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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2024 Hawai‘i awarded $800,000 targeted violence prevention grant HONOLULU - The Hawai‘i Department of Law Enforcement Office of Homeland Security (OHS) is receiving a $803,330 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grant from U.S. Department of...

Just So You Know: Ransomware Disruptions During Voting Periods Will Not Impact the Security and Resilience of Vote Casting or Counting The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this public service...

SchoolSafety.gov launched a new Facebook page as part of the site’s continued efforts to share information and resources on a range of school safety topics. Through the page, members of the K-12 community and the general public can receive regular updates...

The Department of Homeland Security Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships has updated their Prevention Resource Finder managed collectively by the federal departments and agencies with violence prevention missions. The website helps prevent targeted violence and terrorism in the Homeland...

Have you ever wondered how the federal and state governments work together during federal elections? The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has put together a fact sheet with that information. Here's a preview from the sheet: Federal Executive Branch Agencies...

WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announces a new dedicated High-Risk Communities webpage today with cybersecurity resources for civil society communities at heightened risk of facing digital security threats because of their work. Through the Joint Cyber Defense...

The NSA has released a Cybersecurity Information Sheet, Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Network and Environmental Pillar, that details curtailing adversarial lateral movement within an organization’s network to access sensitive data and critical systems. The guidance provides information on how...

Last week, the National Security Agency (NSA), in partnership with CISA, released Top Ten Cloud Security Mitigation Strategies to inform cloud customers about important security practices as they shift their data to cloud environments. Read the press release here.

Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the 2024 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community. This unclassified assessment provides a report of worldwide threats to the U.S. national security and reflects the intelligence community's collective insights.

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...