While the penalty will have little effect on Facebook’s bottom line, the massive fine could be indicative of the commission’s willingness to punish companies for data security issues.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 16, 2019
The $10 billion JEDI project has been rife with controversy, but the Pentagon still hopes to seal the deal with one of the companies next month.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 15, 2019
A California-based company has been given the OK to offer its services to campaigns for a discounted rate — as long as that rate is the same for other clients.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 15, 2019
The agency said it screened over 11.9 million passengers and crew as well as over 8 million checked bags during the holiday travel period.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 12, 2019
The legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security to develop educational resources for business owners and train counselors on higher-level cybersecurity information.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 12, 2019
The airline, along with Mariott International, is facing harsher penalties for not properly protecting customers’ personal data prior to cyberattacks.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 10, 2019
If the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act is signed into law, it will create a working group tasked with isolating the energy grid from attacks using “manual procedures.”
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 09, 2019
In states where undocumented immigrants can obtain driver’s licenses, ICE has asked agencies to search for matches in their databases. Two have complied.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 09, 2019
Eight agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and Education Department, are using outdated systems that have few security updates and have failed to protect Americans’ personal data.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 05, 2019
The attack, which was discovered Monday, comes shortly after two Florida cities agreed to pay ransoms in order to recover their computer systems from hackers.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 03, 2019
The high-tech country’s decision to move highly sensitive databases to another country could be a model for other nations hoping to maintain their data security.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jul 03, 2019
The House of Representatives passed an election security bill 225-184 on Thursday of last week. The Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act is designed to prohibit cyberinterference.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jul 01, 2019
Hackers have found a sweet spot in encrypting and attacking municipal computer systems. Lake City is the latest to suffer from these attacks, and after two weeks of inaccessible services, have agreed to pay the $460,000 ransom to hackers.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 27, 2019
Restaurants and stores that sell liquor are suffering from theft in Shreveport, Louisiana. In response, a city councilman is now pushing an amendment that requires restaurants and stores that sell liquor to obtain state-of-the-art surveillance systems before they acquire a liquor license.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 27, 2019
The IoT Cybersecurity bill, which was introduced in March, passed through the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs last week and is now headed to the full Senate for a vote.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 25, 2019
Police use new autonomous data machine with 360-degree HD video as an extra set of eyes for areas where police are not consistently present.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 21, 2019
After three weeks of city data being encrypted in Riviera Beach, Florida, city officials have unanimously voted to pay the hefty ransom to regain access.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 21, 2019
In March, the department announced that 350,000 clients had been affected by a data breach in January 2019. On Tuesday, they updated the number and announced that 645,000 clients had been affected.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 20, 2019
According to the police, the suspect, a 22-year-old male has died after exchanging gunfire with federal officers. The suspect opened fire outside the Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse in Downtown Dallas.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 18, 2019
In lieu of eight straight years of passenger growth, the Eugene Airport will be gaining a fourth explosive detection system (EDS) to increase airport security and efficiency.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 12, 2019
A group of 14 Stanford scholars put together a report of recommendations for increased election security, addressing problems of cybersecurity, ballot security, and election transparency.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 11, 2019
Florida officials use tactile security feature to increase security on drivers licenses and identification cards.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Jun 10, 2019
For decades, public alerting systems have served as a critical notification tool for sending alerts to citizens’ smartphones, landlines and through broadcast channels.
- By Troy Harper
- Jun 01, 2019
In recent years, however, King City has become known for a different reason; in both 2013 and 2015, the city’s homicide per capita rate for victims between 18 and 22 years of age was the highest in the state of California. The main reason for this is that the city had become a point of contention in a turf war between rival Latino gangs to the north and south of King City.
I suppose when the topic of government security comes up, we often think big, as in the federal government. Let’s back it down a little bit and think of King City, Calif.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Jun 01, 2019
Multi-tenant buildings come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from a few to dozens of stories tall. Tenants may include residents, professional service providers, commercial businesses, government agencies or retail shops.
- By Dana Pruiett
- Jun 01, 2019
Just a few months ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its special report on the impact of climate change.
- By Julian Weinberger
- Jun 01, 2019
After several deadly attacks on houses of worship, legislators are stepping up to find funding to install necessary security solutions.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 30, 2019
The fence around the White House will grow by five feet this summer.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 28, 2019
Here are some of the challenges that we must resolve before making the electric grid hacker-proof.
- By Kayla Matthews
- May 20, 2019
The use of facial recognition by police might cease to exist in San Francisco if adopts a ban on the technology.
- By Sydny Shepard
- May 14, 2019
Microsoft has announced a new platform called ElectionGuard, which aims to increase election security and transparency.
- By Jessica Davis
- May 10, 2019
The U.S. Army is working toward adding more authentication measures to provide more options to access Army online resources while maintaining information technology system security.
- By Jessica Davis
- Apr 24, 2019
Almost 300 people were killed and hundreds more were wounded in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday in a series of coordinated attacks that struck three churches and three hotels.
A sailor at the Virginia Beach Naval Air Station Oceana was injured in a shooting last Friday.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Apr 08, 2019
Little Rock Police Department is considering purchasing 250 to 450 body-worn cameras for all of its patrol officers.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Apr 05, 2019
REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses in Illinois will display a gold star showing the holder has presented necessary documents to obtain at REAL ID.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 29, 2019
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office in Fla., needs to add at least 40 more deputies to keep up with calls for service, according to the sheriff.
- By Jessica Davis
- Mar 27, 2019
New proposal creates stricter safeguards against data breaches, protects more private consumer information and enhances data security and reporting requirements.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 26, 2019
Jacksonville, Fla., now has 380 officers on its streets wearing body cameras.
- By Jessica Davis
- Mar 21, 2019
Security in New York has been stepped up at at Muslim community centers and mosques following the New Zealand attacks that killed 49 people.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 18, 2019
Security plans have already begun for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, which will take place in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 13-16, 2020.
- By Jessica Davis
- Mar 14, 2019
The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act aims to establish a bare minimum of security standards for IoT devices used by the federal government
- By Jessica Davis
- Mar 13, 2019
Machine learning and Twitter could be the future of catching security flaws and vulnerabilities early.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 11, 2019
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced increased security measures at "critical New York infrastructure points" after explosive devices were found in London.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 07, 2019
The Defense Department website used to transfer large files containing sensitive unclassified information was brought back online earlier this month after being taken down due to security concerns last year.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 27, 2019
In the next big move against Chinese technology, the State of Vermont has banned the tech.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 26, 2019
The U.S. Air Force Academy is increasing cadet safety and security with the installation of security cameras.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 25, 2019
California already has some of the strongest data breach laws in the U.S., but thinks it can do better.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 25, 2019
A City Hall in Providence, Rhode Island might be getting a boost in security.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 21, 2019
The director of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday that election security officials should prepare for all possibilities.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 15, 2019
The Defense Intelligence Agency has released a new report detailing the security challenges the United States face in outer space.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 13, 2019
Oklahoma leaders announce new security measures for the Capitol, including guard stations and banning public access to stairwells.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 13, 2019
According to Renee Wynn, NASA’s Chief Information Officer, NASA’s Security Operations Center (SOC) continued to operate 24/7 during the government shutdown, fighting cybersecurity threats.
- By Jessica Davis
- Feb 07, 2019
Several agencies work together to create a comprehensive security plan to protect the State of the Union.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 05, 2019
A proposed ban in San Francisco has introduced a series of rules that could dramatically limit enhanced surveillance.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 04, 2019
Microwave sensors, also known as Radar, RF or Doppler sensors, detect walking, running or crawling human targets in outdoor environments.
- By Courtney Dillon Pedersen
- Feb 01, 2019
The government commands a lot of information in data centers, local municipalities, homeland security, health, and every touch that governments have with private citizens and companies. The data can be classified, private and public-facing as in forms.
- By Carrie Goetz
- Feb 01, 2019
College and university campuses aren’t immune from the same types of crime, such as burglary and assault, found in any small city where thousands of people live and work closely together. Yet overall, campuses remain a mostly safe place for young adults to learn and mature.
- By Paul Hefty
- Feb 01, 2019
The government has its fingers in everything, and it is necessary when you think about managing the nation’s infrastructure. Think carefully about securing the nation’s transportation system.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Feb 01, 2019