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CISA identifies data-driven security best practices for K-12 schools in simulation experiment

CISA, MITRE, and GMU collaborated to explore and analyze current and evolving security procedures and technologies to improve school security—primarily against active assailants

December 15, 2020

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a report from a School Security Simulation Experiment (SIMEX) focused on current security procedures and technologies to improve both physical and operational security in K-12 schools. The two-week SIMEX, conducted jointly with MITRE and George Mason University in August, served as a pilot to determine whether a SIMEX is a viable tool that can be used to evaluate policies, technologies, and procedures related to school safety in the future.

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US Secret Service hosts cyber incident response simulation

December 15, 2020

The US Secret Service hosted a virtual Cyber Incident Response Simulation for financial services, real estate, retail and hospitality executives who trained on mitigation strategies for a simulated business email compromise (BEC) attack. Business Email Compromise is a sophisticated scam targeting both businesses and individuals performing a transfer of funds. The scam is frequently carried out when a subject compromises legitimate business e-mail accounts through social engineering or computer intrusion techniques to conduct unauthorized transfers of funds.

FBI releases 2019 NIBRS Crime Data

December 14, 2020

The FBI released detailed data on nearly 7.7 million criminal offenses reported via the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2019. The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s latest report, NIBRS, 2019, presents data about victims, known offenders, and relationships for offenses reported in 23 categories with 52 offenses. It also presents arrest data for those crimes, as well as 10 additional categories for which only arrest data is collected.

Oxford Connecticut schools to implement security operations center (SOC) and mass notification system

Oxford, Connecticut public schools receive grant to build security operations center overseeing campuses

December 14, 2020

The town of Oxford, Connecticut and its public schools will receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services to create a security operations center (SOC) with three personnel monitoring the district's four school campuses.

SolarWinds Orion current cybersecurity breach

CISA calls on public and private agencies to shutdown use of SolarWinds Orion products due to active security breach

December 14, 2020

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an Emergency Directive 21-01, in response to a known compromise involving SolarWinds Orion products that are currently being exploited by malicious actors.

Campus Security Moves to the Fore at Colleges and Universities

Email systems breached at the US Treasury and Commerce Departments

Maria Henriquez

December 14, 2020

Hackers working on behalf a foreign government are believed to be behind a highly sophisticated attack into a range of key government networks, including in the Treasury and Commerce Departments, and other agencies. The hackers had free access to their email systems.

For future security leaders: teen book series focuses on STEM for girls

December 14, 2020

A fiction book series focused on STEM/STEAM learning with a female teen protagonist, aims to encourage young readers’ interest in technical careers.

Carnegie Mellon’s updated IoT Privacy Assistant app allows users to maintain privacy

December 14, 2020

After a successful launch earlier this year, Carnegie Mellon researchers introduced the latest version of the IoT Privacy Assistant, an app and digital infrastructure that enables users to discover IoT devices nearby, learn about the data they collect and any controls they might possibly give, such as opting in or out of their data collection and use practices.

The City of Columbus has named Chance Corbett as the new Emergency Management Director.

City of Columbus names Chance Corbett as emergency management director

December 11, 2020

The City of Columbus has named Chance Corbett as the new Emergency Management Director.

AAPA port maritime requests $3.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funding

U.S. ports request $3.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funds

December 11, 2020

In a joint plea to Congressional leadership and Treasury Secretary Steven Munchin this week, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) — the unified and collective voice of America’s seaports — and a host of other maritime transportation entities, asked that $3.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funding be made available for the U.S. maritime transportation sector, citing “significant hardships” and “unique and unexpected challenges” posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.