This week the DHS Chemical
Sector-Specific Agency (CSSA) finally got around to updating the Chemical Sector
Security Summit (CSSS) web site to provide links to a number of the presentations for the 2016
CSSS that was held last July.
CSSS Presentations
As with all ten of the CSSS to date, the CSSA has not
provided links to all of the presentation that were made at the CSSS, but the
list of presentations included is informative and useful. This year’s list
includes:
• Keynote Address (webcast) https://share.dhs.gov/p5wokztr7et/
• CFATS Update (webcast) https://share.dhs.gov/p5wokztr7et/
• Unmanned aerial systems https://share.dhs.gov/p1q16s5zpla/
• First Responder – Chemical Facility
Response Planning https://share.dhs.gov/p9n0za7br14/
• What to Expect During a CFATS
Inspection (webcast) https://share.dhs.gov/p8qeyz3qduq/
• Personnel Surety Program Overview
https://share.dhs.gov/p13chl6f7m0/
• Compliance Inspections Lessons
Learned (webcast) https://share.dhs.gov/p2o28kncglg/
• Chemical Security on a Global
Front Chemical Security on a Global Front https://share.dhs.gov/p4qi18pazca/
• Chemical Facilities and Regional
Resiliency Assessment Program – Lessons Learned https://share.dhs.gov/p1eou6o7gmw/
• DHS Voluntary Programs Update (webcast) https://share.dhs.gov/p3uyb44cbzy/
(slides - https://share.dhs.gov/p21djdnrym6/)
This is the first year that the CSSS included web casts from
the meeting. There were more webcasts available in real time, but the list
above does include some interesting presentations. I really, again, want to
congratulate DHS for including these web casts in both the meeting and
presentation list. I would also note David Wulf’s efforts (and those of the
folks that work for him) in getting this done.
Sorry about showing the URLs, but I wanted to point out that
at least someone at DHS is doing something to shorten the length of their
links. Now, whether this particular method is a good thing or not is open to
discussion because you cannot tell by looking at the URL what the link is to,
nor if it is up to date. I also suspect that it might make spoofing an DHS site
easier with a URL shortener site.
CSSA Web-Site
I do not follow the CSSA web site
nearly as closely as I probably should. In fact, I only routinely (weekly) look
at the CSSS web site for changes. In any case the CSSA updated their web site
last month and it provides some links to some useful information, some of it
even new.
I am disappointed, however, in the “Safety
and Security for Small and Midsize Chemical Facilities” page. They
definitely should take the word “chemical” off of the title since the page just
provides links to probably valuable information for generic small and midsize
businesses. Just sayn.
On the much better side of the information available, if you
click through a number of links, is a page from the Office of Bombing Prevention on a wide variety
of courses on dealing with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), including
planning, identification and response. I have not had a chance to check out any
of the individual on-line courses, but this looks like a wealth of good
information that security managers at any type of facility should have.
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