Homeland Security S&T Summit (SE Region)
Topic:
Technical Resource for Incident Prevention (TRIPwire)
and Computer Based Assessment Tool (CBAT)
Title:
Leveraging Technology to Enhance Security
Speaker:
William F. Flynn
Director, Protective Security Coordination Division
Department of Homeland Security
Date:
April 7, 2009
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Homeland Security S&T Summit (SE Region)
Topic: TRIPwire and CBAT
Application to First Responders:
• TRIPwire provides first responders with information on current terrorist improvised
explosive device (IED) tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• CBAT provides a computer-based, cross-platform tool that allows first responders to
present data, make informed decisions quickly, and confidently respond to an incident.
Application to Preparedness:
• TRIPwire provides timely and relevant IED threat analyses, reports, and planning
documents to improve security measures and protect against the threat of IEDs.
• CBAT provides facility visual vulnerability assessments to prepare for, respond to, and
manage critical infrastructure, National Special Security Events, and contingency
operations.
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Case Study: Raed al-Banna
An Unlikely Martyr
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June 2003 – CBP agent at Chicago O’Hare Airport
interviewed passengers from a flight from Amsterdam
based on “red-flags” from pre-flight intelligence.
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Raed al-Banna, in possession of a legitimate tourist visa,
was questioned.
Due to a previous visa violation, al-Banna was
photographed, fingerprinted, and deported.
28 February 2005 – al-Banna, suicide bomber, conducts
the deadliest vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) attack in Iraq
since the U.S. invasion.
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The fingerprints from the driver’s hand that was chained
to the steering wheel, match those taken from al-Banna
at O’Hare Airport.
Bombing targets health center next to bazaar in Hilla and
kills more than 130 Iraqis, mostly police recruits
queuing for medical checks and also shoppers.
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The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Threat
• IED attacks remain the primary tactic for terrorists seeking
relatively uncomplicated, inexpensive means for inflicting
mass casualties and maximum damage.
• Continued global terror attacks, along with IED use in Iraq
and Afghanistan, have shown that the threat is adaptive
and difficult to counter.
• In 2007, there were over 4,500 terrorist bombings worldwide
resulting in over 13,000 injuries and 11,000 deaths.
• Over the past four decades, bombs have been used in over
90% of global terrorism incidents.
“Use of a conventional explosive continues to be the most probable alQa’ida attack scenario. The thwarted UK aviation plot last summer
and the other major threat reports that we have been tracking all
involve conventional [non-WMD] bombs.”
- Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National
Intelligence before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,
January 11th 2007
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TRIPwire: Information Sharing and Awareness
TRIPwire is an online network for State and local law
enforcement officials tasked with bombing prevention
to discover and share the tactics, techniques, and
procedures (TTPs) of terrorist IED use.
• TRIPwire’s unclassified resources remain FOR
OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO) to avoid
common information-sharing limitations.
• TRIPwire assists both DHS and State and local
law enforcement to ensure that IED security
capabilities match terrorist and criminal
adversaries’ technical capabilities.
• TRIPwire is a component of the National IED
Prevention and Awareness Campaign, which
has had events in Los Angeles, Nashville,
Raleigh, and Philadelphia with senior Federal,
State, and local leadership.
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TRIPwire Community Gateway
TRIPwire Community Gateway leverages the content and expertise of the TRIPwire system,
bringing timely and relevant IED awareness information and analysis to private sector leaders
with CIKR protection responsibilities
• Developed in response to increasing demand within
private sector for bombing prevention information
and assistance.
• Shares information on common site vulnerabilities,
potential threat indicators, and effective protective
measures appropriate for private sector audience.
• Provides information tailored specifically to each of
the 18 CIKR sectors.
• Leverages content, expertise, and reputation of
existing TRIPwire system.
• Serves as the central DHS repository for private
sector guidance on bombing prevention.
• Reinforces DHS commitment to partner with private
sector and public to combat terrorism.
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Accessing TRIPwire
• TRIPwire
• TRIPwire membership is limited to State, local, territorial, Tribal, and Federal
law enforcement, first responders, and homeland security personnel with
bombing prevention missions.
• To request a TRIPwire account, visit the secure website at
http://www.tripwire-dhs.net.
• TRIPwire Community Gateway
• To access TRIPwire Community Gateway, private sector partners should contact
their respective DHS Sector Specialist or Sector Specific Agency.
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TRIPwire Overview Video
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Computer Based Assessment Tool (CBAT)
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A computer-based visual cross-platform tool to capture critical site assets and current
security postures.
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The 360° video combines 6 individual, high-resolution cameras that provide color video of
facility perimeters, routes, and specific areas pertaining to the CIKR.
• The panoramic video is comprised of a Point Grey Ladybug® 2 and 6 Sony 0.8
megapixel cameras with 1024x768 resolution.
• Video captures 30 frames per second (JPEG compressed) and 15 frames per second
(uncompressed)
The still camera system utilizes a wide-angle fisheye lens to capture two 180° panoramic
images, which are then stitched together to produce a full 360° spherical image.
• Camera is a Nikon P5100 12.1 megapixel CCD with an IPIX Fisheye lens.
The software incorporates immersive digital media, and relevant documents to provide
planners with a computer-based, cross-platform tool that allows them to present data, make
informed decisions quickly, and confidently respond to all hazard incidents.
• Software is Orator® Plus Presentation System.
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CBAT
• Integrates vulnerability assessment data with geospherical video and geospatial
and hypermedia data.
• Incorporated into the Regional Resiliency Assessment Program (RRAP) to
enhance protection efforts.
• The RRAP is an assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources and regional
analysis of the surrounding infrastructure, including key interdependencies.
• Provides coordinated protection efforts to enhance resiliency and address security
gaps of the surrounding first responder communities and geographic region.
• Assists owners/operators, local law enforcement, and emergency response
personnel, to prepare for, respond to, and manage CIKR, National Special
Security Events (NSSEs), high-level special events, and contingency operations.
• For NSSEs and high-level special events, CBATs are conducted in
coordination with FBI, USSS, and local law enforcement.
• CBAT demonstration from Super Bowl XLIII.
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Homeland Security S&T Summit (SE Region)
Topic: TRIPwire and CBAT
Take-Aways:
• TRIPwire and TRIPwire Community Gateway are vital information
sharing networks designed to help first responders and private sector
partners anticipate, identify, and prevent bombing incidents.
• CBAT blends technical site assessment data, structural schematics,
and other relevant site data with 360 degree color video of facilities,
surrounding areas, routes and other areas of interest to create an
interactive visual guide of any location.
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