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Open Science Prize Announces Epidemic Tracking Tool as Grand Prize Winner

A prototype online platform using real-time visualization and viral genome data to track the spread of global pathogens like Zika and Ebola won the...

Canada’s Terror Threat Disclosed in New CSIS Report

Terrorism and extremists are believed to be the biggest threat to Canada’s national security, according to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Public Report...

DHS Has Made Progress in Planning for a Biometric Air Exit System and Reporting Overstays, but Challenges Remain

DHS Has Made Progress in Planning for a Biometric Air Exit System and Reporting Overstays, but Challenges Remain - GAO audit report

AVA Says it’s Revolutionized Personal and Public Safety Using Artificial Intelligence

Berlin-based start-up AVA announced that after more than two years of “highly secretive development,” its artificial intelligence technology is available which is “capable of...

DHS Makes Progress in Biometric Air Exit System, Reporting Overstays, But Challenges Remain

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has conducted four pilot programs to inform the development and implementation of a biometric exit capability to collect biometric...

TSA Officially Opens Modular Training Site at FLETC-Glynco

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it officially opened its new modular training campus at the FederalLaw Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), providing students with...

SPECIAL ANALYSIS: Federal Air Marshals Fail to Assess Capabilities

The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Office of Training and Development (OTD) assesses air marshals' training needs using several information sources, but opportunities exist to...

DHS Needs to ‘Overcome Challenges’ Hindering its Efforts, IG Says; GAO High-Risk List: DHS Showing Improvement

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has progressed in addressing challenges to accomplish its mission, “however, to fulfill its vital mission of protecting and...

DHS Needs to Take Additional Actions to Identify Opportunities to ‘Harmonize’ Access Control Efforts, Audit Finds

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Screening Coordination Office (SCO) has taken actions to support harmonization across DHS access control efforts, but it hasn’t...

Resolving CBP’s Problems With C-TPAT Portal 2.0 Could Improve User Frustrations

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) staff told the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program have faced challenges in...

TopSpin Security Introduces Enterprise IoT Security Based on Deception Technology

TopSpin Security, Inc., has released what it calls the first enterprise internet of things (IoT) security solution based on leading deception technology, now available...

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Additional Actions by DHS Could Help Identify Opportunities to Harmonize Access Control Efforts

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Additional Actions by DHS Could Help Identify Opportunities to Harmonize Access Control Efforts - GAO audit report.

GTSC, NCOA Partner to Employ Transitioning Veterans Into Homeland, National Security Jobs

The Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC), the premier non-profit organization for companies in homeland and national security, and the Non Commissioned Officers Association...

HSS Development Releases Their New Remote RDS500 Suicide Bomb Detector

An upgrade has been made to HSS Development’s bomb detection line, the RDS500, a covert remote controlled and monitored “walk-by” bomb and weapons detection...

Insider Threats Pose Risk to Airports; TSA Also ‘Long Overdue for Overhaul’

The majority of nation’s airports do not have full employee screening at secure access points, resulting a serious insider threat vulnerability, and “are unable...

How Our Leaders Should Be Protecting the Homeland

The United States continues to face security threats while the new administration and Congress remain in an ideological war with no end in sight....
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