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DHS IP Partnership Bulletin (August 31, 2018)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) has published the latest version of its Partnership Bulletin, which provides a snapshot of upcoming training and exercise opportunities, critical infrastructure events, and key announcements. Some of the upcoming events include:

- A reminder that September is National Preparedness Month, with themes for each week nested in this year’s overall theme of “Disasters Happen. Prepare Now. Learn How;”

EPA Webinar – Customer Complaint Surveillance for Detecting Drinking Water Contamination (Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET)

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

This webinar will describe how water quality complaints from customers can be analyzed in real time to detect emerging water quality problems. It will describe methods and tools that can be used to analyze historical data to set thresholds that minimize the frequency of invalid alerts without compromising detection capabilities. See the flyer attached below for more information. Register at GoToWebinar.

FBI Director Says Homegrown Violent Extremists Are “Primary Terrorist Threat” to U.S.

During his keynote address for a meeting of Utah-based law enforcement officers yesterday, FBI Director Christopher Wray stated “the primary terrorist threat to the homeland here today, without question, is homegrown violent extremists. That’s what keeps us awake at night.” A homegrown violent extremist, or HVE, is a person based in the U.S. who has become radicalized and inspired by foreign terrorist groups, such as the Islamic State or al Qa’ida.

UK Poisoning Incident as a Turning Point, Inspiration for Terrorists

The use of the Russian nerve agent Novichok in the assassination attempt of double agent Sergei Skripal in the quiet city of Salisbury, England was a violation of international law banning the use of chemical weapons. Specialist Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, who works for a company that supplies gas masks to the U.S. military, calls it a turning point. "The hundred-year taboo on the use of chemical weapons has been completely broken," he said. Gordon said it only took a couple of drops of Novichok to shut down parts of Salisbury for months.

Hurricane Lane - 2018

August 27, 2018

As of 0500 HST (1100 EST), Lane is located 520 miles west-southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii and proceeding west at 8 mph. Lane has restrengthened to a Tropical Storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. A decrease in forward speed is expected tonight as Lane makes a turn toward the northwest. Lane is then expected to accelerate toward the northwest on Tuesday and Wednesday.

There are no watches or warnings in effect. The state of Hawaii has reported it has no unmet needs.

Infamous Al Qa’ida Bombmaker Is Dead, According to US Government Officials

US officials have expressed confidence that Ibrahim al-Asiri, al Qa’ida’s master bombmaker, was killed by a CIA drone strike last year. Al-Asiri was known for having perfected miniaturized bombs with little to no metal content, making them difficult for screening processes to detect. He is believed to have been behind such high-profile plots as the “underwear bomb” attempt that intended to detonate a flight in 2009 and “the printer bomb” that involved planting explosive devices in printers sent from Yemen to the US.

DHS IP Partnership Bulletin (August 17, 2018 Edition)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) has published the latest version of its Partnership Bulletin, which provides a snapshot of upcoming training and exercise opportunities, critical infrastructure events, and key announcements. Some of the upcoming events include:

- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Region VIII Infrastructure Resilience Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 12, 2018;

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