Several case studies about food adulteration, theft of intellectual property, and active shooter incidents by insiders in the food and agriculture sector are included in the document, as are links to additional resources from the federal government and other entities. Keep Reading
Though the group has gained notoriety for its violence and mass kidnappings in Nigeria’s North East, Boko Haram is today a transnational threat that has sustained an insurgency despite both regional and international military counterterrorism efforts. Keep Reading
Psychiatric disorders range from 6% to 41% in the radicalized population and from 3.4% to 48.5% among terrorists. Among terrorists, psychiatric disorders are more frequent for lone-actor terrorists than for those in groups. Keep Reading
Exposures may result from industrial or transportation accidents, from unintended contamination of products or from deliberate chemical releases. Keep Reading
Ongoing conflicts in different parts of the country, state-facilitated starvation, fresh nationwide anti-government uprisings – and the Horn of Africa nation is once again in mayhem and the future is dreadfully uncertain. Keep Reading
The "most striking development" in international terrorism during the first half of this year has been "the emergence of Africa as the region most affected by terrorism" in terms of casualties and successful growth of terror groups, said a recent report assessing the activity of al-Qaeda and ISIS. Keep Reading
COVID-19 has shown the world the limited preparedness of the United States and others to deal with a bio-agent outbreak on a national level. Keep Reading
Many people will remember Colin Powell’s historic speech to the UN Security Council describing Iraq’s mobile production facilities for making biological weapons. Keep Reading
DHS's strategy didn't include all 7 elements of a successful strategy, such as a resource assessment for carrying it out. DHS could also do more to ensure it's gathering and able to use quality data to evaluate the success of its strategy. Keep Reading
Over a period of six months starting in August 2018, Dennison sent more than 30 hours of audio recordings to Trevor Aaronson, a journalist and executive director of the nonprofit Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. Keep Reading
"I feel like we've been in a full-scale exercise over the past year" as COVID slammed meatpacking industry, director says. Keep Reading
While experience fighting ISIS and al-Qaeda can be "directly relevant to countering REMVE, there are also significant differences that require new knowledge, approaches, strategies and tools." Keep Reading
In the aftermath of chemical weapons attacks, the remnants of munitions – ranging from small shards to large metal hulks – are usually the first and most important pieces of material evidence recovered from the scene. Keep Reading
A slate of recent papers and policy briefings have advised Western governments to reverse their designation of the Syrian group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a terrorist organization. Keep Reading
The seemingly constant threat posed to governments by terrorism is troublesome. The threat posed by so-called “homegrown terrorism,” which increased in prominence in Western countries after the London 7/7 bombings, raised the stakes. Keep Reading
Considering that the Islamic State claims to be the caliphate, it is hardly surprising that the organization sought to impose zakat taxation on the Muslim populations in the territories that it controlled in Iraq and Syria at the height of its power. Keep Reading
Online terrorism and violent extremism are cross-platform and transnational by nature. Nobody has just one app on their phone or their laptop, and bad actors are no different. Keep Reading
The Taliban have showed off containers full of weapons and military hardware seized from the Afghan military as American forces withdraw from the country and the militants march across the country. Keep Reading
Gamification is believed to make extremist propaganda more appealing and ‘fun’, thereby increasing the likelihood that individuals will engage with this type of content. Keep Reading
Participants will practice procedures on access and alarm controls, inspect physical protection systems, better understand computer security risks, and learn how to sweep an area for radioactive material during major public events, among other activities. Keep Reading