US-VISIT has unfinished business: GAO

DHS' strategy for creating unique biometric identities for individuals under the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology is incomplete, auditors say.

American Systems unveils security practice

American Systems Corp. is taking advantage of its identity-credentialing experience to create an enterprise security practice for federal and commercial customers.

In-Q-Tel invests in CoreStreet

In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community's investment arm, is putting funds into a company that makes a new type of access control system.

Ariz. lawmakers balk at new driver's licenses

Opposition is building in Arizona's Legislature to a plan to authorize a hybrid driver's license that also would serve as a border-crossing card and would comply with the Real ID Act.

Odyssey Systems gets Air Force task order

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group will provide advisory and assistance services to part of the Air Force Electronic Systems Center.

Contractor employees implicated in passport breach

<font color="CC0000"><b>UPDATED</b></font color>?Stanley Inc. and Analysis Corp. were named as the contractors involved in the improper accessing of the passport file of presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Winter Olympics security hinges on information sharing

Information sharing needs to improve between the U.S. and Canada, and between public agencies and the private sector, to prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics, an industry expert told Congress.

DHS' Cyber Storm II kicks off

Players in Cyber Storm II include nine states, four foreign governments, 18 agencies and 40 private companies that work in IT, telecom, chemicals and pipe and rail transportation infrastructure.

Auditors: Lack of Project 28 testing added to delays

DHS will hire Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory to test the next-gen technology system that DHS plans to deploy to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

AF cyberstrategy to focus on disrupting attacks

The new Air Force Cyber Command has issued a strategic vision statement outlining the military unit's goal of strengthening cyberspace capabilities to defend national interests.

DHS launches Northern Border pilot programs

While DHS prepares a prototype solution for protecting the northern border, new technologies already are being tested in the field, according to a new report.

SBInet is no teacher's pet

Troubled border project offers tough lessons.

Secret sharers gain security, time

General Dynamics, IBM build NSA program that facilitates dissemination of classified data.

Drive time for facial recognition

Biometric technology catches on with DMVs, but privacy concerns slow broader reach.

Winter Blast to feature credential demo

About 200 emergency medical personnel will flash a temporary federal credential in the DHS' Winter Blast disaster drill tomorrow in the Washington region.

Chertoff asks for patience on cybersecurity

Federal civilian agencies need to work together more closely to coordinate their information technology network surveillance, said DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff.

The trouble with security clearances

Lawmakers decry inefficiency in screening process.

General Dynamics to build robot vehicles

General Dynamics will build robotic vehicles to conduct surveillance and other security tasks for the Army under a new contract.

Hybrid licenses catch on in Washington State

Washington State has issued more than 2,000 new hybrid drivers license-passport cards since it began issuing them a month ago, and 13,000 more people have signed up to apply.