U.S. House lawmakers move to codify DHS biometric screening abroad
U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul and Henry Cuellar, both from Texas, reintroduced the BITMAP Authorization Act, a bipartisan bill that would…
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 plans new biometric buildout for airline crew access lanes
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is seeking to expand its use of touchless identity verification technology at airports through a…
Massachusetts moves to pair school phone limits with tough youth social media crackdown
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts House passed a broad rewrite of Senate bill S.2581, using H.5349 as its amendment text, which…
USCIS explores remote identity verification for immigration services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) from industry on remote document authentication and identity…
New deepfake tool shows why face alone is no longer proof of identity
JINKUSU CAM is a live deepfake tool that is designed to defeat remote identity verification that is targeting financial institutions…
Illinois bill would bar police use of facial recognition, biometric surveillance
Illinois lawmakers are weighing a proposal that would sharply curtail the use of biometric surveillance by police and other law…
1Kosmos adds IL4 status to FedRAMP high identity credentials
1Kosmos said it has achieved U.S. Department of Defense Impact Level 4 authorization for its identity platform, a designation that…
Venom Stealer pushes credential theft into more dangerous phase
Venom Stealer is a new malware-as-a-service infostealer that security researchers say is more dangerous than many older credential theft tools…
New report warns federal fraud controls are falling behind
A new fraud-prevention report sponsored by Socure argues that the federal government is facing a fraud environment that is changing…
Louisiana lawmakers broaden push for digital student IDs in LA Wallet
Louisiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would bring student IDs into the state’s LA Wallet app, but the proposal…
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