In the wake of the recent discovery of a cyber security breach of a number of federal agencies and even more private sector entities, the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has introduced a new effort aimed at reducing cyber risks nationwide through better use of data, ...
Homeland Security
The Department of Commerce on Thursday issued an interim rule to secure the nation’s information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply chain, identifying China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela as threats. The interim rule, which will be published soon in the ...
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday released a strategic plan for how it will confront threats from China, taking advantage of the department’s existing authorities and capabilities to respond to challenges in the areas of border security and immigration, trade and economic security, ...
The Coast Guard continues to develop requirements and put resources toward its current goal of having a new fleet of at least six polar icebreakers, but if funding were available it could use a force of nine icebreakers capable operating in the high-latitudes, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl ...
President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday named current National Security Agency cyber chief Anne Neuberger as his top official on the National Security Council (NSC) for cyber security and emerging technologies and also named Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall as his top homeland security adviser on the ...
The best facial recognition algorithms correctly matched individuals wearing masks 96 percent of the time in an evaluation last fall, demonstrating that people can potentially keep their masks on while having their photo identity automatically checked amid a pandemic, the Department of Homeland ...