February 17, 2020 - As a follow-up to the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security issuing a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin last month,  Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is providing the resources listed below to prepare and mitigate potential threats. 

The Bulletin expiring April 30 describes current developments or general trends regarding threats of terrorism in light of a heightened threat environment across the United States. US DHS assesses this threat to continue through the next several weeks as some ideologically motivated violent extremists could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence. The NTAS cites the violent extremists motivations include “objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence.”

Available CISA resources are:

• Homeland Threat Assessment, evaluates the strategic threat environment and anticipates future or emerging threats. This document helps inform interagency policymaking, agency prioritization, resource allocation, and inter-governmental partnerships.

• Personal Security Considerations fact sheet encourages critical infrastructure owners and their personnel to remain vigilant and report suspicious behavior that individuals may exhibit in order to thwart an attack.

• Pathway to Violence – Warning Signs and What You Can Do explains warning signs that may lead to violence and what individuals can do to mitigate a potential incident.

• Employee Vigilance Through the Power of Hello promotes employee vigilance to empower employees to observe and evaluate suspicious behaviors, mitigate potential risk, and obtain help when necessary.

• Protecting Infrastructure During Public Demonstrations provides security recommendations for infrastructure owners and operators who may encounter unlawful acts during public demonstrations.

• Suspicious or Unattended poster provides a process to safely determine if an item is a serious threat or just unattended.

• Bomb Threat Guidance provides site decision-makers with pre-threat preparation, threat assessment considerations, staff response guidelines, and evacuation and shelter-in-place considerations.

• Vehicle-Borne IED Identification – Parked Vehicles assists in recognizing potential indicators of a suspicious parked vehicle.

• What to Do Training Video Series provides guidance to security officials, the general public and many other stakeholders about the steps they should take to protect themselves and others from bomb incidents.

• Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Program fact sheets describe the benefits of bomb-making awareness efforts, and identify courses to help you recognize suspicious purchasing behavior and conduct community outreach.