President Obama expressed confidence in an interview that aired Thursday that the U.S. is on guard against a Paris-style attack by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

“What I try to do is to make sure that people understand the threat is real, we have to be vigilant, but we also can’t panic and we can’t respond out of fear,” Obama said in the CBS News interview.

“ISIL is not going to pose an existential threat to us,” he continued, using an alternate acronym for ISIS, adding, “they are a dangerous organization like al Qaeda was, but we have hardened our defenses. Our homeland has never been more protected by more effective intelligence and law enforcement professionals at every level than they are now.”

The president also told CBS that coordination among law enforcement is stronger than previously.

“If you look at the number of successful terrorist attacks that have occurred, you know, we have disrupted a lot of them, but the dangers are still there and so we just have to keep things in perspective,” Obama told the network.

Read the article “Obama: US Has ‘Never Been More Protected’ from ISIS” on thehill.com.