In February 2022, many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were targeted by bomb threats. Leaders of those institutions can now apply for campus safety grants to protect their communities from security threats.

As Infrastructure Security Month comes to a close, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) discusses its free counter-IED training programs.

Sports venues for many years have been on the lookout for weapons like guns and knives at their entrance ways, and it would probably be very difficult for a bad actor to enter a stadium with a nuclear warhead.

After an incident is not the time to review your bomb threat preparedness plan. Work with local law enforcement and first responders, as well as internal stakeholders and partners, to develop a more comprehensive, confidential bomb threat response plan. 

According to the Educator’s School Safety Network (ESSN), a national non-profit school safety organization, the vast majority of media reports related to school safety this school year have been about bomb threats.

All Los Angeles Unified School District schools were closed this morning until further notice after LAUSD received a “credible threat.”
 

A Twitter user both claimed responsibility for the denial-of-service attack against Sony's PlayStation Network and also suggested there was a bomb on-board Sony executive John Smedley's American Airlines flight.

Law enforcement authorities in Waseca, Minnesota, say they have thwarted a 17-year-old’s plan to kill his family, start a diversionary fire, set off bombs at an area school during lunch, kill the resource officer on campus and then shoot students.