Homeland Security Today7d
DHS Terminates the 2023 Designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status
After reviewing country conditions and consulting with the appropriate U.S. government agencies, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has determined that conditions in Venezuela no longer ...
Homeland Security Today5d
ICE Baltimore Arrests Guatemalan Alien With Deadly Weapons Charges
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an undocumented Guatemalan alien with criminal charges. Gener Pop-Cuz, 20, was arrested Feb. 1, after the Prince George’s County Department of ...
Homeland Security Today7d
2025 Homeland Security Threat Forecast: Leading Complexity
As I look across our security landscape I’m struck by the sheer complexity of the environment, from the number of threat vectors to the variety of threat actors. Nation state cyber threats to critical ...
Homeland Security Today5d
CBP New Orleans, Local Partners Break Up Local Drug Ring
CBP’s Office of Field Operations in New Orleans announced that it has helped dismantle a local drug network with local and federal partners that included the seizure of over 10,000 Tapentadol pills, ...
Homeland Security Today11d
2025 Homeland Security Threat Forecast: Chemical Security and National Security Go Hand-in-Hand
The intersection between chemicals and homeland security cannot be overstated. The United States chemical sector is responsible for more than a quarter of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) and ...
Homeland Security Today12d
Decoding Trump’s Border Counterterrorism Order, Part 2
But now a bigger and much more ambitious version of “extreme vetting” is on the front burner again, put there with Trump’s inauguration day executive order titled “Protecting the United States from ...
Homeland Security Today5d
Canada Expands Border Security Measures with New Initiatives Against Organized Crime and Fentanyl Trafficking
The Government of Canada has announced expanded efforts to strengthen border security, building upon the $1.3 billion Border Plan introduced in December 2024. Minister of Public Safety David McGuinty ...
Homeland Security Today6d
FBI, CISA, and UK NCSC Release Guidance on Digital Forensics and Protective Monitoring for Network Devices
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), along with international cybersecurity ...
Homeland Security Today6d
Study Warns Industry Must Prioritize Cybersecurity for Devices, Machines, and Systems in 2025
A new report highlights the urgent need for industries to strengthen cybersecurity measures for operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices in 2025. The “OT+IoT Cybersecurity ...
Homeland Security Today13d
President Trump Signs Executive Order to Close Southern Border to Illegal Immigration
President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order aimed at preventing the physical entry of individuals crossing the southern U.S. border illegally.
Homeland Security Today11d
2025 Homeland Security Threat Forecast: The Converging Nature of Terrorism, Cyber and Internal Threats
Terrorism remains a persistent threat to the United States both domestically and across the globe. The threat spectrum remains diverse with threat actors from both domestic and foreign sources, as ...
Homeland Security Today7d
2025 Homeland Security Threat Forecast: Revisiting Our Approach to Terrorism Prevention
As homeland security professionals consider 2025 and beyond, we need to take stock of the variety of attacks we’ve seen, and using our evolved terrorist “profile,” update our investments in preventing ...