A group of panelists told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Tuesday that a bioterroism threat’s likelihood will continue to increase with scientific advancements. “The potency and accessibility of
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The Government Accountability Office has recently evaluated six-data mining systems from Homeland Security and its component organizations including Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Citizenship and
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Cybersecurity is still a major worry of government IT personnel, presenting an opportunity for data protection vendors, according to two recent surveys by Cisco and MeriTalk. In the Cisco-sponsored study,  71 percent of the
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The eighth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month was kicked off Oct. 7 at the Michigan Cyber Summit when the state hosted both Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and White House
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Information Week reported on federal officials testifying to the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity this week that the government should have confidence in federal data being moved to the cloud. A number
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The Defense Department is expanding a pilot program to share cyber threat intelligence to help better protect its prime contractors. This comes as the Pentagon continues to investigate a growing number of
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The Republican-controlled House approved a bill to fund the federal government Friday, but Democrats in the Senate have vowed to block it. Largely along party lines, the House voted 219-203 to keep
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Children 12 years old and younger soon will be able to keep their shoes on while going through airport security, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday. New DHS policy, to be
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Efforts to protect the nation’s food supply from terrorism have no centralized coordination, according to a Government Accountability Office report. In an 81-page report released Tuesday, GAO said no single agency is
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In its second week post-recess, Congress has committees scheduled to hold public hearings marking the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. At 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, the House Intelligence Committee is scheduled to
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