Homeland Security
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CyberCISA Launches Ransomware Vulnerability Pilot
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday said it has created a new pilot program that leverages existing authorities to identify networks that have security vulnerabilities commonly associated […]
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BudgetCBP Seeks Boost In Funding For Border Surveillance Towers
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking funding to increase the number of surveillance towers it has along U.S. borders and complete development and begin deploying a new common operating […]
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Homeland SecurityFacial Comparison Technology Scoring High Regardless Of Country Of Origin, CBP Official Says
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has overcome initial problems it had with a biometric-related feature of a mobile service application that the Biden administration has begun asking asylum seekers to […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS Proposes Flat Budget For FY ’24; Includes $535 Million For Border Security Technology
The Biden administration is seeking $60.4 billion for the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal year 2024, nearly a percent less than the $61 billion Congress enacted in discretionary spending […]
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CyberTSA Adds Cybersecurity Requirements To Regulations For Aviation Sector
Driven by what it says are “persistent threats” to critical infrastructure, including the aviation sector, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week amended its security regulations for airport and aircraft […]
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SolarWinds Breach Revealed Shortcomings At CISA, DHS IG Report Shows
The discovery in late 2020 of a software supply chain vulnerability that may have compromised thousands of private and public information technology networks, including the Department of Homeland Security and […]
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Homeland SecurityCBP To Evaluate Insitu UAS To Meet Some Light Enforcement Platform Missions
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shortly plans to begin conducting technology evaluations of two Insitu-made medium unmanned aircraft systems (mUASs) to meet certain light surveillance missions. The technology demonstrations will […]
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Tech Industry Reps See Thoughtful Approach To Regulations In Cyber Strategy; Liability Will Be Thorny
The Biden administration’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy suggests it will take a thorough approach to understanding what authorities currently exist to regulate critical infrastructure sectors of the economy and what […]
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CyberRegulation, Liability, National Power Tools Feature In New National Cybersecurity Strategy
The Biden administration on Thursday released a new National Cybersecurity Strategy that builds on work of previous administrations but goes in new directions in several areas including calling for expanding […]
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CyberChina Likely To Hit U.S., Allies With Cyber-Attacks If It Attacks Taiwan, Easterly Warns
Unlike Russia, which didn’t mount the expected cyber-attacks against U.S. and allied critical infrastructure the West had feared when that country invaded Ukraine a year ago, China is unlikely to […]