Government: Federal, State and Local

Dr. Jazma Mekelle Parker began her security career as a contract background investigator for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Hazel Cerra shares the valuable lessons learned from her decades-long career with the U.S. Secret Service.

The DHS announced it is investigating a data breach involving an information-sharing network.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reported that the personal information of more than three million Texas hunting and fishing license customers may have been affected by a recent data breech.

President Trump signed a new National Security Presidential Memorandum to support the nation’s National Security Systems (NSS).

Five Eyes warns that China is targeting individuals in order to access sensitive or classified information.

President Trump has signed an executive order requesting AI companies to show models to the federal government. Security experts discuss.

Foreign adversaries are exploiting commercial location data to track U.S. servicemembers in active war zones.

Mapping the United Kingdom’s surveillance, including cameras, facial recognition technology and automatic number plate recognition.

The Mythos threat is arriving at exactly the wrong moment for most enterprises.

Standards for identity verification must evolve to address how inputs are introduced, processed and validated before matching occurs.

Dutch intelligence agency AIVD says the Netherlands is facing the greatest national security threat in decades.

The France Titres discovered a security incident.

Reports suggest that the NSA is using Claude Mythos.

Peter Mandelson, a former British ambassador to the United States, failed security vetting clearance before taking his position.

ICE acting director Todd Lyons is set to resign at the end of May.

Former Army employee indicted for allegedly sharing classified national defense information to unauthorized individuals.

CISA warns that Iranian-connected cyber actors are focusing U.S. critical infrastructure.

The White House plans to cut $707M from CISA funding.

Security leaders discuss this breach and share insights.

A ransomware attack on Foster City, California, triggered a state of emergency to access additional resources to keep systems up and running.

Director Patel stated the FBI purchases data that can be leveraged to track a person’s movement and location history.

Joe Kent is under investigation for alleged leaks of classified information

The FBI has seized the website of the Iranian-linked hackers believed to be behind the recent cyberattack against Stryker.

A member of Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s security team was killed in a standoff with the Dallas police.

Security leaders share approval and critiques of Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America.

TSA is facing challenges due to the DHS shutdown.

Shawn Fallah shares his four key qualities for success in cybersecurity.

This appointment aims to improve of the state’s proactive cyber defense capabilities.

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will expire at 12 am on Saturday, February 14th.