GitHub exposure points to broader contractor identity security gaps at CISA
A public GitHub repository reportedly maintained by an employee of Nightwing, a contractor supporting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…
Articles By Anthony Kimery
Anthony Kimery is the former Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Homeland Security Today. He managed the magazine, daily online news operations and wrote the award-winning "Kimery Report," which covered a broad spectrum of HS-related issues, from public health preparedness to intelligence collection. He has 30-plus years of broad institutional knowledge and expertise in homeland/national security matters and issues as an editor, analyst, and consultant. He also serves as Advisory Board Member of Mississippi College’s Center for Counterterrorism Studies.
TSA seeks biometric identity management support
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing to acquire new contractor support for one of its most sensitive identity management…
US Coast Guard seeks iOS-compatible biometric devices for at-sea identity checks
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is asking industry for information on iOS-compatible biometric collection devices that could support its Biometrics…
Notre Dame researchers release open-source iris recognition tools built for NIST testing
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have developed a new open-source toolkit intended to make iris recognition technology more…
US probe puts prediction market identity controls under the spotlight
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has opened an inquiry into Polymarket and Kalshi, pressing the two…
US states deepen mobile ID rollouts as focus shifts to verification and privacy
Mobile driver’s licenses are increasingly moving from pilot projects to identity infrastructure in the United States, as states expand digital…
ICE expands field biometric identification with $25M iris recognition contract
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a sole source award to Bi2 Technologies for iris biometric recognition technology…
US defense bill sustains military biometric identification infrastructure
Two modest biometric funding lines in the House version of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) point…
Nevada facial recognition project draws scrutiny over privacy, police oversight
The Sparks, Nevada Police Department is moving forward with a federal grant-funded facial recognition project officials say will help investigators…
FBI warning on Kali365 phishing kit exposes limits of weaker authentication
A new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warning about a phishing-as-a-service kit targeting Microsoft 365 accounts is underscoring why major…
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