Today’s cyber-attacks are increasingly dangerous and targeted, designed by advanced actors to damage or disrupt critical U.S. infrastructure that deliver vital services—particularly electricity and financial services. Attackers can inflict damage on physical infrastructure by infiltrating the digital systems that control physical processes, damaging specialized equipment and disrupting vital services without a physical attack.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced a Security Directive that will enable the Department to better identify, protect against, and respond to threats to critical companies in the pipeline sector.

Terrorists may continue to focus their efforts against waterfront locations 1 because of the potential for mass casualty events and restricted access. Previous attack plots targeting waterfront locations included various tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), such as the use of firearms, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and vehicular ramming. First responders should consider these TTPs when coordinating with local, state, federal, and private-sector partners.

What is Food Defense? Food Defense is the prevention of both intentional and unintentional contamination of the food supply. The FBI works with its State, Local, Tribal, and Food Sector Private Industry Partners to attempt to reduce vulnerability to intentional contamination, helping to investigate and mitigate the effects of intentional adulteration. Why target the food supply? Deliberate contamination could cause significant consequences: Physical, economic, psychological, and political.