Yesterday Secretary Napolitano reached out to the public with a message to encourage citizen participation in the fight against terrorism. (Yes, I said it: terrorism. And so did she.) The message isn’t a new one but it is good to hear repeated.
Mickey McCarter of HS Today spoke with Security Debrief contributor Randy Bearsworth about his recent appointment to Secretary Napolitano’s 60-day task force regarding the current terror alert system. Breadsworth, who most recently co-chaired the Presidential Study Directive-1 (PSD-1): Organizing for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, spoke with HS Today about the goals of the system and future of notifying both the public and government partners in the case of an emergency.
Cyber Security is not a new issue. We have grappled with security of all sorts for decades, and the protection of information and communications means did not start yesterday. But, to dismiss the changes that have occurred in the last few years in connectivity, in interdependence across sectors, and in threat levels to them as “nothing new”, is dangerously ludicrous.
Memo To ‘Color Alert’ Task Force: Put Your Citizen Hats On, Design With/For Public, Integrate Into Overall Citizen Preparedness Program, Consider All-Hazards Approach (Maybe Starting With H1N1), Replace Changing Colors With Consistent Communications, Advisory Should Be Two-Way, Let Public In ‘The Bubble’, Utilize Social Media The Department is now accepting comments on the future of […]
Security Weekly: Examining the Jakarta Attacks: Trends and Challenges On the morning of July 17, a guest at the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta came down to the lobby and began walking toward the lounge with his roll-aboard suitcase in tow and a backpack slung across his chest. Sensing something odd about the fellow, alert […]
National Level Exercise 2009 – NLE 09 Terror Exercise : Homeland Security News National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident […]
It is obviously way too soon to articulate possible recommendations; after all the strength of a task force is that we bring diverse perspectives and experiences to bear on the problem. However, for those of you who know me, you know that I am an advocate of resilience as foundational principal on how we should think about homeland security.
Last year DHS asked the President’s private sector advisors on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) to examine what impedes the nation’s ability to respond and recover from a major disaster resulting in the prolonged loss of infrastructure service. On Tuesday, the Department and the President received their answer.
It will be the largest police presence on the streets of Pittsburgh in a generation.
Weaknesses In Federal Security – Another Perspective – Michael Brown Today – Michael Brown, Homeland Security, FEMA Let’s recap the mainstream media’s reporting: GAO is able to get bomb-making material into federal buildings. Congress is outraged that this could happen. FPS must be an agency in crisis. People working for the FPS are incompetent. What we […]
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