Friday - 10/21/2022 - Morning OSINT Article Huddle

Good morning,

I have been building my own website and it is kind of fun!

Here are my topic SIGINT articles to review this morning:

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1.) TSA Issues New Cybersecurity Requirements for Passenger and Freight Railroad Carriers

Photo Credit: Railroad Amtrak California Pixabay

https://www.hstoday.us/federal-pages/dhs/tsa-issues-new-cybersecurity-requirements-for-passenger-and-freight-railroad-carriers/

'Developed with extensive input from industry stakeholders and federal partners, including the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), this Enhancing Rail Cybersecurity – SD 1580/82-2022-01 directive strengthens cybersecurity requirements and focuses on performance-based measures to achieve critical cybersecurity outcomes.'

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2.) Drone Piloting Proficiency Takes Flight with Certification Course

Drone operator being observed during testing by test proctor. Photo credit: S&T.

https://www.hstoday.us/federal-pages/dhs/drone-piloting-proficiency-takes-flight-with-certification-course/

'Dozens of officials from across the country, spanning a variety of different federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, have gathered together for intensive training. The “Advanced Open/Obstructed Test Proctor Course for Evaluating Drone Capabilities and Remote Pilot Proficiency” was developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in conjunction with the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). The goal is right there in the title: evaluating capabilities and proficiency.'

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3. Election Threats Task Force Briefs Election Officials and Workers on Grant Funding for Physical Election Security Enhancements

'Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. convened a virtual discussion today with a bipartisan group of approximately 300 election officials and workers to brief them on available grant funding for physical security enhancements under federal programs and the potential applicability of state and local fiscal recovery funds under the American Rescue Plan.'

(https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/infrastructure-security/election-threats-task-force-briefs-election-officials-and-workers-on-grant-funding-for-physical-election-security-enhancements/)

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Update - 10/24/2022: SIGINT (which i thought was significant intelligence, as public knowledge in open-source domains, has the proper name of OSINT or Open-Source Intelligence) has been properly named as OSINT in the Headline.