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Eno Transportation Weekly
The House Homeland Security Committee held a joint hearing to look at ways to secure the U.S. surface transportation system from cyber attacks, including potential threats posted by Chinese manufacture of rail cars. The hearing was jointly held by two subcommittees, the Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee, the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee. The hearing had two panels – one from the federal government, and one from outside groups.
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The Wall Street Journal
Chinese hackers have targeted more than two dozen universities in the U.S. and around the globe as part of an elaborate scheme to steal research about maritime technology being developed for military use, according to cybersecurity experts and current and former U.S. officials.
The University of Hawaii, the University of Washington and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are among at least 27 universities in the U.S., Canada and Southeast Asia that Beijing has targeted, according to iDefense, a cybersecurity intelligence unit of Accenture Security.
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Maritime Logistics Professional
In the choppy wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it had suddenly dawned on lawmakers and maritime security stakeholders everywhere that the nation’s ports were also at great risk, with little being done in a substantial way to prevent a similar tragedy on the water. Out of those concerns came the challenge of achieving what the U.S. Coast Guard refers to as "Maritime Domain Awareness."
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Vice News
While the Trump administration has been focused on trade wars, China has found another way to challenge U.S. power — by using its signature overseas development policy, "The Belt and Road Initiative," to advance military interests, especially on the high seas.
China is using the debts it is owed by other countries to purchase or invest in strategically located ports around the world on terms favorable to Beijing.
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Gregory "Cruz" Grutter
While a new instructor at the Police Academy, I was beyond excited to be in this new roll. I was excited about the ability to impact officers lives and the lives of the ones we are sworn to protect. I was going to provide the best firearms training I could, no matter the cost. After a short time of learning the lay of the land, I jumped in with both feet. Not at all paying attention to the toes of others I may be stepping on. (Blog for another time.)
What I quickly realized was the instructors from various defensive disciplines/tactical areas were teaching things totally different. The firearms team was teaching in a different way than the other instructors. Even more, the way we taught handgun, was not the same as rifle. Shotgun was nothing like the others and sub-gun was altogether different, too. Once the new recruits left firearms they moved to officer survival and did all the contact and cover stuff and more. But again this was different, too.
How is the young officer going to remember how to stand if at every stage of their use-of-force its different?
Fast forward a number of years and I am running my own show as a teacher, not as an instructor. I clearly understand the need for things to be tactically sound and court defensible. Techniques need to work during the day and at night. Speed and fatigue will break a technique. We need to safely apply that pressure in training to ensure what we are giving the rank and file is what works in the field. We need to run force-on-force to find the truth and pull the lessons from the fight. We need the force-on-force to be clear cut, short and realistic scenarios for the officers to improve, not to re-enforce negative habits. If the scenarios are short and well put together we can take multiple runs at it. This will not only give the trainees a good understanding of what to do to get better, but it will also help with the educational part as well.
Today when an organization, agency, department or even the solo officer looks at training, it needs to be with eyes wide open. We need to provide congruent training that supports all we do. Here at the NMLEA from our entry level programs to our most advanced they fill that requirement.
Contact me today to learn more about how your training, and firearms training specifically, can ensure that we are preparing our officers correctly... especially in the maritime domain. (Click here to send Cruz a note or to find out more.)
NMLEA
Among the many opportunities to reduce costs related to managing cyber risks across an organization, managing the costs of cyber risk insurance is emerging as another significant advantage of RiskSense (an NMLEA STAR Product). According to the Economist, “Demand for cyber-insurance is growing fast. Satisfying it will pose great challenges for insurers.”
Synopsis: Organizations are re-considering their cybersecurity strategy due to several factors;
- The financial and legal consequences of a breach are increasing.
- The acceleration of cyber threats, including the growing pace and scale of attacks mean organizations cannot stand still.
- The steady growth of the digitally connected enterprise (e.g. IoT), also known as the “Attack Surface” is dramatically increasing cyber risk.
- Increasing end-point, perimeter security tools, or additional compliance-based activities are often ineffective at reducing cyber risk, and
- Organizations are looking for business-case rationale to help drive better cybersecurity strategies.
With spending forecasts projecting global cybersecurity spending to exceed $124 Billion in 2019, the question most often asked is, what should our budget priorities be? Hire or contract with cybersecurity experts? Purchase more scanners and cyber security software?
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The Associated Press via Navy Times
A maritime center with a pool big enough to hold a small ship and simulate hurricane conditions is set to open in Currituck County in two years. It will serve to train groups such as special operations forces, law enforcement and offshore wind crews.
It could be the first of its kind in the world.
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The National Interest
Currently, the most severe threats in the cyber domain still emanate from nation-states like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, which possess the necessary resources and manpower to mount sustained digital campaigns. Increasingly, however, non-state threat actors are expanding their technological sophistication and cyber capabilities as well.
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U.S. News & World Report
The start of 2019 marks at least five years of an increasingly complicated international security environment and a return of geopolitical competition among great powers. Here are some of the greatest security threats that can emanate from Europe and Eurasia and that will impact U.S. and global security.
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FCW
Blockchain and machine learning technologies can provide a solid foundation for the Customs and Border Protection's 21st Century Customs Framework and could help ease larger cross-border criminal issues, vendors and lawmakers told the agency. The meeting to discuss CBP's 21st Century Customs Framework drew hundreds of companies, from those who use its trade systems, as well as technology providers.
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Task & Purpose
Facing a shortfall of roughly 6,200 sailors at sea, top Navy commanders promised lawmakers that they won't force undermanned and undertrained crews to deploy. Adm. John Aquilino, commander of Pacific Fleet, and Adm. Christopher Grady, commander of Fleet Forces Command, testified recently that the Navy still has about 6,200 billets at sea that need to be filled. If Congress passes spending bills on time, they estimate the Navy will be fully manned by 2024.
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