Cybersecurity
Too Many CISOs Delay Cyber Response, DHS Official Says
The overabundance of federal cybersecurity leaders is inhibiting the government’s ability to rapidly respond to threats, according to Mark Bristow.
Cybersecurity
DHS Silicon Valley Program Makes Two Awards for Digital Credentials Management
The department is working to digitize the process for issuing, verifying and managing credentials like travel documents and employment authorizations.
Cybersecurity
DHS Cyber Monitoring Program Is Shedding Light on Agencies’ Shadow IT
Before using tools provided under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, agencies only knew about four of every seven devices that connected to their networks, according to program manager Kevin Cox.
Cybersecurity
CISA Wants Feedback on Its Vulnerability Assessments
The agency is looking to improve a program that lets critical infrastructure operators measure their digital security and see how they stack up against their counterparts.
Modernization
Can CBP Stand Up an Electronic Health Records System in 90 Days?
Lawmakers eager to see Customs and Border Protection digitize its health care system are pushing a bill that would give the agency three months to go from paper to electronic records.
Policy
Federal Lawmakers Push '.Gov' Web Addresses For Local Governments
A new U.S. Senate bill comes amid concerns that online criminals can “spoof” the public with fake government websites.
Emerging Tech
DHS Wants Self-Service Stations for Airport Security
The tech would allow passengers to screen themselves and skip lengthy lines at today’s security checkpoints.
Digital Government
Border Agents Can Now Get Classified Intelligence Information. Experts Call That Dangerous.
The Trump administration is creating a center that will give immigration agents access to information from U.S. intelligence agencies. Migrants and others denied entry will be unable to see the evidence against them because it is classified.
Ideas
Cybersecurity Awareness Month Wrap-up and Honoring Animal Heroes
Fix your cyber posture and honor patriotic pets.
Cybersecurity
House Committee Advances Bill to Expand DHS Cyber Monitoring Program
As state and local governments face rising cyber threats, the legislation would give them free access to the tools provided under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program.
Emerging Tech
Justice to Require DNA Sampling of Nearly All Detained Migrants
Once collected, the samples will be moved into the FBI’s massive DNA database.
Emerging Tech
Lawmaker: TSA Should Halt Facial Recognition Programs Absent Formal Policies
The agency said it is working on those policies while the technology is tested through pilot programs.
Emerging Tech
Border Patrol Agents Might Get Body Cameras to Record Interactions With the Public
The agency is also interested in learning how body cameras could be integrated with its facial recognition program.
Cybersecurity
Budgetary, Technical Hurdles Continue Hampering 2020 Election Security Prep
A Congressional field hearing in Illinois highlighted how far states and local jurisdictions have come since 2016, and how far they have to go.
Emerging Tech
The Endless Aerial Surveillance of the Border
New reports suggest that drone activity at the southern border is spreading to nearby cities, erasing the line between police procedures and immigration enforcement.
Cybersecurity
CISA Official Offers Details into China-Led Attacks of U.S. Managed Service Providers
As technology advances, so do the complexities of the cyber threats targeting the nation.
Emerging Tech
DHS Buys Sensor Tech to Measure Wait Times and Traveler Flow at Airports
The agency will use it to gain a “granular view” of passenger flow through international customs.
Modernization
6 Lessons from Government Customer Experience Professionals
Officials from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Transportation Security Administration and Office of Federal Student Aid explained what’s worked in improving customer experience.
Modernization
TSA’s Cloud Future Will Be A Hybrid of Agency-Approved Services
The agency released its Cloud Strategy 2.0, which calls for a mix of public and private cloud, but only from vendors pre-cleared by TSA.
Cybersecurity
Attorney General, DHS Secretary Call on Facebook to Build Encryption Backdoors
“Security enhancements to the virtual world should not make us more vulnerable in the physical world,” they said in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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