The latest incident response report from the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) — part of DHS — warns of an ongoing cyberattack against the computer networks of US natural gas pipeline companies.

Continue reading ICS-CERT alert: Natural gas pipelines under attack?

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Private Sector Resources Catalog has been completely updated and reorganized to ensure that you and your organization can quickly and easily find all the resources that you need.

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By the end of April, terror threats to the U.S. will no longer be described in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange and red, The Associated Press has learned.

Continue reading Color-coded terror warnings to be gone by April 27

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The second edition of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Risk Lexicon is now available.

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Public Law 110-53 includes a provision (Title IX, PS-Prep), for the development of a voluntary disaster preparedness certification process for private sector entities. This voluntary certification and accreditation program is being developed and managed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Continue reading Survey: PS-Prep, Is It Relevant?

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There is growing interest in the subject of resilience on the part of President Obama’s Administration, as well as lively discussion regarding this issue in academic, business, and governmental circles. This article offers an operational framework that can prove useful to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and stakeholders at all levels, both public and private, as a basis for incorporating resilience into our infrastructure and society in order to make the nation safer.

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BS 25999 is a business continuity management standard developed by British Standards Institution and is used by businesses globally. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced its intent to adopt BS 25999 (which comes in two parts) on a trial basis as one of three standards for use in the Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation and Certification Program (PS-Prep).

Continue reading DHS Announces Intent to Adopt BSI’s Preparedness Standard

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Four years ago, the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security found the agency’s IT disaster recovery plans were below par. While the DHS’s situation has improved somewhat with the addition of two new data centers, a new inspector general report finds the department’s disaster recovery plans still aren’t up to snuff.

Continue reading DHS Disaster Recovery Plans Lacking, Report Finds

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The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today the release of the final Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: “Developing and Maintaining State, Territorial, Tribal, and Local Government Emergency Plans.”

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released details of the projects being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, recently passed in both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Obama.

Continue reading Economic Recovery Money Will Create Jobs While Making America Safer

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National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled by FEMA 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 response and recovery.

Continue reading Did You Know – National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)

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