Active Shooter & Threat Training for Places of Worship

Our Mission:
Detect, Deter, Defeat Terrorism

Our objective is to protect you, your organization, and your personnel against acts of terrorism and critical threats. CTG professionals develop customized services and solutions that will help you Detect, Deter, and Defeat terrorism or other threats that target you, your people, or your assets’ physical security.

MARYLAND INDICTS A MEMBER OF THE 764 GROUP ON CHILD-EXPLOITATION CHARGES, AND IN SYRIA, A BEDOUIN COUPLE DIES IN AN ATTACK MARKED BY SECTARIAN SYMBOLS

November 20-26, 2025 | Issue 45 - Extremism Team Valentina González, Jacob Fields, Jacob Robison, Candela Echeverría Clémence Van Damme, Senior Editor Malicious Internet Usage [1] Date : November 20, 2025 Location : Baltimore, Maryland, USA Parties involved : USA; US Attorney's Office of Maryland; state law enforcement; federal law enforcement; Nihilistic online extremist group 764; 764 members; 764 member Erik Lee Madison; 764 victims; cyber-sexual exploitation offenders;

EMERGING THREAT REPORT: RISING ATTACKS ON THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, A GAP IN COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS COMPARED TO TOTAL THREAT/ATTACK NUMBERS, AND BOMBINGS/EXPLOSIONS ARE A PROMINENT THREAT WORLDWIDE

(The DTAR Emerging Threat Report is to help Threat, Security, Intelligence, and Investigative Professionals [TSIIPs] with threat awareness and prevention.) 1 Aldara Carballal Presas, Camilla Montemarano, Khushi Salian, Mekhala Jambholkar, Natalie Goldwasser, WATCH/GSOC Team Jackie Heier, Meghan Terry, Editors; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor November 1-12, 2025I Emerging Threat #1: From November 1 to 12, 91 events affecting critical infrastructure were recorded. 24 of those events

IRAN WATER CRISIS INTENSIFIES, AND IN THE PHILIPPINES, CITIZENS PROTEST AGAINST CORRUPTION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

November 13-19, 2025 | Issue 44 - Emergency Management, Health and Hazard Team (EMH2) Chiara Michieli, Leon Kille, Marija Lazic, Cristina Calvo Elena Alice Rossetti, Editor; Camilla Raffaelli, Senior Editor Water Dam [1] Date : November 12, 2025 Location : Iran Parties involved : Iran; Iranian Ministry of Energy; government; government security forces; pro-reform newspapers; pro-reform news outlet Etemad; citizens; farmers; agricultural workers; herding communities; United Ar

PIRATES BOARD A TANKER OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA AND BOKO HARAM AND ISWAP FIGHT OVER STRATEGIC LAKE CHAD BASIN ISLANDS

November 6-12, 2025 | Issue 43 - CENTCOM/AFRICOM Team Farah Birch, Cora Jordan, Giovanni Lamberti, Amelia Bell, Ludovica Leccesse, Amelia Bell, Benjamin Baruch, Meaghan Mackey Elizabeth Fignar, Editor; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor Maritime Security [1] Date : November 6, 2025 Location : Off the coast of Somalia Parties involved : Somalia ; Somali pirates; Houthis; piracy groups The event : Somali pirates board a merchant tanker off the coast of Somalia. [2] Analysis & Impl

JNIM CLAIMS ITS FIRST ATTACK IN NIGERIA, AND THE SCHEDULED DELIVERIES OF F-16V FIGHTER JETS AND GLIDE BOMBS FOR TAIWAN EXPERIENCE DELAYS

October 30-November 5, 2025 | Issue 42 - Weapons & Tactics Nimaya Premachandra, Matan Lieberman, Victoria Kotey, Lucy Gibson, W/T Elizabeth Fignar, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Nigerian Soldier [1] Date : October 30, 2025 Location : Nigeria Parties involved : Nigeria; Nigerian counterterrorism authorities; Nigerian Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units; Al-Qaeda linked militant group Jama’t Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM); JNIM-affiliated militants;...

FLASH ALERT: STUDENT-PERPETRATED BOMBING AT MOSQUE AND SCHOOL IN JAKARTA. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE HOMEMADE WEAPONS WITH REFERENCES TO WHITE-SUPREMACIST SYMBOLS; OFFICIALS BE AWARE

Nirmal Jose, Ignacio Valdés Fuentes, Jacob Robison, WATCH Team Elizabeth Fignar, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor November 8, 2025 State Senior High School 72 (SMA 72), Kelapa Gading District, Jakarta, Indonesia [1] The Counterterrorism Group (CTG) is issuing a FLASH ALERT to all law enforcement, citizens, and travelers following the explosions in Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, Indonesia. At approximately 1215 local time, blasts occurred at a mosque inside a high school d

ACTIVE SHOOTER & THREAT TRAINING FOR FAITH COMMUNITIES -- PROFESSIONAL SECURITY TRAINING COMING TO DETROIT -- ENROLL TODAY!

The Intelligence Training Center (ITC) is pleased to inform our community about an essential security training opportunity being offered by our colleagues at The Counterterrorism Group (CTG). In today's evolving threat environment, places of worship require specialized preparedness training to protect their congregations and respond effectively to potential violent incidents. Training Overview Active Shooter & Threat Training for Places of Worship is a comprehensive, hands-o

THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE DELETES THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING GATEWAY, AND DUFFY THREATENS TO PULL $160 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FROM CALIFORNIA OVER ALLEGED NONCITIZEN DRIVER’S LICENSES

October 23-29, 2025 | Issue 41 - NORTHCOM Team Martina Lopez Hernandez, Valentina Gonzalez, Candela Echeverria, Chiara Michieli, Jacob Robison Clémence Van Damme, Senior Editor Deactivated Website [1] Date : October 23, 2025 Location : USA Parties involved : USA; US government; US Department of State (DOS); US military; US civilian groups; social leaders; Non governmental organizations (NGOs); US online platform for reporting human rights violations by US military units Hu

PSA: GANG VIOLENCE DISRUPTS EMERGENCY CARE OPERATIONS IN HAITI; GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT HUMANITARIAN AND MEDICAL AID

Aman Bajwa, Ignacio Valdés Fuentes, Isobel Allen, Khushi Salian, Mekhala Jambholkar, Nirmal Jose, WATCH/GSOC Team Meghan Terry, Editor; Jacqueline Heier, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor October 26, 2025 Haiti [1] Introduction On October 15, 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced that they’ve closed the emergency care center in Port-au-Prince due to the ongoing violence in Haiti. [2] MSF temporarily ceased its activity after a March incident where gang mem

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