The U.S. military has supported domestic missions with drones several times in the past decades, but 2018 marked a highpoint of military drone usage domestically, surpassing the past seven years …
Here’s How DHS Expects Cyberattackers to Target Emergency Services
The Department of Homeland Security has issued an analytic graphic detailing how it expects cyber attacks against the Emergency Services Sector could be conducted. The image identifies the …
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Shutdown Forces Feds Off the Conference Circuit
One potentially unexpected consequence of the ongoing shutdown is that scientists and tech leaders employed by the government are not able to attend conferences around the country, potentially …
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The Government’s Bioterror-Response Website May Be Leaking Sensitive Data
"The U.S. government’s chief tool to coordinate responses to bioterror events has for years suffered from big security problems, according to Homeland Security Department inspectors and a …
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Pentagon to Take Over All Security Clearances in Nine Months, Officials Say
"The Defense Department and Office of Personnel Management expect to have merged two offices and moved 2,000 federal employees and a 600,000-case backlog of security clearance investigations nine …
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How DHS is Trying to Separate Quality Cyber Tools from Snake Oil
How do you compare and test the efficacy of cybersecurity products and companies when the information is proprietary? In many situations, you cannot. The research division of DHS is currently trying …
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DHS wants a custom cyberthreat warning network
"The Department of Homeland Security wants to create a social network that businesses can use to exchange advanced knowledge of cyberattacks, an effort that echoes what a number of private sector …
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FBI: Watch out for Iranian SamSam malware
DHS and the FBI shared a joint alert on December third regarding the critical infrastructure threat posed by the Iranian SamSam virus. The ultimate purpose of the virus is the successful intrusion and …
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Defense, Homeland Security Secretaries Spearhead Cyber Cooperation Agreement
"Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spearheaded an agreement signed last week about how their agencies will work together on future cybersecurity challenges, …
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DHS Cyber Unit Fields False Alarms But No Hacks on Election Day
"Despite a few scares, there is no evidence of any cyberattacks against election infrastructure Tuesday, DHS officials said. As expected, federal officials spent much of the day chasing down anomalies …
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