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US terror hot spots identified
US National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism report studies US terrorist incidents from 1970 to 2008.
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•Date: 2nd February 2012 • US •Type: Article

The growing issue of homegrown terrorism in the United States
Over the past decade, attacks and plots by homegrown US terrorists have increased, the work of extremists from across the political spectrum, says an analysis by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) based at the University of Maryland.
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•Date: 14th December 2011 • US •Type: Article

US not well prepared for biological terror attacks
According to a report by the Bipartisan WMD Terrorism Research Center.
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•Date: 14th October 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

CSARN highlights Olympic security threats
What should businesses consider when running resilience scenarios related to London 2012?
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•Date: 14th October 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee warns of changing but persistent terrorist threat to US
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine., have warned America not to lower its guard against terrorism now that the tenth anniversary of 9/11 has passed.

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•Date: 14th September 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

September 11, 2001: A decade on, what business continuity and information security lessons have been learned?
This paper describes research which investigated the impacts of September 11, 2001, on information security and looks at how effective disaster recovery and business continuity prepared to protect information systems were.
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•Date: 9th Sept 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

A decade after 9/11, DHS matures
The US Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee commends department’s development and presses for continued progress.

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•Date: 8th September 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

US sets out preparedness strategy for CBRNE threats
The National Strategy for CBRNE Standards looks at chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives threats.

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•Date: 2nd September 2011 • Region: US

Norwegian government establishes ‘22 July Commission’
The Norwegian government has decided to establish a commission to look into the attacks on the government offices and the island of Utøya on 22 July 2011.

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•Date: 29th July 2011 • Region: Europe
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Report highlights DHS progress fulfilling 9/11 Commission recommendations
Includes details of actions for strengthening resilience to disasters and safeguarding and securing cyberspace.

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•Date: 22nd July 2011 • Region: US
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UK international terrorism threat level lowered
The UK Home Secretary has announced that the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has reduced the threat-level from international terrorism from ‘severe’ to ‘substantial’.

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•Date: 12th July 2011 • Region: UK
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Implementation of US National Terrorism Advisory System announced
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has announced the implementation of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS).

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•Date: 21st April 2011 • Region: US
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MI5 updates advice to businesses on terrorism protection
‘Protecting Against Terrorism’ updated.

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•Date: 8th Feb 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article

UK Strategic National Guidance on CBRN decontamination
Cabinet Office guide is aimed at public and private sector contingency planners.

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•Date: 1st Feb 2011 • Region: UK •Type: Article

US and UK discuss global supply chain security
Secretary Napolitano has continued to progress the DHS global supply chain security initiative.

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•Date: 1st Feb 2011 • Region: US/UK •Type: Article

DHS discontinues color-coded alert system
Will be replaced with the National Terrorism Advisory System.

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•Date: 28th Jan 2011 • Region: US •Type: Article

UK terror threat level raised for public transport sector
Risk of an attack raised from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’, meaning that an incident is highly likely.

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•Date: 7th Jan 2011 • Region:UK •Type: Article

December is Critical Infrastructure Protection Month in the US
President Barack Obama has issued a Presidential Proclamation naming the month of December as national Critical Infrastructure Protection Month in the United States.

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•Date: 7th Dec 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

UK government increases ‘Irish-related terrorism’ threat level
Threat level now set at Substantial for mainland Britain and Severe for Northern Ireland.
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•Date: 24th Sept 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

US Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee assesses terrorism threat
Three trends are emerging.
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•Date: 24th Sept 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

France on heightened terror alert
The BBC has reported that France is on heightened alert for possible terror attacks after intelligence suggested public places could be targeted, officials have said. French police and counter-terrorism officials, who were speaking on condition of anonymity, said the authorities had received intelligence about a possible suicide bombing by a woman. Read the story.
•Date: 24th Sept 2010 • Region: US •Type: Briefing

MI5 Director General gives an update on the threat to UK security
Northern Ireland, Al Qaida and Olympic Games terror threats highlighted.
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•Date: 17th Sept 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

Real IRA warns mainland banks to expect attacks
English banks and bankers are now potential targets for the Real IRA according to a statement made to the Guardian newspaper.
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•Date: 16th Sept 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

‘Assessing the Terrorist Threat’
A new report by members of the BPC's National Security Preparedness Group details how the US terrorist threat has evolved since the attacks in 2001, including the development of homegrown networks and the increasingly diverse and decentralized nature of terrorism. Read the report (PDF).
•Date: 14th Sept 2010 • Region: US •Type: Briefing

Uganda warned to expect more terrorist attacks
Somalia's Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab group has warned Uganda that it will face more terrorist attacks if it does not pull out of Somalia, reports Middle East Online. Uganda said last week it had up to 10,000 troops ready to send to Somalia and only needed foreign logistical assistance to perform the deployment. Read the story.

•Date: 8th Sept 2010 • Region: Africa •Type: Briefing

Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure updates guidance on managing insider threats
‘Ongoing personnel security: a good practice guide - Edition two.’
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•Date: 20th August 2010 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article

RMS reviews US terrorism trends
The success of terrorist plots in US is directly correlated with the number of operatives involved in the planning; larger groups are more likely to be caught.
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•Date: 14th July 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

Terrorism trends
More terror groups globally, but fewer coordinated attacks, report finds.
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•Date: 8th July 2010 • Region: World •Type: Article

New blast resistance standards published in US
Specialists at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have helped create two new standards designed to increase safety in public spaces.
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•Date: 25th June 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

Al-Qaeda-linked militants are regrouping in the Sahara
Middle East Online has reported that Islamic Maghreb, a group of militants linked to Al-Qaeda, are ‘building fortified bunkers in the Sahara desert of Algeria and Mali to shelter against air attack as their power grows’. The group may also have laid minefields around their desert hideouts to guard against overland assaults. Read more.
•Date: 25th June 2010 • Region: Various •Type: Briefing

Aon publishes Terrorism Threat Map
New fronts in war on terror identified, domestic terrorism on the rise.

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•Date: 3rd June 2010 • Region: US/World •Type: Article

UK gets new ‘National Security Council’
The Council will coordinate all arms of government contributing to national security, including resiliency and emergency planning.

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•Date: 13th May 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

Terror trends examined
A new report from the University of Maryland-based National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

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•Date: 6th May 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman comments on the attempted Times Square terrorist attack
Bill to strengthen the Office of Bombing Prevention within the Department of Homeland Security will be brought forward again.

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•Date: 4th May 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

Military develops new multipurpose decontaminants for terrorist attack sites
Chemists with the United States military have developed a set of ultra-strength cleaners that could be used in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. The new formulas are tough enough to get rid of nerve gas, mustard gas, radioactive isotopes, and anthrax. But they are also non-toxic, based on ingredients found in foods, cosmetics, and other consumer products. Read more in this article: ‘All-Weather Hydrogen Peroxide-Based Decontamination of CBRN Contaminants.’
•Date: 30th April 2010 • Region: US •Type: Briefing

US needs new national strategy in era of cyberaggression
According to a new University of Cincinnati paper.

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•Date: 20th April 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

Designing for counter terrorism: new guide for architects and planners
TPS partners RIBA in launching new counter terrorism design guide.

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•Date: 16th April 2010 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article

‘Working together to protect crowded places’
The UK Home Office has published ‘Working Together to Protect Crowded Places’; guidance that explains the contributions that key partners, including local authorities, police, government offices, devolved administrations and businesses can make to terrorism protection. Click here to read the guidance documents.
•Date: 22nd March 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Briefing

Protecting Against Terrorism: third edition published
The UK government's Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure has published the third edition of ‘Protecting Against Terrorism’.

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•Date: 12th March 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

EU and US discuss critical infrastructure protection
The European Commission and the EU Presidency took part in the first EU-US expert meeting on critical infrastructure protection in Madrid on 4-5 March.

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•Date: 9th March 2010 • Region: Various •Type: Article

Terrorism’s new target: the enterprise
University of Haifa professor believes that international corporations will increasingly become terrorism targets.

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•Date: 3rd March 2010 • Region: World •Type: Article

Cyber ShockWave exercise finds that the US has many lessons to learn when it comes to cyber-attack response
Last week, the Bipartisan Policy Center hosted Cyber ShockWave, a simulated cyber attack on the United States.

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•Date: 22nd Feb 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

UK counter-terrorism response suffers from ‘institutional inertia’
According to Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee.

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•Date: 3rd Feb 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

US government failing on bioterrorism response planning
Congressional oversight of homeland security and intelligence and national security workforce recruitment also given an ‘F’ by bipartisan Congress commission.

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•Date: 27th Jan 2010 • Region: US •Type: Article

UK terrorism threat level increased
The UK government’s Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) has upgraded the UK threat level from international terrorism to SUBSTANTIAL from SEVERE.

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•Date: 23rd Jan 2010 • Region: UK •Type: Article

European Commission approves Danish terror insurance scheme
The European Commission has authorised a measure adopted by Denmark which provides a state guarantee on non-life insurance against damages stemming from nuclear, biological, chemical or radioactive terrorist attacks that exceed a certain threshold. n order to ensure that NBCR coverage is available, Denmark plans to introduce a state guarantee. Under the scheme, insurers that provide NBCR insurance in Denmark will be liable for non-life damages up to a certain pre-determined threshold. The risk retained by the insurance industry is based on their capital base and the availability of NBCR reinsurance on the global market. This threshold will be reviewed every year and currently stands at DKK 5 billion. The Danish state then provides a guarantee for the next DKK 15 billion of losses that exceed this threshold.
•Date: 14th Jan 2010• Region: W.Europe •Type: Briefing

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