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The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an appropriations bill July 23 that includes a requested $24 million in increased funding for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), mostly used to address […]

A bill introduced in the Senate July 22 would greatly expand the powers of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detect and defend against intrusions on any civilian government […]

Stakeholders have warned the United States its proposed export controls on digital intrusion and surveillance technology for the international Wassenaar Arrangement are much too broad. Legislators, industry officials, and open […]

Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Sarah Saldaña unveiled a major expansion of the ICE Cyber Crimes Center (C3) on July […]

Alejandro Mayorkas, deputy secretary of homeland security signed a joint statement with his Israeli government counterparts reaffirming both countries’ commitment to cooperating on cybersecurity issues the week of July 13, […]

As expected, Lockheed Martin [LMT] on July 20 said it has agreed to acquire the Sikorsky Aircraft business from United Technologies Corp. [UTX] for $9 billion, adding a helicopter design […]

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) office in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a broad agency announcement for its Cyber-attack Automated Unconventional Sensor Environment […]

IARPA Issues BAA for Cyber Attack Forecasting Program The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Cyber-attack Automated Unconventional Environment (CAUSE) program, […]

OSI Systems Receives $15M Middle East Order for Inspection Systems OSI Systems [OSIS] says its Rapiscan Systems division has received a $15 million follow-on order from a Middle East government […]

ICE Expands Cyber Crimes Center Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has unveiled a major expansion of its Cyber Crimes Center, providing the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations with enhanced operational and […]