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In the latest episode of the Weekly Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics: Infrastructure Security. Idaho Power Plant. https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/crime/man-shooting-at-idaho-power-equipment-hells-canyon-brownlee/277-27bfdfd6-9718-4497-979d-7ac51ce2f7e1 I-95 Bridge Collapse. https://www.phila.gov/2023-06-11-updates-on-the-i-95-fire-and-partial-highway-collapse/  Trump I...

In the latest episode the Risk Roundtable, Andy and Dave welcome in Angie Gad to run through the hits. The topics discussed include: Drones Russia's Drone Barrage Ineffective Due to 'Poor Targeting Processes'—U.K. Inside Ukraine’s secretive drone program Russia says shoots down Ukraine-launched drones over Crimea, Kursk Gate 15 Resource Links: Drones AI Oh ****, maybe we did start building SkyNet…...

In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy discussed the following topics: What Memorial Day means to them. National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) DHS Issues National Terrorism Advisory System    A Vehicle Ramming·        U-Haul Truck Crashes into Security Barrier Near White House; 1 in Custody U-Haul driver identified, charged after crashing truck into barriers near White House. UK: Hostile...

On this week's Security Sprint Dave and Andy talked about the following topics: Cyber Signals (BEC) Shifting tactics fuel surge in business email compromise. On 19 May, Microsoft “released the fourth edition of Cyber Signals highlighting a surge in cybercriminal activity around business email compromise (BEC). Ransomware Cybersecurity experts confirm school security blueprints stolen in MPS ransom...

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour visits with Angie Gad. Angie is an experienced manager with a demonstrated ability to build and lead analyst teams having worked in intel and analysis in the private and public sectors. Skilled in teaching intelligence analysis, writing, and briefing with years of experience instructing and training analysts and students in analytical tradecra...

In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Alec talked about the following topics: Weather: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65587321 https://www.noaa.gov/hurricane-prep Faith-Based Security: https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/counterterrorism/nevada-man-charged-with-federal-hate-crimes-for-irvine-taiwanese-presbyterian-church-shooting/ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ohio-man-charged-att...

In the latest episode of the Weekly Security Sprint podcast, Dave and Andy talked about: Hostile Events Mass Killer Kills 8, Wounds 7 at Texas Mall & Gunman Kills 8, Injures 7 in Mass Shooting at Allen Outlets. 7 dead after driver intentionally runs over them in front of migrant shelter One dead, 4 taken to hospital after shooting in Midtown Atlanta, police say Suspected Atlanta hospital shooter D...

In the latest episode of the Risk Roundtable, Dave, Jen and Andy return to talk on very real and maybe somewhat less real threats across the all-hazards environment. Jen kicks things off sharing her thoughts on the recent FBI Advisory on jUIcE JaCKiNg!! Dave continues the focus on the FBI, sharing his heartfelt thoughts relating to the new Active Shooter report. Quick hits touch on Hurricane Prepa...

In the latest Weekly Security Sprint, Dave and Andy discussed the following topics. DHS! Department of Homeland Security Issues QHSR Detailing Strategy to Stay Ahead of Evolving Threat Environment . 2023 State of Homeland Security Remarks: Tackling an Evolving Threat Landscape – Homeland Security in 2023 Secretary Mayorkas Announces New Measures to Tackle A.I., PRC Challenges at First State of Hom...

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour visits with Chuck Egli, Senior Director at Gate 15 and Director of Preparedness and Response for WaterISAC, and Jennifer Lyn Walker, Director of Cyber Defense for Gate 15 and Director of Infrastructure Cyber Defense for WaterISAC. About WaterISAC: The U.S. water and wastewater sector’s leading national associations and research foundations est...

In the latest episode of Nerd Out, Dave took a break from the regular security news discussions and welcomed Alec Davison and April Zupan to talk about their paths to becoming security professionals. The group discussed how they got interested in security and provided some insight into their different paths and inspirations. They also shared some helpful pointers about navigating inside the analyt...

In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following topics: Insiders, hostile events, and data loss Louisville. AP: https://apnews.com/article/downtown-louisville-shooting-dc7b45a9c5d2b384a16d653864f8b735 DoD Data Loss. USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/13/dod-leaked-documents-pentagon-military-secrets/11648829002/ Ransomware Major cybersecuri...

In this weeks Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following topics: Blue Jeans Workshop Addressing MDM Threats While Protecting Free Speech; Identify and Address MDM (Mis- Dis- and Mal-information) Threats to Critical Infrastructure, While Protecting Free Speech Rights.: Physical Security: Nashville Police: Covenant Investigation Update. “Audrey Hale acted totally alone…planning over a...

In the latest episode of the Risk Roundtable, the prodigal cybersecurity expert returns full of wisdom and words Dave admires but can't understand. Jen brings her expertise to the table and talks about 3CX, and staying vigilant. Dave builds upon vigilance talking about Nashville and about the value of taking stock of lessons learned from the latest school shooting. In the quick hits, Jen and Dave...

In the latest episode of the Weekly Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics: Nashville School Shooting: CNN: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/nashville-shooting-covenant-school-03-27-23/index.html Gate 15's  Blue Jeans Worksho The Conversation:  ⁠⁠Watermarking ChatGPT, DALL-E and other generative AIs could help protect against fraud and misinformation⁠⁠ , 27 March, shared b...

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour visits with Dr. Jeff Masters. Jeff Masters, Ph. D., worked as a hurricane scientist with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 1986-1990. After a near-fatal flight into category 5 Hurricane Hugo, he left the Hurricane Hunters to pursue a safer passion - earning a 1997 Ph. D. in air pollution meteorology from the University of Michigan. In 1995, he c...

On the latest episode of Nerd Out, Dave goes solo to talk about behavioral analytics, recent reporting and how to merge those together to deliver insights and develop appropriate plans. It's one thing to have the data, and it's one thing to have the reports that point to various types of behaviors, but merging them together can be a challenge. Dave also talks to the ways to develop the data if you...

In this Week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talk about the following topics. Extremism and Terrorism: START reports. PIRUS: https://www.start.umd.edu/profiles-individual-radicalization-united-states-pirus-keshif; https://www.start.umd.edu/news/major-update-pirus-dataset-adds-955-us-subjects-2019-2021 Press Release via Yahoo! Terrorist attacks more deadly, despite decline in the West, 14 Mar, PDF...

On the latest episode of the Security Sprint, Andy bails Dave out on some technology issues and they work through it to cover the following topics. FBI IC3 Report:  FBI Internet Crime Report 2022 (PDF) & Report Statistics  Risky Biz News: BEC loses top spot in FBI Internet Crime report, 12 Mar  Physical Security: NJ [.] com:  Man yelled ‘white lives matter,’ threw smoke bombs at N.J. church’s anti...

In the latest episode of the Risk Roundtable, Andy and Dave welcome in Tracy Maleef as they went through the latest security news. Tracy kicked things off by looking at a new scam reported on by the Better Business Bureau involving craft fairs (is there no place that's safe). Then the roundtable took turns looking at the recently released National Cybersecurity Strategy and what it means for indiv...

In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following topics: National Cybersecurity Strategy:  White House: FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces National Cybersecurity Strategy, 02 Mar  Gizmodo: I Read the Biden Administration’s New Cyber Policy So You Don’t Have To, 04 Mar  US House Committee on Homeland Security: Green, Garbarino Statement on the...

In the latest Security Sprint Dave and Andy cover the following topics: Extremism: ADL: Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2022, 22 Feb Bridget Johnson in HS Today: Jewish Community, Law Enforcement Respond with Preparedness, Unity to Extremists’ ‘National Day of Hate,’ 24 Feb ABC 6 Action News: Philadelphia mosque vandalized with paint; suspect wanted, 27 Feb Blended Threats: CNN: Cyber...

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour visits with Rachel Tobac, (She/Her), CEO, SocialProof Security, Friendly Hacker. Rachel is a hacker and the CEO of SocialProof Security where she helps people and companies keep their data safe by training and pentesting them on social engineering risks. Rachel was also 2nd place winner of DEF CON’s wild spectator sport, the Social Engineering...

In the latest episode of Nerd Out, Dave is joined by Bridget Johnson and Joe Levy as they talked about some of the hostile events to date in 2023 and looked ahead to the coming faith-based holidays and celebrations in the coming months. Bridget talked about the California shootings and the power of copy cats, while Joe focused attention on the various ways that organizations can deploy security pr...

On this week's Security Sprint, Dave allows Andy to start off and talk about how the rightful name for the third Monday in February. Then Dave and Andy covered the following topics. Twitter & MFA Twitter: An update on two-factor authentication using SMS on Twitter, 15 Feb. TechSpot, Twitter’s SMS two-factor authentication is now a paid feature, 19 Feb Bleeping Computer, Twitter gets rid of SMS 2FA...