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Homeland Security

GAO Finds Mixed Results In TSA’s Covert Testing Efforts

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 4th, 2019

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GAO Finds Mixed Results In TSA’s Covert Testing Efforts

The Transportation Security Administration has improved its processes for covert testing of passenger and checked baggage screening at U.S. airports to uncover vulnerabilities but its overall efforts remain mixed, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. “In 2015, TSA established the Security Vulnerability Management Process to leverage agency-wide resources to address systems vulnerabilities,” GAO says in an unclassified version of its report. “However, this process has not yet resolved any identified security vulnerabilities. Since 2015, Inspection officials…

Congress

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Congress

SASC Cites Concern With Army’s sUAS Approach, Seeks Info On Plans To Scale Fielding

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Army

Army Plans To Initiate ISV-Heavy Competition Later This Year, Official Says

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