Infragard East Tennessee Alliance

Emergency Preparedness for Violence in the Workplace March 19, 2013 — Charity Menefee and Capt. Nate Allen presented planning recommendations on preparing for and responding to workplace violence or “active shooters,” and facilitate some group discussion on those subjects.  Charity Menefee is the Regional Hospital Coordinator for the Emergency Preparedness Department of the Knox County Health Department.  Capt. Nathaniel Allen works in... Read more

Internet Jihadists and Insider Threats  May 9, 2013 — During the last decade the greatest terrorist threat has comes from what is referred to as ‘jihadist terrorism’. Certainly since 11 September 2001, many bloody terrorist attacks have been carried out under pretext of a religious armed struggle, known as the ‘jihad’.  At the start of 2007, jihadists were using the Internet widely... Read more

Lone Wolf Offender Threat March 17, 2011 - The “lone wolf” terrorist attacking poorly-defended targets now poses a bigger threat to the West than sophisticated plots, experts. Although an individual working alone has little chance of pulling off an attack of the magnitude of September 11 2001, a lone operator’s isolation could make him practically undetectable right up to the moment when he... Read more

Stuxnet January 27, 2011 – Jennifer Hawley, CyberSecurity Analyst at Nuclear Fuel Services, presented a look at the Stuxnet worm whose target is the interruption to specific industrial control systems. ... Read more

Steganography October 14, 2010 – In this presentation, Kibbee Streetman traces the development of covert communications from ancient Greece, through two World Wars, into the Digital Age where technology can be used by spies criminals, terrorists and good fols as well. ... Read more

The FBI’s Top Eight Priorities – Tri-Cities October 6, 2010 – To protect and defend the United States against terrorism and foreign intelligence attacks is the primary goal of the FBI. At the initial meeting of InfraGard in the Tri-Cities area, SAIC Rick Lambert of the Knoxville field office presented an overview of the top eight priorities of the... Read more

America’s Waterway Watch. August 14, 2010 – America’s Waterway Watch is a program of the United States Coast Guard and its Reserve and Auxiliary components to encourage members of the public to be on the alert for suspicious behavior by boaters. In his presentation Jason Caudill’s goal is to acquaint is with the activities of the Auxiliary... Read more

National Safe Skies Alliance December 10, 2009 – Scott Broyles, President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Safe Skies Alliance describes their work as a federally funded non-profit organization and how they go about making a distinctive impact by evaluating innovative solutions aimed at improving aviation security.  To date Safe Skies has conducted over 200 projects,... Read more

eDiscovery – Nowhere to Hide August 13, 2009 – Electronic Discovery is the process of collecting, preserving, processing, and producing electronic information in litigation. On December 1st, 2006, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were updated to include (expect) electronic information to be produced in litigation when in Federal Court. These rules placed electronic information at the same level of importance... Read more

Civil Air Partol Briefing December 11, 2008 – The Civil Air Patrol (CAP), according to Wikipedia, is the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). While the CAP is sponsored by the Air Force, it is not an operating reserve component under the Air Force or the federal government. It performs three congressionally assigned key... Read more