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Instructor Development Threat Evaluation and Reporting Course

The Instructor Development Threat Evaluation and Reporting Course is a four-day in-person, or five-day virtual, training course that is exclusively for those in NTER's Master Trainer Program.

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Master Trainer Program

NTER's MTP certifies Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (F/SLTT) partners in the instruction of BTAM techniques and best practices.

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NTER National Programs

The NTER Office assists Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial and Private Sector partners in adapting processes for identifying and mitigating homeland security threats of targeted violence.

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NTER Partner & Program Support

NTER conducts strategic engagement and events, outreach, and program support to provide partners with the tools, systems, and resources needed to identify, report, share, and mitigate homeland security threats.

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NTER Resources

NTER equips homeland security partners with resources to identify and mitigate threats of terrorism and targeted violence to keep the Homeland safe.

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S&T Seeks Solutions for Mitigating Threats to Soft Targets

DHS S&T announced a new solicitation to help mitigate threats toward soft targets and reduce attacks in crowded places.

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DHS CWMD and Seattle Conduct a Biological Threat Preparedness Exercise

On January 25, 2022, the DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD), Seattle area emergency managers, public health officials, lab officials, and first responders conducted a virtual tabletop exercise of the BioWatch program.

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Digital Ecosystems for Student Security, Safety, and Well-Being

Co-hosted with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) School Safety Task Force and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET), the goal of this Digital Forum was to engage with the education sector, school safety stakeholders, civil society, and technology companies to amplify programs and platforms that help reduce risk factors to the radicalization to violence, ensure broad awareness of the threat of targeted violence and terrorism, and share innovative solutions for prevention.

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NTER Bulletin

NTER Office's Quarterly Bulletins are designed to keep DHS partners well-informed about research developments, trends, and resources.

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Behavioral Approach to Violence Prevention 2.0

This document identifies common threatening or concerning behaviors across a wide variety of completed and averted acts of targeted violence.