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Aware and Prepared

DSS Special Agents and World Cup Field Liaison Officers Casey Shearing (top row, second from left), Katherine Johnston (top row, third from left), Rachel Wolf-Hubbard (bottom row, third from left), and Tiffany Toteno (bottom row, far right) and their U.S. Soccer Federation counterparts hold up an American flag before the start of the FIFA World Cup match between the United States and Netherlands at Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Dec. 3, 2022. Photo by Eric Weiner

Secure Games

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield addresses the Overseas Security Advisory Council’s Annual Briefing, Nov. 15-17, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Overseas Security Advisory Council

OSAC hosts Annual Briefing

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Qatari special forces and U.S. special operators encounter a simulated gunman at the Qatar Metro Station, Mar. 24, 2021, during a training exercise called Invincible Sentry 21 in Doha. Invincible Sentry represented a unique opportunity to train with Qatari partners to exercise critical crisis response capabilities. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex L. Smedegard

Office of Special Programs

From a modest booth at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, Aug. 5, 2021, Rewards for Justice (RFJ) staff handed out mini wanted posters and t-shirts (left). When scanned by a mobile device, the QR code on the t-shirt led individuals back to RFJ’s webpage (bottom right) for the reward offer. Also at the booth, a large video screen (top right) flashed ads for the cyber reward offer in English and multiple foreign languages, including Russian. Photos courtesy of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security

Rewards for Justice incentivizes critical infrastructure protection

From left: U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and Bureau of Diplomatic Security Assistant Secretary Gentry Smith discuss the "Climate-Security Nexus: Impacts on U.S. Organizations Abroad,” during the 2021 OSAC Annual Briefing, Nov. 17. Photo courtesy of OSAC

OSAC Annual Briefing forges meaningful security connections

A blue visa document is on top of a U.S. blue passport with gold stamped "PASSPORT" letters.

Portsmouth State Annexes

OSAC hosts annual flagship event virtually

Securing the Games

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