ICE awards Clearview AI $9.2M facial recognition contract
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) investigative arm has significantly expanded its reliance on controversial facial recognition technology, awarding a…
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.
NIST pushes criminal justice agencies toward MFA to secure sensitive data
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a sweeping new report urging criminal justice agencies to adopt…
Misconfigured servers expose 252 million identity records across seven nations
A vast trove of more than 252 million identity records has been found exposed on the open Internet in what…
Facial recognition moves into vehicle lanes at US borders
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is advancing its Vehicle Biometric Capability Evaluation (VBCE), pushing its facial recognition infrastructure from…
Lawmakers demand answers on ICE facial recognition app as oversight fight intensifies
Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Security have demanded that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) turn over legal…
Congress, states crack down on AI sexual deepfakes
Congress and state attorneys general are moving fast to crack down on AI-generated sexual imagery even as Washington has yet…
Parsons subsidiary wins US Coast Guard biometrics at sea contract
The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a $9.7 million indefinite-delivery contract to Parsons Corporation’s InCadence Strategic Solutions subsidiary to support the…
Federal prisons turn to biometric monitoring for reentry programs
The U.S. federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is asking private industry and community groups to propose new ways of running…
NIST revision of SP 800-53 highlights rising stakes in patch, update security
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized a major revision to its Security and Privacy Controls for…
US immigration crackdown spurs wave of digital resistance
The digital battlefield in America’s immigration enforcement landscape is escalating. In mid‑2025, Netherlands‑based activist Dominick Skinner launched ICE List to…
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