CISA Region 4 November Active Shooter Preparedness Workshop
By Aimee Andres |
THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Tuesday, November 8, 2022 1:00 p.m. EST (12:00 p.m. CST) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Region 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee) invites you to join a two-hour security webinar to enhance your organization’s resilience in case of an active…
Read More CISA, NSA and FBI Release Advisory on PRC State-Sponsored Malicious Cyber Activity
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CISA, NSA and FBI Release Advisory on PRC State-Sponsored Malicious Cyber Activity The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) with details about the top vulnerabilities used and exploited since 2020 by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored…
Read More CISA Region 6 November Active Shooter Preparedness Workshop
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CISA Region 6 November Active Shooter Preparedness Workshop THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Thursday, November 3, 2022 10:00 a.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m. EDT) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) invites you to join a two-hour security webinar to enhance your organization’s resilience…
Read More Louisville Cybersecurity Networking Event
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Louisville Cybersecurity Networking Event Louisville Metro is proud to host this multi-speaker cybersecurity networking event! The event will be in-person only with limited seating. Register early to hear from our panel of cybersecurity experts and don’t forget your business cards. Register HERE Event Details Location: 410 South 5th Street, Louisville KY Date: Friday Oct 28th…
Read More Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022: Mid- Campaign Announcement
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022: Mid- Campaign Announcement Cybersecurity Awareness Month is in full swing! Our next focus is on cyber careers, and you can get involved by participating in: The National Initiative for Cybersecurity and Education’s (NICE) Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week from October 17-22. CISA focuses on building a cyber aware public and introducing them…
Read More Cybersecurity and Physical Security Convergence
By Aimee Andres |
Full Cybersecurity and Physical Security Convergence pdf with links.
Read More CISA and NSA Cybersecurity Advisory on Control System Defense
By Aimee Andres |
CISA and NSA Cybersecurity Advisory on Control System Defense The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and National Security Agency (NSA) released an advisory titled, “Control System Defense: Know the Opponent,” to help owners and operators better understand cyber actors’ commonly followed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to compromise operational technology (OT) and industrial control…
Read More DHS/CISA OBP Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) Awareness Courses – September Schedule Open for Registration
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DHS/CISA OBP Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) Awareness Courses – September Schedule Open for Registration Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) courses provide general awareness level counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) information to a broad audience through an on-line virtual training experience with a live instructor. Perfect for participants with time availability constraints, they can be taken as stand-alone…
Read More What/Who is Cisa?
On November 16, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, which elevated the mission of the former NPPD within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), establishing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). CISA is a successor agency to NPPD and assists both other government agencies and private sector organizations in addressing infrastructure and cybersecurity issues.
IRPT works closely with CISA to inform the inland river industry of available training courses offered by CISA, current potential threats to infrastructure and/or cyber that could adversely impact industry, and free services CISA provides that are available to industry.
CISA subcomponents include the:
- Cybersecurity Division
- Infrastructure Security Division
- Emergency Communications Division
- National Risk Management Center
- Integrated Operations Division
- Stakeholder Engagement Division
- National Emergency Technology Guard (inactive, but can be activated by the director of CISA)
Regional/District Contacts:
