ICE awards $63M biometrics and IdM contract for international student program
Dev Technology Group has been awarded a five-year contract valued at $63 million by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s…
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.
Employee screening company breach exposed PII of more than 3 million
A year after it suffered a significant data breach on February 9, 2024, last week Houston, Texas-based DISA Global Solutions –…
FTC begins compensation phase of Avast privacy violation settlement
As part of a landmark $16.5 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that UK-based software provider…
DARPA continues work on technology to combat deepfakes
Recognizing the growing threat posed by deepfakes, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is taking a multi-pronged approach to…
As air travel security expands, so do privacy concerns
As the United States prepares to host a series of major global events, including the 2026 FIFA World Cup and…
Internal feud rages over unvetted DOGE access to federal IT systems
Behind the scenes, tensions are rising between the White House and Intelligence Community (IC), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),…
US lawmakers try again for federal data privacy bill
In an effort to establish a comprehensive national data privacy standard – something lawmakers on both sides of the political…
DHS’s compliance with AI privacy, civil liberties requirements lacking, IG says
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made strides in developing policies and frameworks to govern its AI use, including…
Trump deregulation is re-shaping the future of biometric surveillance in policing
The advent of AI has exponentially increased the capabilities of biometric tools such as facial recognition, fingerprint analysis, and voice…
Reach of Musk, DOGE’s federal data access sets off privacy, security alarms
Led by tech billionaire Elon Musk and a shadowy team believed to be under his control, the United States DOGE…
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