DHS Letting Its Components, ‘Smart’ Strategy Guide Its Own Cloud Journey
"Headquarters is playing catch-up, but there’s an opportunity when you’re playing catch-up, when you’re not the first mover." Keep Reading
DHS Wants Industry Input on Security Operations Centers Staffing
SOCs are responsible for ensuring that potential cyber security incidents are correctly identified, analyzed, defended, investigated, and reported. Detection response time is critical to this effort. Keep Reading
DHS Announces Grant Allocations for Fiscal Year 2019 Preparedness Grants
Preparedness grants strengthen our nation’s ability to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters and other emergencies. Keep Reading
DHS Looking Into New Sensors for FISMA Tests
DHS focuses on the need for better inventorying of information systems and interconnections with other systems and networks. Keep Reading
46 Signs That a Person Might Be About to Unleash Extremist Violence
Many of the indicators may involve constitutionally protected activities. But observed together, the behaviors may raise suspicions and merit reporting to authorities. Keep Reading
DHS, DOJ Move to Block Asylum-Seekers with Third-Country Rule
McAleenan says rule "will help reduce a major 'pull' factor driving irregular migration to the United States and enable DHS and DOJ to more quickly and efficiently process cases." Keep Reading
DCIO Stephen Rice Nears His Last Day at DHS
Rice, who has served as DHS DCIO since June 2017, is leaving the department to fill the DCIO role at Navy Federal Credit Union. Keep Reading
IT Director Joseph Harris Takes Up Acting DCIO Role at DHS
Harris has served as executive director of ITSO since May 2018. Before that, beginning in January 2016, he was deputy chief information officer for FEMA Disaster Operations. Keep Reading
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office at DHS is Hiring
From Jim McDonnell, Assistant Secretary, Office of Countering Weapons ofMass Destruction, U.S. Department of Homeland Security We’re Hiring! Spread the word! On 21 December I was honored to be in the Oval Office for the signing of a new law creating the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office within DHS. CWMD has a critical mission… Keep Reading
DHS OIG Reports ‘Dangerous Overcrowding’ Needing ‘Immediate’ Fix in CBP Detention Facilities
"At one facility, some single adults were held in standing room only conditions for a week" and many children have had no access to showers. Keep Reading
