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.
CISA Live! Presents: “People’s Republic of China Cyber Threats” | LinkedIn
Event by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Wed, May 15, 2024, 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern
From CISA Live! announcement:
“Join us on Wednesday, May 15 for our next CISA Live! on LinkedIn. Andrew Scott, CISA’s Associate Director for China Operations will discuss why cyber actors from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) pose a significant threat to U.S. critical infrastructure.
Critical infrastructure owners and operators, stakeholders, and all participants will hear about CISA’s efforts to detect, prevent, and defend against PRC cyber actors’ efforts to pre-position for disruptive or destructive attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure.
Learn about information, tools, technical assistance, and other resources available through CISA and bring your questions for the live Q&A.
We hope you can join us on May 15 at 11:30 am EST!”
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Analyst Comments:
According to the latest annual report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, “China remains the most active and persistent cyber threat to U.S. Government, private sector, and critical infrastructure networks.”
Faith-Based Organizations should consider learning about the cyber threat from China.
Continuing Protests on US Campuses and Internationally
The following articles relate to the continuing protest on campuses:
- House passes antisemitism bill over complaints from First Amendment advocates
- Scoop: Inside Biden’s antisemitism task force meeting as protests roil U.S.
- Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide; America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.
- As pro-Palestinian protests continue on college campuses, Episcopal chaplains, churches offer support to protesters
- Stanford Jewish students on taking photo of man with Hamas headband on campus: ‘We were just in shock’
- More than 2,100 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses
- 134 protesters arrested on 2 campuses had no connection to schools, NYPD says
- Eric Adams under pressure to divulge details on ‘outside agitators’ at campus protests
- Attack on U.C.L.A. Encampment Stirs Fears of Clashes Elsewhere
- Fresh chaos, arrests on US college campuses as police flatten camp at UCLA
- Pro-Palestinian protest at Penn enters 8th day; petition to end encampment delivered
- Dueling demonstrations on Israel-Hamas war held at George Washington U. (video)
- Jailed students, a canceled commencement, angry parents: USC’s Carol Folt takes on critics
- Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampments at universities in Australia
- Paris police remove pro-Palestinian students occupying Sciences Po university
- Pro-Palestine Protests in the U.S. Since October 7, 2023
- Pro-Israel Protests in the U.S. Since October 7, 2023
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