CISA boosted efficiency with a binding operational directive, one of several guidances it's issued to improve cybersecurity risk postures governmentwide.
The Department of Homeland Security’s governmentwide Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation cybersecurity task orders can serve as pilots to show the effects a centralized IT fund could have…
Jan 13, 2017
The Crystal River Energy Complex in Florida. (Richard Elzey / Flickr)
Privately owned infrastructure used to deliver electricity to U.S. homes, hospitals and businesses is in ”imminent danger” of cyberattacks, the Energy Department warns in a massive new…
Jan 9, 2017
Supervisory CBPO Dale Markowitz manages passenger traffic on the primary inspection floor at Philadelphia International Airport after Hurricane Irene in 2011. (CBP Flickr)
As activists fear Trump could revive an old program to register men and boys from Muslim-majority countries, DHS said it is removing language for what it calls…
The first nationwide interoperable communications network for first responders is facing another delay.
Dec 16, 2016
U.S. Southern Command Commander Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly briefs the media on the latest developments in his command’s efforts to stem the flow of drugs from South and Central America in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room, March 13, 2014. DoD Photo by Glenn Fawcett (Released)
By picking retired Marine Gen. John Kelly as secretary of Homeland Security, President-elect Donald Trump has amplified concerns about DHS’s role in defending the nation in cyberspace…
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced plans Wednesday to push for the creation of a new federal agency during the Trump administration that would consolidate…
Banks would be able to hide, move or encrypt their internal IT systems, network traffic and data to hide them from hackers and cybercriminals if technology the…