DHS

As the cybersecurity threat landscape expands in the digital era, protecting medical data is becoming an increasing priority across the federal government.

• GovCast
• Data

As a founding visionary for its data strategy, Elizabeth Puchek discusses the importance of citizen development for citizenship services.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Data

Tech leaders across DHS and IRS are integrating AI to streamline processes and uncover new efficiencies.

• Cybersecurity

DHS is working to secure supply chains and leverage new standardization to protect IT networks.

The Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) awarded $2 million to the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) to develop a network of cybersecurity institutes to train the next generation of cyber professionals and crush a ballooning cyber workforce shortage.

Jim Jones made a career of “chasing the bad guys,” and now he leads a center of excellence (COE) focused on cyber crime to support the Department of Homeland Security mission.

The Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate’s newest Center of Excellence launched during the tumultuous year of 2020, but it is already spearheading counterterrorism solutions with artificial intelligence, augmented reality, data analytics and social media analysis.

Sampling honey can help the Department of Homeland Security promote legitimate trade, according to researchers at the Border, Trade and Immigration (BTI) Institute, a DHS Science & Technology Center of Excellence led by the University of Houston.

A university under the Department of Homeland Security's center of excellence program is helping the agency innovate technologies around various mission areas including long security lines at airports, automation in procurement, and detection of smuggling routes.

Federal agencies are employing automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and centralized information-sharing strategies to optimize and secure migration to the cloud.

Federal information technology officials often prioritize better serving their customers’ needs, and creating human-centered design in their products and attribute Agile methodologies as key ways to iterate alongside end users' shifting requirements.

COVID-19 pushed DHS and GAO to drive identity management and zero trust to protect its IT infrastructure, as cybersecurity threats continue to increase.