Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – September 19, 2024

The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.

Natural Hazards/Climate Change

• High risk of tropical development, US hurricane threat next week – Accu Weather
• Maps: See updates on the 3 largest Southern California wildfires – NBC Los Angeles
• More hurricanes are lingering for days, a new study found. Here are the places most at risk – Washington Post
• Historic rainfall inflicts chaotic floods across four continents – Phys.org
• New stormwater infrastructure is needed for Canadian cities to handle increased urban flooding – The Conversation
• Stopping hurricanes is bold, risky and failed idea. Some want to try again – Washington Post
• U.S. Drought Monitor – National Drought Mitigation Center
• How to foster climate resilience in your community – NOAA

Operational Resilience

• Audit finds Vermont failed to complete steps to reduce risk from natural disasters such as flooding – AP
• Dams Built to Prevent Coastal Flooding Can Worsen It –  ScienceDaily
• Coastal cities’ growing hurricane vulnerability is fed by both climate change and unbridled population growth – The Conversation
• Water Resilience Tracker enables cross-sectoral collaboration – Smart Water Magazine
• Exploding Pager Attack Puts Spotlight on Tampering Along the Supply Chain – Security Management Magazine
• COLUMN: Nextdoor is an Essential Social Media Platform for Emergency Managers – Homeland Security Today
• South Korea removed 1,300 cameras from its military bases after discovering they’re designed to feed back to a Chinese server – Business Insider
• North Korean Spies Are Infiltrating U.S. Companies Through IT Jobs – Wall Street Journal
• MI6 and CIA warn of ‘reckless campaign of sabotage across Europe’ being waged by Russia – Sky News

Extremism/Terrorism

• Twenty years later, the National Counterterrorism Center confronts new phase of terrorism – NCTC
• Pakistani National with Ties to Iran Charged in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate a Politician or U.S. Government Official – DOJ
• US homeland security chief warns of lone terror attacks at election poll sites – Guardian
• Germany arrests Syrian national over plot to kill soldiers – Reuters
• Austria Carries Out Raids Against 72 Alleged Islamic Extremists Ahead Of 9/11 Anniversary – AP
• Report: IS-Somalia becomes financial hub; leader could be top IS chief – VOA
• Lawsuits, Rivalries, and Trolls: Examining the Behaviour of the 3D-Printed Gun Movement – Global Network on Extremism and Technology