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NATIONAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS COALITION (NDPCI) is a 501(c) 3, non-profit organization that was
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NO VE M B E R 2013
V O L UM E 44 IS S UE 1 Monthly Brief
NATIONAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS COALITION®
A Florida detective was shot and killed while investigating a residence believed to house a
meth lab. An Arizona deputy sheriff lost his life responding to a burglary alarm at a
business. A Washington state park ranger was shot and killed after she attempted to
conduct a traffic stop.
These three law enforcement officers were among the 48 officers around the nation
who died in 2012 as a result of felonious incidents in the line of duty, according to the
FBI’s latest Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) report. All 48
officers would have undoubtedly considered their actions a part of the job. But the duties
performed by these brave men and women—and others just like them—are far from
routine, and this latest report continues to highlight the risks law enforcement officers face
on a daily basis. (Read More)
Despite expensive and inconvenient measures adopted after the 9/11 attacks to make
airplanes safer, airports remain as vulnerable as any other public place to someone with a
grudge, a weapon and a statement to make.
The Los Angeles International Airport shooting is unlikely to change that, many security
experts agree.
Although it's almost impossible to get on a plane with a bomb or gun, there's neither the
will nor the funds to similarly protect airport parking lots, curbsides, lobbies, ticket
counters and baggage claims. (Read More)
AIRPORT SECURITY STILL VULNERABLE
THE RISKS TO THE THIN BLUE LINE
LATEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED
AND ASSAULTED REPORT RELEASED
IG: DHS CYBERSECURITY TOOLS, TRAINING NOT UP TO PAR
The Department of Homeland Security has struggled to respond to
cybersecurity threats and disseminate information about them because of
lingering technical, funding and staffing woes, according to the agency’s
inspector general.
As hackers increasingly take aim at U.S. banks and other top targets, DHS still lacks
some tools to track the attacks, desperately needs additional analysts to interpret and
share its information in real time and lags in its efforts to train its existing cybersecurity
workforce, the watchdog found in a report released Monday. (Read More)
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NSA, HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUE ‘CEASE AND DESIST’
LETTERS TO NOVELTY STORE OWNER
The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have
issued “cease and desist” letters to a novelty store owner who sells products that
poke fun at the federal government. (Read More)
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/3/nsa-dhs-issue-cease-and-desist-letters-novelty-sto/#ixzz2jqixv5Yl Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
THE DARK NET: THE NEW FACE OF BLACK MARKETS AND
ORGANIZED CRIME It was a late summer evening and I was meeting an anonymous man in an empty parking lot in order to buy a fraction of something called a bitcoin. The reason: because it's the primary currency of online black markets.
The most infamous black market is a website called the Silk Road where about any illicit drug can be purchased anonymously but it's only the tip of the iceberg. Silk Road is the reason I was purchasing the bitcoin but I wasn't after drugs or contraband; rather, I was buying information. I wanted to map the online underworld and was therefore buying lists of links to other black market sites. (Read More)
CHINA IS SPYING ON YOU THROUGH YOUR KETTLE:
BUGS THAT SCAN WI-FI DEVICES FOUND IN
IMPORTED KITCHEN GADGETS
Russian investigators claim to have found household appliances imported from China
which contain hidden microchips that pump spam data and malware into Wi-Fi
networks.
Authorities in St Petersburg allegedly discovered 20 to 30 kettles and irons with 'spy
microchips that send some data to the foreign server', according to Russian media.
The revelation comes just as the EU launches an investigation into claims that Russia
itself bugged gifts to delegates at last month's G20 summit in an attempt to retrieve
data from computers and telephones. (Read More)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2480900/China-spying-
KETTLE-Bugs-scan-wi-fi-devices-imported-kitchen-gadgets.html#ixzz2jqUSVCTs
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Improvised Explosive Devices (IED),
Package Inspection and Mail Room Procedures
Course
National Training Education and Exercise Division State/Federal Sponsored Course
Catalog # NJ-016-PREV
The Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Recognition, Package Inspection and Mail
Room Procedures course just received a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
National Training and Education Division (NTED) Catalog number:NJ-16-PREV.
Inclusion in the Federal sponsored course catalog means that Homeland Security Grant
Program (HSGP) funds can be utilized to purchase the course for the training of
personnel.
The Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), Package Inspection and Mail Room
Procedures Course is a two (2) day Instructor Led Training (ILT) and is broken into four
(4) modules.
The course provides Emergency Responders from all disciplines, as well as private
industry partners with a basic understanding of explosives, Improvised Explosive
Devices and Booby Traps; package handling, mail room procedures and bomb threats;
Vehicle Bombs and Inspections: and the use of X-Ray Technology. This course applies
to participants nationally and includes Federal, State, Local, Tribal Jurisdictions and the
Private Sector.