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Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 8 May 2024

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.

FEMA Seeks Feedback on Draft “Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning for Emergency Managers.”

FEMA and the DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships are seeking feedback on the draft, “Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency Managers.” 

FEMA is hosting several 60-minute webinar sessions to provide an overview of the draft of the document and facilitate discussion with participants to gather feedback on additional ways to improve the guide. FEMA seeks input, especially real-world experiences, that can be incorporated into the guide. Advance registration is required.

Comments made during the webinars are for discussion purposes only.  A line-numbered version of the draft guide is provided to help identify specific areas or topics for potential update. The feedback form can be used to capture any recommendations. To provide input, download the line-numbered version of the document “Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency Managers” and feedback form, then submit the completed feedback form to [email protected]. This open comment period will conclude at close of business on June 21, 2024.

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 Analyst Comments:

FEMA’s call for feedback on Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency Managers provides an opportunity for Faith-Based Organizations (FBO) to make recommendations on the guidance emergency mangers receive.  This may lead to the emergency managers providing assistance  that is most beneficial to FBOs. Utilizing the Line-Numbered Draft “Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency Managers” and providing feedback on the Feedback Form is probably the most effective way for your input to reach the document’s publishers.

Weekly Security Sprint EP 64. Verizon DBIR, MDM, Hurricanes, Cyber Resilience

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:

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).

Campus Protest and Related Headlines

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Pro-Hamas Rioters Brutally Assault and Rob Jewish Man in NYC

FL: Suspect killed by deputies threatened people at Plant City church: HCSO

TX: WFPD: Man arrested for making threats against church members

PA: Man claims God told him to shoot pastor during service but gun jammed and ‘God jammed the gun’ Suspect who pulled gun on pastor during livestreamed sermon charged with fatally shooting his cousin

Church disruptions on the rise throughout Pittsburgh area in recent weeks

PA: Two teenagers accused of damaging organ and sound system at Irwin church

PA: Man accused of leaving antisemitic note at Jewish center in Carlisle

WA: Nearly 100 tires left on church property as vandals strike again

PA: Sign outside historic synagogue in Center City defaced with hateful vandalism

NYC rabbi speaks out after fake bomb threat. What she’s saying to the community.

Calls for action at Las Vegas Christian school following photo with racial context

WI: Merrill man pleads no contest to sexually assaulting children at Langlade County church

Global Terror Threat Has Skyrocketed Due to Oct. 7 Hamas Attack, Gaza War, Experts Warn

Arson Awareness Week focuses on houses of worship; local pastor shares experience

Biden condemns antisemitism at Holocaust remembrance ceremony

ICYMI: Biden-Harris Administration Hosts Multi-Faith Leader Climate Resilience Roundtable, Highlights Faith- and Community-Based Partnerships

Presbyterian Healthcare Services Agrees to Settle Email Breach Lawsuit

Pakistan Church Severely Damaged in Violent Attack

Australia: Days on the run limited for church rioters, police warn

Number of antisemitic incidents reached record high in 2023, says B’nai Brith Canada audit

Select All-Hazards Stories

Two dead, 21 injured after knife attack in hospital in China’s Yunnan province

Canadian man shot dead in Egypt, says security source

China’s Military Satellites Are Watching America’s Every Move

Inside the Climate Protests Hell-Bent on Stopping Tesla

Australian boy killed by police was in deradicalization program since causing school explosion

Sweden Tightens Security At Eurovision Amid Pro-Palestinian Protests

California law requires workplace violence prevention plan, other states could follow

Building Safety Month: Understanding the Mission and Building Code Basics

Severe Thunderstorm and Excessive Rainfall Threats in the Central U.S. Today National Weather Service

Destructive tornadoes and storms pummel Michigan Tuesday, and millions more face a severe weather threat Wednesday

USDA reports more H5N1 detections in poultry, wild birds and With H5N1 avian flu silently spreading in US cattle, wastewater testing could be key

Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams.’

FTX crypto fraud victims to get their money back — plus interest

Europol: Austrian scammers escape investors, but not law enforcement

Cannabis Investors Scammed: Thousands Lost In Bogus Resort Scheme In Remote Alaskan Village

Met Gala Deepfakes Are Flooding Social Media

How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false

TikTok is suing the US government; TikTok calls the US government’s decision to ban or force a sale of the app ‘unconstitutional.’

Fact Sheet: 2024 Report on the Cybersecurity Posture of the United States

Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Releases Version 2 of the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan

CISA Cyber PSA: We Can Secure Our World

More Security-focused Content

Read more about the 2023 Threat Data and what the data tells us about the threat landscape.
Read the March 2024 Threat Level Statement Update
Access all-hazards resources from public and private sector partners, curated by the FB-ISAO team.

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