Boosting the ability of frontline officers at air, land and sea border crossings to detect a traveler as a potential terrorist or criminal was the focus of an operation coordinated by INTERPOL across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Keep Reading
“It is mid-way through the fourth month of the year and already we have caught more than half the number of guns we caught during all 12 months of 2020,” Keep Reading
Officers with the Transportation Security Administration at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston recently discovered an unexpected - and illegal - item inside a breakfast burrito during checkpoint security screening operations. Keep Reading
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 (I-35) checkpoint have discovered undocumented individuals inside a commercial trailer during a human smuggling attempt, north of Laredo, Texas. Keep Reading
"A lot of these violent extremism threats don't fit into nice, neat ideological buckets," FBI director warns. Keep Reading
The University of Oregon tests were performed in quarantine and isolation spaces known to have individuals who had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19). Keep Reading
The award includes an initial order for a HCVP Z60 drive-through X-ray inspection system which will be installed at a Laredo, Texas Border Patrol checkpoint by September 2022. Keep Reading
Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd has signed a license agreement with Battelle Memorial Institute (“Battelle”) to develop next-generation checkpoint screening solutions. Keep Reading
The $6.5M production order will equip CWMD’s Mobile Detection Deployment Program (MDDP) and DHS Transportation Security Administration (TSA) with HAIBP backpacks to deliver advanced radiation detection capabilities. Keep Reading
In 1996, a small group of private sector and government officials began working with the FBI's Cleveland Field Office to help identify cyber threats to the country. Keep Reading
The Commission is urging the Administration and Congress to take further action now to avoid another pandemic or biological attack. Keep Reading
Federal agencies screen an average of 235,000 vehicles every day for illegal contraband, explosives and other potential threats in the United States. Keep Reading
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has reported several guns being stopped at U.S. airports by TSA officers over the last week as air travel experiences a spring uptick. Keep Reading
Immigration increases include USCIS funding and Office of Professional Responsibility to process CBP, ICE complaints. Keep Reading
Dutch media reports that National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security staff with fake social media accounts are secretly following citizens as well as hundreds of political campaign leaders, religious leaders, and left and right activists. The report says the information is shared within the Netherlands and to foreign security services. Keep Reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers identified two Cameroon women as impostors at Washington-Dulles International Airport, with the help of biometric facial comparison technology. Keep Reading
Tribal organizations are coming together in effort to work towards the goal of improving security preparedness, response and resilience for ALL Native American tribes and their enterprises. Keep Reading
In 2020, during a worldwide pandemic, there were over 600 occurrences of gun violence that resulted in the death or injury of four or more people in public or semi-public places. Keep Reading
Prior to joining Viken, Dr. Lai held various technical leadership roles at Rapiscan and Safran (formerly Morpho Detection) in their Explosive Trace Detection divisions. Keep Reading
The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) released Averting Targeted School Violence: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Plots Against Schools, the newest report out of the center. Keep Reading