Author: Christopher Prawdzik
Publisher and Executive Editor of Homeland411. Over twenty years experience reporting on national security, defense technologies, and federal emergency preparedness.
WASHINGTON — Senior intelligence officials and CISA analysts have released an unclassified advisory warning that foreign state-sponsored cyber adversaries and ransomware cartels are weaponizing commercial and open-source generative artif...
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DHS Previews Priorities for Upcoming Quadrennial Homeland Security Review
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has outlined strategic focus areas for the forthcoming Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, signaling a decisive shift toward combating domestic violent extremism, climate-driven supply c...
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CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative Expands Real-Time Threat Sharing with Cloud Providers
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has operationalized its Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, stationing commercial cloud engineers, major internet service providers, and federal intelligence analysts s...
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CISA Launches Shields Up Campaign to Protect Critical Infrastructure
WASHINGTON — In the hours following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency initiated an unprecedented national defense mobilization dubbed "Shields Up," urging every critical asset ...
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OMB and CISA Release Federal Zero Trust Strategy Implementation Roadmap
WASHINGTON — The White House Office of Management and Budget, in collaboration with CISA, has published a definitive federal strategy directing civilian agencies to achieve strict Zero Trust cybersecurity architectures before the end of ...
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Pipeline Ransomware Attack Prompts Binding TSA Cybersecurity Directives
WASHINGTON — The catastrophic ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of the 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline has spurred the Department of Homeland Security to issue unprecedented mandatory cybersecurity directives for critical oil and n...
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TSA Expands Credential Authentication Technology and Digital ID Integration
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Transportation Security Administration has deployed more than 1,500 Credential Authentication Technology units across 125 domestic airports, marking a major transformation in how airport checkpoints verify passenger ...
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CISA Issues Emergency Directive 21-01 Confronting Federal Supply Chain Intrusion
WASHINGTON — In only the fifth emergency directive in its history, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ordered all federal civilian agencies to immediately disconnect and power down network instances running SolarWin...
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DHS and CDC Implement Enhanced Biosecurity Screening at Major Ports of Entry
WASHINGTON — As novel coronavirus outbreaks accelerate overseas, the Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have begun funneling all inbound flights carrying passengers with recent travel in af...
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Decades in Perspective: Asymmetric Threats and Diplomatic Extraction Lessons
Four decades following the watershed seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, counter-terrorism strategists, special operations planners, and diplomatic security directors continue to dissect the operational lessons tha...
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