As of July 4, 2020, the USCG is tracking 66 cruise ships moored, at anchor, or underway in vicinity of a U.S. port, or with potential to arrive in a US port, with 18,271 crewmembers.
A complaint was unsealed on July 6 in the Eastern District of New York charging Bryant Espinoza Aguilar, the stepson of Sinaloa Cartel leader and notorious fugitive Rafael Caro Quintero, with conspiring to commit violations of the Kingpin Act.
The U.S. Coast Guard interdicted 14 Haitian migrants approximately 26 miles east of St. Lucie, on July 2.
The series will include webinars on canine detection research and development, countering unmanned aerial systems, and public safety threat prevention.
Introducing HSToday’s new Leadership Interview series to increase clarity on the law and your government.
Millions of Americans have shifted to working at home indefinitely to help halt the spread of COVID-19, placing them outside of more secure office networks and away from company IT professionals.
Securing Industrial Control Systems: A Unified Initiative is intended to help architects, owners and operators, vendors, integrators, researchers, and others in the ICS community build capabilities that lead to more secure ICS operations.
Automotive cyberattacks are possible since many vehicles are connected to the internet. Not only that, but new technologies also mean that there are more points of attack for cybercriminals.
A video released by the Rail Security Alliance (RSA) says that over the past five years, the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) has infiltrated the United States.
US Cyber Command published an alert on social media urging users of the F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) to patch systems immediately due to flaws that threat actors may exploit to compromise systems.
Miami International Airport Lead Transportation Security Officer (LTSO) Paul Muao passed away July 2 after a lengthy battle with COVID-19.
The European Union’s Healthy Gateways working group released interim advice for the resumption of cruise ship operations.
The multiple-award agreement will provide the National Institutes of Health with a range of professional IT program and technical services.
Barrial replaces Yann Delabrière who resumes his previous role as Chairman of the Board. Matthew Cole, who has joined the Group, has taken Barrial’s previous position as head of the Secure Enterprise Transactions division.
Some of the vehicles were obtained from car dealerships using fraudulent identities and stolen credit cards, while others were taken via fraud from rental car companies.
The George Washington University will lead a new Center of Excellence that will deliver a pilot Master of Business Administration program focused on security technology transition from federal research and development to operational use.
An American Airlines mechanic at John F. Kennedy International Airport, was arraigned July 6 on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, conspiracy to import cocaine and importation of cocaine.
The report identifies seven trends driving the increasing emergence of zoonotic diseases, including a growing demand for animal protein, unsustainable farming practices and the global climate crisis.
The UN Secretary-General has highlighted how the pandemic has laid bare vulnerabilities to “new and emerging forms of terrorism”, such as cyberattacks, bioterrorism and the misuse of digital technology.
The criminal exploitation of mobile money services includes fraud, money laundering, extortion, human trafficking and people smuggling, the illegal wildlife trade and terrorism.
