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Everybody, my name is Adam DeLuca. I'm the director of Risk Intelligence here at Everbridge. I know I've been popping on these a lot lately, but unfortunately, things, continue to happen, that we need to highlight, for our customers and partners. Just last night, gunman attacked a Hanukkah celebration at a popular tourist spot in Australia called Bondi beach.
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They killed 11 people in an act of anti Semit. And obviously there's been a wave of anti Semitism in Australia over the past years with vandalism and attacks, on the rise throughout the country. It's the deadliest shooting in Australia in almost three decades.
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One suspect is in custody, the other is dead. It occurred just hours after another shooting at Brown University, where an individual who's still at large opened fire in a school building, killing two and injuring dozens of other students.
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These are horrible and sad events, but unfortunately they continue to happen. Violent extremism, something that we've talked about many times, it is cheap, it's easy to conduct, and it's very tough to detect and deter. Once an individual is motivated by ideology or something else, they're very difficult to stop.
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And I still think organizations are overlooking this as a threat. There are things that you can do to mitigate these risks. In spite of these being cheap, easy and difficult to detect, you can conduct vulnerability and threat assessments. You need to identify your high value targets and your high value events.
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You need to continue monitoring and understand tactics, tradecrafts and procedures like vehicle rammings, especially around this time of year. For Christmas markets in Europe and other outdoor events. You need to leverage dark web monitoring and good open source intelligence so you understand the threat landscape.
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You need to harden perimeters, control access. You need to randomize security patterns to make yourself and your security less predictable. And you need to enhance your partnerships with law enforcement. And these are all things that you can do to mitigate these risks and keep your people safe this time of year with all these high profile events happening.
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So, I hope everybody stays safe and has a great rest of the weekend here at Everbridge. We'll continue to monitor and provide updates as necessary. I hope everybody has a great day.
