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V O L UM E 44 IS S UE 1 Monthly Brief

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A Florida detective was shot and killed while investigating a residence believed to house a

meth lab. An Arizona deputy sheriff lost his life responding to a burglary alarm at a

business. A Washington state park ranger was shot and killed after she attempted to

conduct a traffic stop.

These three law enforcement officers were among the 48 officers around the nation

who died in 2012 as a result of felonious incidents in the line of duty, according to the

FBI’s latest Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) report. All 48

officers would have undoubtedly considered their actions a part of the job. But the duties

performed by these brave men and women—and others just like them—are far from

routine, and this latest report continues to highlight the risks law enforcement officers face

on a daily basis. (Read More)

Despite expensive and inconvenient measures adopted after the 9/11 attacks to make

airplanes safer, airports remain as vulnerable as any other public place to someone with a

grudge, a weapon and a statement to make.

The Los Angeles International Airport shooting is unlikely to change that, many security

experts agree.

Although it's almost impossible to get on a plane with a bomb or gun, there's neither the

will nor the funds to similarly protect airport parking lots, curbsides, lobbies, ticket

counters and baggage claims. (Read More)

AIRPORT SECURITY STILL VULNERABLE

THE RISKS TO THE THIN BLUE LINE

LATEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED

AND ASSAULTED REPORT RELEASED

IG: DHS CYBERSECURITY TOOLS, TRAINING NOT UP TO PAR

The Department of Homeland Security has struggled to respond to

cybersecurity threats and disseminate information about them because of

lingering technical, funding and staffing woes, according to the agency’s

inspector general.

As hackers increasingly take aim at U.S. banks and other top targets, DHS still lacks

some tools to track the attacks, desperately needs additional analysts to interpret and

share its information in real time and lags in its efforts to train its existing cybersecurity

workforce, the watchdog found in a report released Monday. (Read More)

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NSA, HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUE ‘CEASE AND DESIST’

LETTERS TO NOVELTY STORE OWNER

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have

issued “cease and desist” letters to a novelty store owner who sells products that

poke fun at the federal government. (Read More)

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/3/nsa-dhs-issue-cease-and-desist-letters-novelty-sto/#ixzz2jqixv5Yl Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter

THE DARK NET: THE NEW FACE OF BLACK MARKETS AND

ORGANIZED CRIME It was a late summer evening and I was meeting an anonymous man in an empty parking lot in order to buy a fraction of something called a bitcoin. The reason: because it's the primary currency of online black markets.

The most infamous black market is a website called the Silk Road where about any illicit drug can be purchased anonymously but it's only the tip of the iceberg. Silk Road is the reason I was purchasing the bitcoin but I wasn't after drugs or contraband; rather, I was buying information. I wanted to map the online underworld and was therefore buying lists of links to other black market sites. (Read More)

CHINA IS SPYING ON YOU THROUGH YOUR KETTLE:

BUGS THAT SCAN WI-FI DEVICES FOUND IN

IMPORTED KITCHEN GADGETS

Russian investigators claim to have found household appliances imported from China

which contain hidden microchips that pump spam data and malware into Wi-Fi

networks.

Authorities in St Petersburg allegedly discovered 20 to 30 kettles and irons with 'spy

microchips that send some data to the foreign server', according to Russian media.

The revelation comes just as the EU launches an investigation into claims that Russia

itself bugged gifts to delegates at last month's G20 summit in an attempt to retrieve

data from computers and telephones. (Read More)

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2480900/China-spying-

KETTLE-Bugs-scan-wi-fi-devices-imported-kitchen-gadgets.html#ixzz2jqUSVCTs

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Improvised Explosive Devices (IED),

Package Inspection and Mail Room Procedures

Course

National Training Education and Exercise Division State/Federal Sponsored Course

Catalog # NJ-016-PREV

The Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Recognition, Package Inspection and Mail

Room Procedures course just received a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS),

National Training and Education Division (NTED) Catalog number:NJ-16-PREV.

Inclusion in the Federal sponsored course catalog means that Homeland Security Grant

Program (HSGP) funds can be utilized to purchase the course for the training of

personnel.

The Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), Package Inspection and Mail Room

Procedures Course is a two (2) day Instructor Led Training (ILT) and is broken into four

(4) modules.

The course provides Emergency Responders from all disciplines, as well as private

industry partners with a basic understanding of explosives, Improvised Explosive

Devices and Booby Traps; package handling, mail room procedures and bomb threats;

Vehicle Bombs and Inspections: and the use of X-Ray Technology. This course applies

to participants nationally and includes Federal, State, Local, Tribal Jurisdictions and the

Private Sector.

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