lawsuits, in Texas and Idaho, Highlight Fight Over Emergency Medicine Law
‘Revenge on Palestine’: Jewish woman kidnapped and raped in Paris suburb
Anti-Christian hate crimes in Jerusalem on the rise after October 7
Islamic Terrorists Increase Attacks On Christians In Mozambique
Human rights group calls for reforms to protect Christians in West Papua
Select All-Hazards Stories
China blasts US military aid to Taiwan, says island entering a ‘dangerous situation’
Police investigating ‘Free Gaza’ vandalism at Texas Rep. John Carter’s office
Inside ‘Terrorgram’, the secretive hate group where deadly attacks are planned
UNAOC: High Representative’s Remarks at the High-level African Counter-Terrorism Meeting and African leaders meet in Nigeria to discuss terrorism
German police shoot machete-wielding man at university
Isolated Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains; Fire Weather Concerns in New Mexico and Southern Colorado National Weather Service
Bird flu virus fragments detected in retail milk in US
US Senate passes TikTok divestment-or-ban bill, Biden set to make it law and TikTok Isn’t Going Away—at Least Not Yet. Here’s What to Know. Chinese owner will have up to a year to sell the app. If it doesn’t, then TikTok will be banned in the U.S.
Meta’s A.I. Assistant Is Fun to Use, but It Can’t Be Trusted
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