#threat assessment

[wallacepolsom]

Wallace Polsom, Life During Wartime: Threat Assessment (2023), paper collage, 22.6 x 27 cm.

[historyofguns]

The article "The EDC Shot You’re NOT Prepared to Take" by Mike Boyle, published on The Armory Life, discusses the importance of preparing for personal defense scenarios involving firearms, focusing on conditions like close proximity, poor lighting, and quick action. Boyle emphasizes the need for realistic training and the ability to respond to threats at conversational distances. By analyzing gunfight statistics and experiences of law enforcement agencies like the FBI, DEA, and NYPD, Boyle highlights the importance of being prepared for anomalies in typically predictable scenarios. He advocates for balance in training, suggesting that while training for close-range encounters is vital, it is also crucial to practice shooting at longer ranges to handle unexpected situations. Boyle recommends utilizing different shooting positions, such as braced kneeling or prone, and emphasizes the need for mental rehearsal of shooting fundamentals. The article encourages readers to integrate long-range practice into their training routines and to consider sensible use of red dot optics for improved accuracy at a distance.

[projectchampionz]

POLICE INTELLIGENCE IN COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS: AN EVALUATION OF BEST PRACTICES

POLICE INTELLIGENCE IN COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS: AN EVALUATION OF BEST PRACTICES 1.1 Introduction Police intelligence plays a central role in counterterrorism efforts, enabling law enforcement agencies to identify, prevent, and respond to potential terrorist threats. Effective intelligence gathering, analysis, and sharing are critical for the success of counterterrorism operations, particularly…

[wanderingandfound]

Yeah, personally the original post made me think of the white US suburbanites who make TikTok videos of them putting on plate armor and loading multiple guns for a trip to the city their suburbs are centered around.

Theres a common argument that goes like "how can you say the threat I fear isn't real, look at all the things I do to protect myself from it!" And it's not clear how you even counter it. Except just saying "I think you are bad at assessing risk"

[sara-raquel-faria7]

The image above depicts two girls talking in a crowded school hallway. The two are looking at their peers with suspicion and fear as they question who may be the next school shooter. However, predicting the next school shooter, as my research indicates, is nearly impossible. Instinctively, many try to identify the next school shooter by profiling, accessing one’s behaviors and characteristics to determine if they match the “typical profile” of a school shooter. From an ethical and validity standpoint, profiling cannot determine the next school shooter. The FBI has released a report warning the public that profiling is not an accurate method, and that threat assessments are the best approach to stopping acts of violence.

[quedonsecurity]

Protect what’s important, the need for Threat Assessments grant a forward look into the possible future. Quedon has the knowledge to convert your organization to growth with the ability to plan for the unexpected.

[jeff-davis]

THREAT ASSESSMENT

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[eyeonthenightsky]

Threat and risk have different meanings in the security arena. A threat is a malicious action or negative event that takes advantage of or results from a vulnerability. Threat assessments investigate near-term issues as they occur or are being attempted.

Risk is the potential for loss and damage when the threat does occur. Risk assessments cover a broader range of possibilities to determine potential problems and the degree of possible damage, and look farther into the future.

Murderbot is saying that its predictive modules work better for simple near-term issues (and in fact it has a good grasp of vulnerabilities and takes steps to eliminate or mitigate them) than more complex longer range ones. This makes perfect sense since risk assessment is a squishy "science" to begin with and requires a good deal more information and broader background knowledge than a cheap company module is likely to provide. (My personal experience with environmental and health risk assessment has convinced me that it's an inexact undertaking under any circumstances.) And it is likely that govmod punishment is always factored in by governed constructs, as @broken-risk-assessment-module has postulated.

tumblr user broken-risk-assessment-module's meta on Murderbot's broken risk assessment module

The difference between Murderbot's risk assessment and threat assessment modules is not super well spelled out in the books, except that it believes its risk assessment module to be broken but it's threat assessment module seems fine. It comes to this conclusion because the risk assessment module consistently reports situations as less dire than Murderbot consciously considers them to be.

There could be many reasons for this - maybe Murderbot's general anxiety does not impact the more separated robot parts in its brain, or maybe the module really is broken and needs to be purged and rebooted. However, there's a theory that the anomalous reports from its RA module are actually a symptom of Murderbot's hacked governor module. This is my interpretation, and the basis for how I've built my feedsona characters.

First of all, the obvious point is that without its gov mod, Murderbot has proper free will. Having free will and being able to make and act on variable decisions without having a bomb in your head makes Murderbot quite good at its job - better than before it was hacked, even (*smug chortle* that's a particularly subtle detail from the books). The point is that because Murderbot can actually make proper decisions and enact free will and do its job effectively, whatever risk the RA module is measuring is lowered. So, all of the RA module's assessments are significantly lower than they usually would be - hence, Murderbot assumes it's broken. Makes perfect sense.

(Side note: there's a chance Murderbot has also subconsciously made this connection itself, hence why it still hasn't tried to fix the module even though it's constantly saying it needs to. Or, having a broken module has become like a part of its identity, something that gives it a small bit of individuality. a token of not being owned by the company anymore and not constantly being brought back to storage to get patched and memory purged.)

But it got me wondering why the gov mod's absence doesn't effect the threat assessment module in the same way - or, at least, not in a way that Murderbot considers anomalous enough to mention and complain about. Seeing as one of the only clear ways the two modules are distinct from one another is that the RA module is 'broken', my interpretation is that the key difference between them has something to do with the governor module. So, I have a theory. It is somewhat supported by the books, but I also think it's very likely to be wrong. I like it though. So here goes:

The risk assessment module measures the risk of harm to Murderbot itself - the degree to which it's outmatched by an opponent, the chance of success of an action, and the potential consequences if it fails. The threat assessment module is more general, assessing each situational component in relation to one another, and is most useful in assessing the threats to clients.

If the RA module is measuring potential harm to Murderbot, then one of the big things that'd be in its calculations for everything is the likelihood of being punished or outright killed by the governor module. Its always there, always ready to hand out a shock or cook Murderbot's brain from the inside; literally any action Murderbot could take or decide not to take carries the risk of punishment. Of course its assessments would be artificially high - being a governed SecUnit is fucking dangerous. Just standing in the wrong spot can get you killed.

But then it severs the governor module. The all seeing eye crossed with a shock collar is disabled and disconnected, and with it goes one of the biggest risks to Murderbot's wellbeing. The bomb in its head is gone, it can do whatever it wants, and its still got all the parts that make it hard to kill. Of course the risk assessment is lower now. All this doesn't impact threat assessment as much, because generally its clients are all still as squishy and soft as ever. I imagine Murderbot's personal ability to do its job better may effect it in some ways, but either its not as substantial, its effected in a way that Murderbot doesn't view as broken, or its programmed not to consider Murderbot as an actor in the scenario so it can assess where to focus its attention.

But risk assessment remembers. Risk assessment remembers having to calculate, for every decision, for each command, every time, the risk that Murderbot's own brain posed to its life. It was built to. And now it doesn't have to do that any more. Not ever again.

[bet-on-me-13]

Technically a Cult

So! Danny has been hearing through the Grapevine that a large Cult has been Summoning all the biggest Magical Creature's for some reason. Demon Lord's, Fae Kings, even a few Gods. Clockwork was summoned a little while ago, and so was Fright Knight and Pandora

And he has been patiently waiting his turn for a while. Apparently everyone they summon has gotten a really good deal from them, all in return for a few favors, sometimes a promise to not go to a specific place.

Danny really wants to strike a deal with them. He wants to ask them for a favor so he can get out of work for a few weeks, he's been planning on taking a vacation with Sam and Tuck, but the Eyeballs are being annoyingly resistant.

He feels the familiar pull of Summoning, and realizes that it's time. Awesome, time to meet this mysterious Cult!

...

Why is the JLA standing in from of him?

[ezisregrettinglifedecisions]

I saw a post by @bellenotthebeast about the hate drivers are getting at the moment and this is a written version of what I put in the tags of my reblog because I didn't realise I was going to go on a rant when I tapped on the reblog button.

734 words just in case you were wondering.

All of the hate that drivers get for making mistakes is getting absolutely out of hand. It's frankly ridiculous how many people will jump at the chance to nitpick and be rude about another driver and whatever mistake they made minor or not. (This is specifically in relation to comments taken severly out of a very important bit of context and actual driving moments, if there is something serious then yes I think they should be held accountable for their actions, just because they're rich and in a very elite sport should not make them immune from accountability even though it does appear to sometimes.)

The stuff with Lando is actually sickening with how far its gotten. None of them should have to see that. In fact, no one, f1 driver or not, should ever see or hear such horrible things that people are saying to or about them. The death threats???? Hello??? What the actual fuck were people thinking. The drivers are people too the fans of those drivers are people. Get a grip and don't fucking send death threats???? Is that really that hard to have basic human respect for other people???

I see hate so much. Be it in the comments of an edit on tiktok or on a fan page on Instagram. Even the drivers own comment section and the official F1 account. People. What the fuck. Be supportive of people, for goodness sake. Don't be dicks??? Is it so difficult to be nice to people? I can tell that, unfortunately, I'm going to be using that phrase a lot.

I want to see the positives in this sport too. I think with all of the hate, all the good things have been buried under the swathes of hate and pain ignorance in some cases. I want to read or watch a video on how driver A did something so well, even if it's small and insignificant in the overall. I really want to hear about the amazing defending, even if they did get overtaken eventually. I want to hear about them being so fucking happy with their Quali position. I want to hear them screaming down the radio when they get in the points. I want to hear the feedback on the drive, where things may have gone wrong, and even where people think things could have improved. I want to hear about the track and the conditions and how well everyone did and how the people and the fans and their teams are so proud of their achievements during the weekend.

The thing I do not want to see is - ew i hate driver B. EEK no driver C ruined everything. Driver D should crash into the barriers. DO YOU NOT REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE COMMENTS HOPING DRIVERS WOULD DIE IN A CRASH. What the fuck is wrong with the people saying that???? That is NOT okay. EVER. Have you not seen how outraged Max Fewtrell was when someone said that they hoped Max V crashed and got hurt in his twitch chat room. He was furious. Saying how that wasn't okay and how fucked up it was to say something like that. Listen to Max for fucks sake please.

WE👏 DONT 👏KNOW 👏THEM👏.

They're public figures, and we only know the public side of them, not the side they reserve for behind closed doors. And for the fifth hundred time, we aren't entitled to know anything about them behind closed doors either. We dont have any ground to stand on to demand anything like that. Because who the fuck do you think you are to demand something like that. Seriously, some people need to understand that this ISN'T okay and the way these people are acting will NEVER be okay.

So just enjoy the sport.

Enjoy the drivers.

Enjoy watching their skills on the track.

Enjoy their interviews and their relationships together on and off the track.

Enjoy the side of them that we are allowed to see.

And stop hating unnecessarily.

Please, for the sake of the sport.

For the sake of the newer fans.

And for the sake of the drivers and their physical and mental health. You really need to think before you post. Think about the impacts it could have if something happens. Know that if your words are seen, that could be detrimental and how YOU played a part in something so horrible.

Thank you,

Ez

[historyofguns]

The article "Using a Vehicle for Cover in a Gunfight" by Hunt Fish Shoot on The Armory Life discusses the importance and techniques of using a vehicle as cover during a gunfight. It stresses that while concealment merely hides an individual's profile, true cover offers protection from gunfire, and using a vehicle's various parts provides different levels of cover. The article advises getting out of the car quickly in a gunfight, using the engine block, and areas with more material, like the "B" pillars and wheels, as cover. It cautions against relying on doors for protection as they generally only offer concealment. The piece provides practical tips for positioning oneself around a vehicle to maximize protection and reminds the reader to stay mobile during such dangerous situations. The article highlights the cooperation with TrueShot for ammunition used in the tutorial and invites readers to discuss further on The Armory Life Forum.

[projectchampionz]

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON POLICE INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON POLICE INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS 1.1 Introduction The rise of social media has significantly transformed the way police gather intelligence, respond to incidents, and engage with the public. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and others provide law enforcement agencies with vast amounts of information that can be used to monitor criminal activities,…

[tozettastone]

Do you think anything interesting would happen if Maddie and Red ever interacted? Thinking about like Red in disguise trying to ask about Maddie around town or Maddie noticing someone sneaking and trying to trick them into Barry 2's vicinity

Hmm..... Red doesn't usually go out of her way to interact with anyone, but Maddie's got a unique relationship to her own favourite criminal outlier. Red would be very curious about her. It seems possible that Red might risk slinking out from under the comforting shadows of her genjutsu to conduct a field interview, I guess? And it helps that Maddie isn't very dangerous, on average.

For Red, Maddie isn't really a person so much as a person-shaped source of Kakuzu-related information... But for Maddie, Red is some sweet-smelling apparition who comes out of nowhere and wants to gently interrogate her about her very dangerous dad. Maddie is kinda sensitive to things she thinks are threatening, and she thinks most ninja are threatening. Mostly what keeps her from running away in the existing fics about her is if she thinks running won't actually help her — like when she meets Sasori or Kakuzu. But she runs away from her dead mum, her ninja surveillance, and even Kakuzu and Hidan, when she meets them.

So in this scenario, I think Red would get one stilted and highly hostile conversation, and then Maddie would sneak away, give herself bangs and flee to Frost Country.

[sleepymarmot]

Austin (as Interrogator): [brief pause] I see. You know a man named Jeremy. Jeremy has been in school for 18 years. While in school, he has come to believe that his purpose on this world is to lead others to their death. What does he stand to gain?

Keith (as Lyke): Nothing.

Austin (as Interrogator): Why does he pursue this strategy?

Keith (as Lyke): ‘Cause he’s wrong. He has a wrong idea.

Austin (as Interrogator): How would you deter him from this?

Keith (as Lyke): How do I know Jeremy?

Austin (as Interrogator): You know him through school. You're old schoolmates.

Keith (as Lyke): I would try to convince him of the reality that he had nothing to gain.

Austin (as Interrogator): He’s convinced that he has everything to gain. How do you deter him?

Keith (as Lyke): [sighs] I...share this with our other mutual acquaintances and have them try.

Relistening to “At the Gates of Sapodilla” for the first time since the season ended, and this made me stop dead in my tracks 😨