Guest Post: By Preston Le Roy Schleinkofer Introduction to Civil Defense and Civil Defense Virginia Ever since the demise of the U.S. Civil Defense Administration in the 1990’s, the community has been largely excluded from the process of emergency management. But since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the increasingly serious threats to…
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Thomas Popik: Scenarios for North Korean Atmospheric Tests
Thomas Popik: High Consequence Scenarios for North Korean Atmospheric Tests InfraGard Electromagnetic Pulse Special Interest Group (EMP SIGTM) Dupont Summit December 1, 2017 BIO: Thomas Popik Thomas S. Popik, Chairman, President, Director, and co-founder of Foundation for Resilient Societies. Thomas Popik is a Principal Investigator for Resilient Societies, specializing in vulnerability assessment, comparative risk analysis, and economic…
Bruce Walker: Critical Energy Infrastructure
Bruce Walker, Assistant Secretary Department of Energy: Critical Energy Infrastructure (Introduced by Dr. Wally E. Boston, President of the American Public University System) InfraGard Electromagnetic Pulse Special Interest Group (EMP SIGTM) Dupont Summit December 1, 2017 BIO: Bruce Walker, Assistant Secretary Department of Energy
VIDEO: William Murtagh – Space Weather Threats for Power and Communications
Mr. William Murtagh, Program Coordinator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Weather Service Space Weather Prediction Center. “Updates on Space Weather Threats for Power and Communications.” InfraGard National EMP SIG Sessions of the Dupont Summit, December 6, 2013. Published by the Center for Security Policy. (Time: 23:30) About InfraGard: InfraGard is a partnership between the FBI…
VIDEO: GMD Impacts to Power Grid Infrastructure – Scott McBride
“Latest Idaho National Laboratory Research Data on GMD Impacts to Power Grid Infrastructure.” InfraGard National EMP SIG Sessions of the Dupont Summit, December 6, 2013. Mr. Scott McBride, National and Homeland Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience, Idaho National Laboratory. published by the Center for Security Policy. About InfraGard: InfraGard is a partnership between the FBI…
VIDEO: Planning for EMP and High-Impact Disasters
“Planning for EMP and High-Impact Disasters.” InfraGard National EMP SIG Sessions of the Dupont Summit, December 6, 2013. Published by the Center for Security Policy. (Time: 40:59) Speakers: Dr. Richard Andres, Chairman, Energy Security Program, NDU BG (NYG-Ret) Kenneth Chrosniak Ambassador Henry F. Cooper, Chairman, High Frontier MG (Red) Robert Newman, US Army retired and…
VIDEO: Chuck Manto Introduction to EMP SIG and InfraGard
Introduction by Chuck Manto, National EMP SIG Chairman: Chuck Manto, opens the conference with an overview of InfraGard, the EMP SIG and the Dupont Summit. He introduces the topic of high-impact threats by discussing the emotional and economic difficulty of addressing large-scale disasters. He makes the comparison to Hurricane Sandy in that while we may…
VIDEO: Richard McFeely of the FBI on Cybersecurity
“InfraGard’s Role in Infrastructure Security Across the Private Sector” by, Mr. Richard McFeely, FBI, Executive Assistant Director, Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch, FBI Executive Assistant Director, Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch: Mr. McFeely used his address as an opportunity to not only highlight the growing concern over cyber-security, but, announced a new program…