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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.
Protecting places of worship from violence and terrorist danger
SOAR Programme posted this 58-page guide which was funded by the European Union’s Internal Security Fund and created by SHIELD (solutionS to enHance Interfaith protEction of pLaces of worship from terrorist Danger).
The guide’s introduction states:
“This handbook is a concise and smart guide on the main outcomes and recommendations of the SHIELD project to support the protection of places of worship from terrorist danger. Behind the SHIELD project there is a consortium of 18 partners from 10 EU countries, working from January 2022 to March 2024, and funded by the European Union’s Internal Security Fund in the framework of its Counter-Terrorism policies and action plan. Such a plan has the aim to support the protection of public spaces, to develop better capacities to detect and mitigate threats, to improve the resilience of communities as well as raising citizens’ awareness, and engaging more at regional and local level, as well as at international level.”
The guidance details:
- STATISTICS DATA ANALYSIS
- EARLY PREVENTION
- VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL
- TECHNICAL SECURITY MEASURES
- IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN ATTACK
- SHIELD PARNERS
PDF:
Analyst Comments:
While this guidance is intended for European Union members, the information can be useful to U.S. Faith-Based Organizations.
This European Union funded guidance was originally posted by a member on FB-ISAO’s Slack. FB-ISAO members share up-to-the-minute security information and resources on FB-ISAO Slack, often before it is available widely.
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