Substack Daily Updates – 4-30-26

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Looking Back – 5-11-09, Video Escorts – An early post about using video surveillance systems to perform unaccompanied access escorts on secure facilities - https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/04/looking-back-5-11-09-video-escorts.html

• Review – Bills Introduced – 4-29-26 – 68 bills – Space Geek: HR 8584, expanding Multinational Force Operation Olympic Defender – Short version of article published here (premium content) - https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/04/review-bills-introduced-4-29-26.html

• Review – 6 Advisories and 2 Updates Published – 4-30-26 – NCCIC-ICS control system security advisories for products from ABB – Updated advisories for products from Mitsubishi – Short version of article published here (premium content) - https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/04/review-6-advisories-and-2-updates.html

• House Accepts Senate Amendment to HR 7147 – FY 2026 DHS Spending – Reversal of stand by House leadership to require ICE-CBP funding in DHS bill - https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2026/04/house-accepts-senate-amendment-to-hr.html

I have removed the following articles from the CFSN Detailed Analysis paywall to support today’s CISA Advisories post:

• Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 3-7-26 – Part 1,

• Public ICS Disclosures – 4-11-26 - Part 1, and

• Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 4-18-26 – Part 2,

I posted the following to my social media feeds (X, Mastodon, Substack, and LinkedIn):

• I posted the following to a discussion on X about the new ‘Copy Fail’ vulnerability. “Last paragraph of post is important. We are going to see lots of ICS patches about this one.”

• I posted the following to a discussion on X about the use of AI products: “If you are using Microsoft or Google products (and many more) AI tools are an integral part of the operating system. We are all stuck with them. Is there any way of corporate tracking who uses them???”

• I posted the following to a discussion on X about the end of maneuver warfare: “Machine guns killed maneuver. Anti-tank missiles killed maneuver. So now, UAS killed maneuver. Maneuver is dead, long live maneuver....”

• I posted the following to a discussion on Substack Notes about cross generational music: “I remember the day in 1995 when I came home and told my 19 yo step son that Jerry Garcia had died. He was amazed that I knew who the Grateful Dead was.”