Homeland Security
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CyberSEC Approves Rule On Cybersecurity Incident Disclosures, Risk Management Plans
As the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) continues through a lengthy rulemaking process to establish requirements for cybersecurity incident reporting by certain critical infrastructure entities, the Securities and Exchange […]
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CongressSenate Homeland Panel Authorizes Hiring New CBP Officers
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would enable Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to hire at least 600 new officers annually to […]
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CyberWhite House Releases Implementation Plan For National Cybersecurity Strategy
The White House on Thursday released a roadmap to implement its four-month-old National Cybersecurity Strategy that identifies lead agencies to drive each of the strategy’s initiatives, general plans for doing […]
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Homeland SecurityFagan Suggests Further Delay In Polar Security Cutter
The Coast Guard is still working with the shipbuilder on an updated schedule and new cost estimates for its first new heavy polar icebreaker, but it will be at least […]
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Homeland SecurityTSA Set To Publish New Roadmap For Open Architecture
Transportation Security Administrator David Pekoske last Wednesday signed off on his agency’s latest roadmap, this one focused on open architecture to enhance current and future technologies and provide new opportunities […]
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Unmanned SystemsCoast Guard Issues Draft RFP For Maritime UAS
The Coast Guard last week issued a draft request for proposal (RFP) for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that would be operated by contractors aboard some of its cutters, moving a […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Concerned With Limitations In CBP’s Passenger Vehicle Scanners
New non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is beginning to deploy at land ports of entry to scan passenger vehicles as they are entering the U.S. […]
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Homeland SecurityGAO: 40 Percent Cost Growth In Coast Guard Cutter Result Of Poor Shipbuilding Policies, Hurricane
A new report by independent government auditors found the Coast Guard’s policy choices including design and construction concurrency, and the effects of a 2018 hurricane, have contributed to 40 percent […]
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CyberCISA Directs Federal Agencies To Remove Web Interfaces To Network Management Systems
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week directed federal civilian agencies to eliminate any public-facing interfaces to network management systems and devices to prevent access to these systems […]
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CongressSenate Homeland Panel Approves DHS Bills
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved several authorization bills for the Department of Homeland Security, including a measure directing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to […]