President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Dixon Smith as deputy chief of naval operations for fleet and readiness at the U.S. Navy and Rear Adm. Mary Jackson as commander of the Navy Installations
Two trade group leaders have requested the Federal Aviation Administration to approve a proposed set of guidelines governing how small drones are used in the U.S., Homeland Security Today reported Thursday. Marion
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The Department of Homeland Security has started to implement an employee rotation and mentorship program in a move to assess qualifications of its cybersecurity staffs, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Lauren Larson writes
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The European Commission has selected Hewlett-Packard to manage a cloud computing project for users to share data in a secure environment. HP will lead a team of industrial and academic partners to coordinate
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Gen. Mark Welsh, U.S. Air Force chief of staff, has told a House defense subcommittee that he believes budget cuts are harming the combatant commandersâ future capabilities, American Forces Press Service reported
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Homeland Security Department are working together to continue engaging the private sector to help boost the nationâs critical infrastructure, Federal News Radio reported
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The FBI plans to expand its computer system for monitoring counterterrorism activities into the cybersecurity domain in a move to centralize the governmentâs notification process, the Washington Post reported Monday. Ellen Nakashima
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Robert Carey will retire as principal deputy chief information officer at the Defense Department on Friday after 31 years of government service, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jason Miller writes Carey plans
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Airbusâ defense and space segment has delivered a security system for monitoring water and land borders to the Qatar’s ministry of the interior and armed forces. The National Security Shield technology consists
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Thirty-five out of 53 states participating in a summit in the Netherlands have reached an agreement to secure their nuclear materials in a move to create international nuclear standards, Global Security Newswire reported
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Government agencies have started moving to the newer versions of Microsoft‘s operating systems before the software company ends security support of its legacy platform on April 8, Nextgov reported Monday. Aliya Sternstein writes
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