The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency plans to award a one-year contract to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for subject matter expertise in support of the development of a National Vulnerability Intelligence Platform (NVIP) using artificial intelligence and machine learning to “drastically” reduce the number of labor hours used in the analysis of software and hardware vulnerabilities and publishing those vulnerabilities to the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure database. CISA says the project describes the next-generation of NVIP, a software-as-a-service solution to obtain rich, actionable, and real-time intelligence about known vulnerabilities. RIT developed the original proof-of-concept NVIP project and conducted a two-year demonstration of its features CISA, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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has appointed Virginia Buckingham, a former vice president of corporate affairs for Pfizer and CEO of the Massachusetts Port Authority, to its board of advisors. Buckingham led recovery efforts for Boston’s Logan Airport after 9/11 and was the first airport executive to call for federalization of airport security. “Ms. Buckingham has an impressive track record of driving the successful deployment and adoption of new technologies focused on improving public safety, health and peace of mind,” says Bill Frain, Liberty’s CEO. “Her expertise spans multiple key areas that are essential for the widespread deployment of Liberty’s portfolio of technologies.” Liberty is developing a walk-through scanning portal, a high-definition advanced imaging technology system, and a shoe scanner.
The Transportation Security Administration says that Maryland residents can now use their mobile driver’s licenses or state IDs in the Apple Wallet app on their iPhone or Apple Watch to verify their identities at PreCheck screening checkpoints at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Reagan National Airport. In March, TSA began allowing Arizona residents to use their digital identities at the PreCheck lanes at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.