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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Region X (AK, ID, OR, WA) invites you to join us for a two-hour security webinar to enhance awareness of and response to an active shooter event.
<b>See attached.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>The DHS Intelligence Enterprise invites you to participate in our bi-weekly UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY/TLP GREEN cyber threat intelligence discussions with public and private sector security professionals. Our teleconferences
feature unclassified, but sensitive as well as declassified information sharing sessions that reflect our current understanding of intelligence that is published within classified levels. Recommended participants include
<u>private and public sector</u> cyber security and/or intelligence professionals who in the course of their work support cyber/information or critical infrastructure security, such as (but not limited to):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fusion Center personnel (e.g.: emergency managers, first responders and law enforcement or public safety officials);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Security Operations Center personnel (public or private sector);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chief Security Officers, Chief Information Officers or Chief Information Security Officers (public or private sector);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We aim to enhance security practitioners’ awareness of emerging and enduring cyber threat issues by introducing finished intelligence, bulletins,
alerts or articles produced by DHS, our federal government partners, academia or media outlets. Our upcoming call will highlight the following product lines and subjects:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CISA Alert AA21-243A (“Ransomware Awareness for Holidays and Weekends”) and related current reporting;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">DHS I&A Network Defender Bulletin previews describing Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor cyber activity against FSLTT governments and critical infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">DHS I&A Cyber Mission Center Overview of Foreign Adversaries’ Homeland Influence Efforts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>TOMORROW, September 2 (9-10am PDT) </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:red">800-747-0367</span><span style="color:#1F4E79"> </span>
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<span style="color:red">U//FOUO</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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information in advance that (time permitting) we will attempt to address toward the end of the call. To submit a request, please email
<a href="mailto:cymcrfi@hq.dhs.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">cymcrfi@hq.dhs.gov</span></a> and be sure to include your name, position/affiliation and contact information so that we can follow-up with you in the event we do not address your inquiry<span style="color:#1F497D">
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I&A field intelligence personnel are forward deployed to every state and territory and are empowered with the mission to work with SLTT partners and execute the intelligence cycle
at the local level. If you have trouble locating your respective officer, please contact the I&A Field Operations Division at
<a href="mailto:DHS.INTEL.FOD.OMT@hq.dhs.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">DHS.INTEL.FOD.OMT@hq.dhs.gov</span></a>.
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To review previous threat call notes, access finished intelligence, review our intelligence methodology and more, visit our new Community of Interest on the Homeland Security Information
Network: <a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/urldefense.com/v3/__https:/hsin.dhs.gov/dhs/cymc/__;!!JZ0iVwK7KX4!RWyPhwCvtPHZn14haoBhN07yg7oTVtDIqentdmlTAt377S1xOjLVRz2uhr0RVmR0R4I$__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!TAk0p7ZW9SqBGwy9Moc0WhWGnU1zHjQP-ZnFo_QJLCb2zAEgpbodoIBFjI_YYw0iBIkFug$">
<span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">https://hsin.dhs.gov/dhs/cymc/</span></a><span style="color:#1F4E79">.
</span>Additionally, state and local partners may continue to access finished cyber intelligence via the HSIN-Intelligence (HSIN-Intel) COI.
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</span></span><a href="https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/08/30/cisa-adds-single-factor-authentication-list-bad-practices">CISA Adds Single-Factor Authentication to list of Bad Practices</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The use of single-factor authentication for remote or administrative access to systems supporting the operation of Critical Infrastructure and National Critical Functions (NCF) is dangerous
and significantly elevates risk to national security, national economic security, and national public health and safety. This dangerous practice is especially egregious in technologies accessible from the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On the CISAgov</span><span class="xxxnormaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">
</span></span><a href="https://github.com/cisagov/bad-practices/discussions"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">GitHub</span></a><span class="xxxnormaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">,
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In June, CISA announced this new initiative in a</span><span class="xxxnormaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">
</span></span><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/blog/2021/06/24/bad-practices"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">blog</span></a><span class="xxxnormaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">by Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, Eric Goldstein, and published the first two Bad Practices, (1) use of unsupported (or end-of-life) software, and (2) use of known/fixed/default
passwords and credentials. You can read more details on the dangers of these current practices on the new, whole-of-government ransomware website, Stopransomware.gov,</span><span class="xxxnormaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">
</span></span><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware/bad-practices"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">here</span></a><span class="xxxnormaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">.
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">We encourage you to share this information broadly and thank you for your continued collaboration.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Theresa A. Masse</span></b><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Department of Homeland Security<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Phone: (503) 930-5671
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