The Department of Homeland Security’s Artificial Intelligence Corps was established in February to guide the agency’s use of AI to strengthen critical infrastructure and improve enterprise cybersecurity. During a panel discussion titled “DHS’s New AI Corps” at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Homeland Security Summit, officials...
Kelli Murphy has joined Peraton as vice president of strategy for the citizen security and public services sector, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Murphy most recently served as vice president for the Department of Homeland Security at Pyramid Systems. Before that, she was a senior principal of business development at Science A...
Biometric systems are increasingly being leveraged across the nation for homeland security missions and the security of U.S. citizens. With this increased implementation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security aims to transition from the agency’s Automated Biometric Identification System, or IDENT, to a cloud-based service dubbed ...
In 2016 and 2020, foreign influence on the U.S. presidential election was a concern. Russian efforts were detected in 2016 in particular and Iranian activities were identified in 2020. Both of these nations, along with China, are being closely watched by the Department of Homeland Security, which asserts that bad actors are more active than...
The national security landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, and the United States’ security agencies are dealing with unprecedented challenges. GovCon Wire sat down with former Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke to take a closer look at the national security challenges facing...
The U.S. Department of State has approved the potential sale of portable radio equipment and related gear worth an estimated $1.42 billion to the Netherlands. The global communications business unit of L3Harris Technologies will be the principal contractor of the foreign military sale, which also includes products and services of TrellisWare Technol...
On Nov. 13, the Potomac Officers Club’s highly-anticipated 2024 Homeland Security Summit will gather public and private sector thought leaders to tackle the most pressing challenges and top priorities homeland security agencies are facing today. The event boasts a lineup of distinguished speakers who will share their homeland security experti...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Earlier this Summer, the Department of Homeland Security, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, announced more than $18.2 million in Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program awards to assist tribal nations with managi...
Once a lawyer but not always one — legal expertise is just one arrow in the quiver of the Department of Homeland Security’s Steven Cash. This prominent federal official has gained experience across the public and private sectors, playing major roles over the last two decades in the Department of Energy, DHS and the CIA. He...
Tip Underwood, a business executive with a career spanning 25 years, has been appointed vice president and general manager of homeland and diplomacy at Peraton, the executive announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. Underwood briefly served as VP of homeland security at the Herndon, Virginia-based information technology company before this latest ...
