InfraGard Members Alliance Houston

Welcome to InfraGard Houston!

The Houston Chapter of InfraGard provides members of the Critical Infrastructure community a means to share information to prevent, protect, and defend against hostile acts against Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR).

Members will find access to a number of resources that are used on a day to day basis, and find a number of communication portals to assist in protecting critical infrastructure.

If you're a visitor you might want to start at the About us page to find out more about the InfraGard program.

New ISO standard for emergency management

To minimize the impact of disasters, terrorist attacks and other major incidents, ISO has published a new standard for emergency management and incident response. ISO 22320:2011, Societal security – Emergency management – Requirements for incident response, will help save lives, mitigate harm and damage and ensure continuity of basic services such as health, rescue services, water and food supplies, and electricity and fuel delivery.

http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1496

Submitted by: E. Charles Sterling

Quarterly meeting Nov 17th at the Texas Medical Center

The next quarterly meeting will be held at the Texas Medical Center and focus on the Health Care sector.  It will be held from noon until 3:00pm.

Agenda and addtional details will be posted by Nov 4th.

Please refer to the following link for additonal detials: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2441219754

 

DHS Active Shooter Seminar

The ECHMA, Shell Oil and the DHS will be having an Active Shooter Seminar on November 15, 2011.

Please click on this link for additonal information

 

Swedish police arrest man for building nuclear reactor in his kitchen

A 31-year old Swede was arrested after ahothorities discovered he was preparing to build a nuclear reactor in his apartment's kitchen; he already had some radioactive material -- ordered from overseas -- and material acquired by taking apart a domestic fire alarm; he was discovered when he called the Swedish Radiation Authority to inquire whether it was legal to construct a nuclear reactor at home.

Full article: http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/swedish-police-arrest-man-building-nuclear-reactor-his-kitchen

JCIP conference details

This page will be updated with information about the JCIP conference in Houston on Aug 3, 2011.

Symposium agenda: Brochure

Venue map: Centerpoint Energy 1111 Louisiana

Parking information: Map to nearby facilities

Local lunch locations will be provided at the registration desk.

Last minute details:

Houston - JCIP conference to focus on Oil/Gas, Chemical, and Electrical Sectors

The Joint Critical Infrastructure Partnership (JCIP) conference will be held at CenterPoint Energy on Wed, Aug 3, 2011.  The full day conference will have a number of nationally and internationally known subject matter experts.

There will be presentations from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Houston Fusion Center.  In addition we will have private sector as well as academia represented among the speakers.

The focus of the program is Energy (Electric, Oil and Gas), and Chemicals.  Although other sectors are welcome, the sessions will be focused  specifically for those sectors.

Speakers will provide insight on current threats to physical, as well as cyber assets.

Draft copy of agenda: http://www.infragardhouston.org/Conferences/JCIP/JCIPHoustonAgenda_DRAFTv2%207-6-2011.pdf

The final copy of the agenda will be posted on the website in the next several days.

Please refer to this link for to REGISTER: http://www.infragard.net/jcip/register.php

Look forward to seeing you on Aug 3rd.

Joint Critical Infrastructure Protection - Symposium

Save the date Aug 3, 2011 for the JCIP symposium with a focus on the Energy Sector to be held in downtown Houston.  Addtional informaiton is available at: http://www.infragardhouston.org/Conferences/JCIP/JCIPSavetheDate.pdf

 

Secure World Post

Secure World announced the availability of Secure World Post as a consolidated digest of current security news.  The site is: http://www.secureworldpost.com

Encryption Source Notes

http://www.infragardhouston.org/Sharelable/Source_Notes-Def_Enc_Hos_Net.rtf

FBI Cyber Survey 2011 (anonymous)

In conjunction with the Houston Division of the FBI we are conducting a survey of Cyber Activity.  The survey is intended to gather general information about what is being observed in cyberspace.  The survey is specifically designed to provide the highest level of anonymity.  It should be printed, and completed with no company or personal identifiers.  You may mail it in an envelope (without a return address) to the InfraGard Coordinator: FBI, Attn: SA Noel Due, 1 Justice Park Drive, Houston, Texas 77092; or place it in the drop box at a future meeting.

Link to survey: http://www.infragardhouston.org/pdfs/Cyber%20Survey%20Questions%202010.pdf

The results of the survey will be posted publicly after compilation.