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