Category: Top411

TSA Accelerates PreCheck Touchless Identity Gateways Across Domestic Airline Hubs

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Top411, Transportation | June 28, 2023

ATLANTA — The Transportation Security Administration has expanded its touchless identity verification partnership with major commercial air carriers, allowing enrolled TSA PreCheck travelers to navigate airport checkpoints without presen... [Read more.]

Intelligence Community Warns of Generative AI Integration in Asymmetric Cyber Operations

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Cybersecurity, Top411 | May 23, 2023

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... [Read more.]

High-Altitude Surveillance Incursions Prompt NORAD and FAA Radar Filter Recalibration

By Trenton Abrego | In Defense, Top411 | February 15, 2023

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Following the dramatic shootdown of a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has recalibrated its radar aperture filters, exp... [Read more.]

Perspective: Evaluating Evolving Asymmetric Threat Vectors Across State Fusion Centers

By Dean C. Alexander | In Terrorism, Top411 | November 22, 2022

MACOMB, Ill. — An analytical perspective on how the nation’s 80 state and major urban area fusion centers are adapting intelligence collection and threat assessment doctrines to counter diffuse, decentralized domestic violent extremism. [Read more.]

DHS Previews Priorities for Upcoming Quadrennial Homeland Security Review

By Christopher Prawdzik | In DHS, Top411 | September 15, 2022

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... [Read more.]

NIST Selects First Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithms for Federal Migration

By Sandra Sadek | In Industry News, Top411 | July 28, 2022

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Following a grueling six-year international competition, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen the first four post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, setting the stage for the most extensive re-... [Read more.]

CBP Deploys Drive-Through Multi-Energy Portal Scanners at Commercial Cargo Crossings

By Trenton Abrego | In Border Security, Top411 | May 12, 2022

NOGALES, Ariz. — In a major expansion of frontline non-intrusive inspection capabilities, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has operationalized drive-through multi-energy portal scanners across passenger and commercial vehicle lanes at ... [Read more.]

CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative Expands Real-Time Threat Sharing with Cloud Providers

By Christopher Prawdzik | In DHS, Top411 | March 24, 2022

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... [Read more.]

CISA Launches Shields Up Campaign to Protect Critical Infrastructure

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Cybersecurity, Top411 | February 25, 2022

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 ... [Read more.]

OMB and CISA Release Federal Zero Trust Strategy Implementation Roadmap

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Cybersecurity, Top411 | November 18, 2021

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 ... [Read more.]

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