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 –…
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Intellicheck to provide identity validation for Accio Data
Intellicheck, Inc. has announced an integration with Accio Data to streamline background screening checks for job applicants. A release from…
US housing agency seeks information on biometric fingerprinting services
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Personnel Security Division (PSD) announced that is conducting market research to…
Thales powers Guam Police’s revived biometric system for gun-owner IDs
The Guam Police Department (GPD) will be reinstating its digital fingerprint system for the issuance of firearms identification cards. This…
Yoti biometrics ease UK hiring compliance with Sterling background checks
The partnership between selfie biometrics and liveness detection firm Yoti and background screening service Sterling Check has successfully streamlined the…
DCSA rolls out continuous vetting for ‘non-sensitive’ federal workforce
The U.S. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) has begun a phased roll out of continuous vetting (CV) for the…
DHS’s personnel vetting, clearance process still plagued by problems
Since 2023, ten individuals working for U.S. intelligence and other federal agencies who held either a Top Secret or Top…
PNG launches new biometric police clearance certificate issuance system
Officials in Papua New Guinea have announced a trial run for a new system that will facilitate the issuance of…
Data breach exposes 3 billion PII records, class action suits filed
In the last week, at least four class action lawsuits have been filed in response to what has been described…
IT systems for US security clearances at risk, GAO says
As the four-year-old U.S. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) continues to build out the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS)…
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