Audits of DHS, other agencies found access control problems, but didn’t address biometrics
The role of biometrics in a variety of critical US government agencies’ computer access controls which were found deficient during…
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.
DHS OIG auditing CBP’s biometric air exit system and overstay data reliability
Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) efforts to develop and implement a biometric exit capability is being investigated by the Department…
Biometric ‘doomsday scenarios’ identified by cyber IoT expert
A leading Israeli cybersecurity expert warns there are three worse case scenarios he envisions with the expansion of biometrics, especially…
Questions regarding use of biometrics in AI raised during federally sponsored forum
Concerns about privacy, including ways in which biometrics used in artificial intelligence (AI) could be used by law-enforcement agencies to…
New White House ID security directive for federal agencies comes as audits find access controls lacking
All US federal agencies must be able to identify, credential, monitor, and manage user access to information and information systems…
Congress, states don’t seem inclined to incorporate biometrics in new voting technologies
While other nations are rapidly incorporating biometrics into their voting technologies, the US Congress and states – and local jurisdictions…
Insiders compromised FDIC data; GAO audit finds FDIC working to improve IT security
There have been a number of serious insider breaches at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), including a former “employee”…
Diversity of critical system access points, awareness education need more congressional attention
Information security “authentication” — the ability to confirm individuals using a data system are who they claim to be and…
Social media, databases, behavioral identifiers said future of law enforcement biometrics
“We think the next wave of advancement for biometrics [for law enforcement] will come from a social context through ……
NIST report, experts say security of IoT, mobile devices must be addressed
Physical, sensing, actuating, computing and other security access control systems — including the spectrum of biometric usage such as biometric…
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