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.
Cyber Fundamentals from FS-ISAC
FS-ISAC’s website provides 16 recommendations appropriate for all levels of cyber maturity. The website details:
- Know your network
- Regularly update and patch software
- Encrypt data at rest and in transit
- Use strong passwords for every employee, device, and account
- Require MFAs
- Use a zero-trust, least privilege policy with MFA
- Use VPNs
- Use backup systems to duplicate data and system configurations
- Develop an incident response plan specific to attack type
- Use firewalls, configured closed by default, with active blocking
- Train employees on their role in cybersecurity
- Keep a log of system activity
- Use secure configuration management
- Incorporate application security controls
- Harden your API controls
Analyst Comments:
While these recommendations are designed for financial institutions, they are very relevant for Faith-Based Organizations (FBO). FBO’s should consider reviewing these recommendations and adopting any that are appropriate.
Weekly Security Sprint EP 71. Playing the hits – hurricanes, ransomware, hostile events
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.
On this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy tackle the all-hazards environment and applaud some exciting updates from FB-ISAO.
- DHS Faith-Based Security Advisory Council. Latest Recommendations:
- June 24, 2024 | FBSAC Combatting Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) Subcommittee Final Report
- June 24, 2024 | FBSAC Countering and Responding to Targeted Violence and Terrorism (TVT) Subcommittee Final Report. This report has several references to FB-ISAO.
- June 24, 2024 | FBSAC Countering Transnational Repression (TNR) Subcommittee Final Report. With contributions from FB-ISAO’s Mayya Saab.
Dave and Andy also discuss:
- Beryl! Sea Level Rise!!
- Cyber threats, frustrations and celebrating orgs taking a proactive approach to security and resilience!
- Hate, Extremism, Terrorism
- Social Media & Private Public Coordination International
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 Storie
Jews at North Carolina book event ‘stomped on and choked’ by masked anti-Israel mob and Asheville synagogue leader speaks out on library assault, community unrest
NY: Jewish Man Attacked After Accident in Crown Heights
CA: 5 Vehicles Spray Painted With Swastikas, Hate Speech In East County
Man arrested for leaving sign with threatening anti-LGBTQ message at NH church
Hoax bomb threat sent to Tree of Life synagogue, site of deadly 2018 shooting
SC: Protesters arrested during Greenville abortion protest file lawsuit against city
Here’s a Partial List of Assaults on American Jews in June
Tracker: Over 400 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches Since May 2020, updated July 2, 2024
What to Know About the Pro-Hamas Antisemitic Group “Within Our Lifetime”
CA: A plan to fund $1 million in security for Jewish spaces is amended after a protest at City Hall
Vandals in Austria behead sculpture of Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus
Christian man sentenced to death for blasphemy after Muslim riot in Jaranwala
Select All-Hazards Stories
FBI Helps Public to Recognize Signs of Concerning Behavior
DHS Announces New Resources to Combat Gender-Based Violence and Combating Gender-Based Violence
Multi-State: Juvenile suspect identified in multi-state bomb threats and swatting hoaxes
Hurricane Beryl roars toward Jamaica after killing at least 6 people in the southeast Caribbean
Around 40 killed in attack on central Mali village
Australia police arrest teenage boy after stabbing at Sydney university
Hospital bomb plotter guilty of terror charge (occurred Jan 2023)
Are You Ready for California’s New Workplace Violence Prevention Regulation?
FEMA: 4 Ways to Stay Safe on July Fourth
Excessive Heat Continues in the Western and Southern U.S. Through the Independence Day Holiday National Weather Service
No room for error: Don’t get stung by these common Booking.com scams
Insider Threat: Fake Therapist Fooled Hundreds Online Until She Died, State Records Say
Security Threats Emerging from AI
A Bugatti car, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at Americans
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