Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations launched a website this month intended to foster transparency with stakeholders and the public about their biometrics entry/exit program. Keep Reading
"If I don't get an immunity response the vaccine is not going to protect me. This face mask will. So I do want to keep asking the American public to take the responsibility." Keep Reading
Approximately half of U.S. Millennials and Gen Z have seen Holocaust denial or distortion posts on social media or elsewhere online. 30 percent indicated that they had seen Nazi symbols on their social media platforms or in their community. Keep Reading
An Iran-based malicious cyber actor is targeting several industries mainly associated with information technology, government, healthcare, financial, insurance, and media sectors across the United States. Keep Reading
In 2019 alone, government entities reported 163 ransomware attacks — a nearly 150 percent increase in reported attacks from 2018 — with more than $1.8 million in ransoms paid and tens of millions of dollars spent on recovery costs. Keep Reading
Many online companies are not aware that although they physically operate wholly within one country, their international online presence necessitates policies and procedures to ensure global sanctions compliance to avoid civil and criminal penalties. Keep Reading
From now until November 3, every American has a role to play in protecting the election from threats against the democratic process. Keep Reading
A Government Accountability Office report says some federal agencies do not use Internet of Things (IoT) technology due to cybersecurity challenges and other concerns. Keep Reading
While the use of facial recognition and related technology in airports and other security checkpoints can provide less physical contact and potentially fewer infections during the pandemic, it may also increase the attack surface of a new target. Keep Reading
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Morgan City, La., to the Navarre, Fla., and at Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas including metropolitan New Orleans. Keep Reading
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has consistently observed Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS)-affiliated cyber threat actors using publicly available information sources and common, well-known tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to target U.S. Government agencies. Keep Reading
The underage group, which originated on Instagram, discusses attacking migrants, how to acquire, modify and make weapons and how to hide their political views in order to be able to enlist in the military. Keep Reading
Imagine the catastrophic effects should a vulnerability in the supply chain allow vaccines destined for millions of people to be sabotaged and contaminated. Keep Reading
Regardless what disaster strikes, have a plan and make sure your entire family knows that plan. Within that plan, everyone should know where to meet, and have an out-of-state contact so when someone is missing everyone knows to call that contact to check in. Keep Reading
Frustrated law enforcement agencies took to social media to dispel the rumors and plead with the public to stop tying up their valuable resources and making first responders' jobs more difficult with false reports as the fires continue to spread. Keep Reading
"It serves the people in vital ways... continually remind the American people of all the ways Homeland Security protects us," said Jeh Johnson in forum with Michael Chertoff and Janet Napolitano. Keep Reading
Brian Murphy says he was demoted for "protected disclosures ... primarily focused on the compilation of intelligence reports and threat assessments that conflicted with policy objectives set forth by the White House." Keep Reading
August 2020 will be remembered for its extreme heat and violent weather: The U.S. endured heat waves, hurricanes, a devastating derecho and raging wildfires out West. Keep Reading
A former ISIS fighter who survived for years with the terrorist group in Syria has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges back in Texas and is likely headed to prison for a long time. Keep Reading
A lapse in this contract could jeopardize the health and safety of migrants in CBP custody, as well as that of U.S. Border Patrol agents, CBP officers, and staff, especially during the current pandemic, OIG said. Keep Reading