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July 2016
Want a Secure Border? Open Up the Coffers
Watching the recent House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on border technology brought to mind the Yogi Berra axiom: "It's déjà vu all over again." -
May 2016
Pentagon Chief Sees Problems With Cybersecurity Market
By Jon HarperThe private sector in the United States is underinvesting in cyber protection and hindering the growth of the cybersecurity market, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told reporters on May 11. -
May 2015
Small Off-the-Shelf Drones Causing Alarm In Security Circles
By Allyson VersprilleSmall, readily available unmanned aerial systems pose an increased risk to national security as the technology grows more capable, a panel of experts testified before Congress. -
May 2015
DHS Rolls Out Cyber Security Program for Federal Agencies
By Allyson VersprillePhase one of the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program will be completed by the end of summer, said an executive at Dell Inc., a technology supplier to the competing contractors. -
May 2015
Researchers Hack Into Driverless Car System, Take Control of Vehicle
By Allyson VersprilleA group of Virginia-based researchers funded by the Defense Department found that it is relatively easy to remotely hack into a driverless car’s control system, but said hardening against such an attack can be inexpensive. -
April 2015
Worldwide Biosurveillance Network Still a Distant Goal (UPDATED)
A measles outbreak and a deadly strain of flu that caused the deaths of some children this winter are just two examples of diseases that recently caught U.S. public health officials by surprise. -
August 2014
More Training, Communications Funds Needed, First Responders Say
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August 2014
Company Designs Portable X-Ray Scanner
By Christina MunnellA company has developed a handheld X-ray screening device to improve border, maritime and aviation security. -
July 2014
South Texas in Line for Border Patrol Technology
The southwest border in Texas will start to receive some of the new sensor technologies that have heretofore been deployed solely in Arizona. -
June 2014
BioWatch 3 Ends, But Not ‘Lab-in-a-Box’ Goal
The BioWatch 3 program in April apparently joined the long list of Department of Homeland Security technology development programs that have been canceled or restructured because of cost overruns, or lack of progress.