Homeland Security

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday announced his department’s initial steps to further strengthen the nation’s cyber security posture in line with the Biden administration’s commitment to prioritize cyber […]

An immigration reform bill introduced in Congress last Thursday includes a focus on the use of technology to facilitate secure travel and trade at the nation’s ports of entry and […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday released its first strategy for how it will work with the nation’s international partners to improve cyber security of critical infrastructure. […]

CBP Issues RFP for Block II Drive-Through Low Energy Portals Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its anticipated Request for Proposal (RFP) for drive-through low energy portals under its […]

Telos Renews Contract with Philly Airport for Channeling Services Telos Corp. [TLS] says that the city of Philadelphia has renewed its contract to continue providing Transportation Security Administration-approved Designated Channeling […]

DroneShield Providing AI Detection, Classification Software for Existing CUAS Systems DroneShield says it is rolling out its first full machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI)-based detection and classification software to all […]

Biometric processing of travelers using facial comparison technology “increased dramatically” in fiscal year 2020 despite a precipitous decline in overall travel to and from the U.S., Customs and Border Protection […]

After missing the first two initial planned deployments for its new biometric-based identity management system, the Department of Homeland Security office responsible for the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) system […]

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has awarded start-up AppCensus $198,600 to develop testing and validation services for COVID-19 digital contact tracing applications. Under the Silicon Valley […]

Congress should give the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) more responsibility for protecting information and data networks of federal civilian agencies, many of which don’t have the resources to […]