2023

As the conflict in the Middle East continues, the state’s Office of Homeland Security is working diligently to ensure that Hawai‘i’s faith-based communities and organizations have access to resources to support safety measures. See the following release from the U.S....

"Government has battle-tested playbooks for dealing with hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires. As cyber emergencies become both more common and more devastating, what can cyber responders learn from physical emergency response?" GovTech is exploring the ways in which government agencies are...

CISA has released The Mitigation Guide: Healthcare and Public Health Sector. The guide is an addition to the HPH Cyber Risk Summary, published July of 2023. The guide provides a defensive mitigation strategy recommendations and best practices to combat pervasive...

To address the evolving threat of cyber-attacks across our nation’s critical infrastructure sectors, CISA has announced a pilot program designed to deliver cybersecurity shared services regularly to essential infrastructure entities in most need. The pilot program will identify entities interested...

DHS, CISA, and FEMA launched the new “Shields Ready” campaign to encourage critical infrastructure to focus on strengthening resilience. This campaign follows CISA’s “Shields Up” campaign that encouraged critical infrastructure stakeholders to reduce risks in response to specific threat intelligence....

CISA and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) have released Business Continuity in a Box to assist organizations with securely standing up critical business functions during or following a cyber incident. The ACSC developed this in collaboration...

In coordination with FEMA, CISA has published the Planning Considerations for Cyber Incidents: Guidance for Emergency Managers to provide state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency managers with foundational knowledge of cyber incidents to increase cyber preparedness efforts in their jurisdictions....

Here's a throwback to 2019 when we offered the Tactical Dispatcher Class! The course provided a realistic, hands-on approach to mastering the tasks and skills of an Incident Tactical Dispatcher. An Incident Tactical Dispatcher is a specially trained individual qualified...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has created a new toolkit that caters to those working in cybersecurity for public health and healthcare. From CISA: "This toolkit consolidates key resources for HPH organizations at every level. Starting with the...

On September 27, 2023, Everett Kaneshige, Statewide Interoperability Coordinator for the State of Hawaii participated in a Search and Rescue exercise to monitor and assist with interoperable communications during the event. Participants included: Honolulu Fire Department (air, sea and ground...