John Giacalone has served as executive assistant director for the national security branch at FBI since September 2014. In this capacity, the 24-year bureau veteran is responsible for executing programs against terrorist
MoreFBI Director James Comey discussed the bureau’s efforts to address challenges to national security and law enforcement operations and the coverage of its budget request for fiscal year 2016 in testimony to a House
MoreFBI Director James Comey told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that the bureau remains focused on programs to safeguard the U.S. against foreign intelligence, terrorism and cybersecurity threats. In a testimony published Thursday
MoreMichael Steinbach, assistant director of FBI‘s counterterrorism division, told a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee that the bureau continues to monitor homegrown violent extremists and foreign fighters joining the Islamic State group. In
MoreThe FBI is collaborating with FireEye to investigate the cyber attack on healthcare provider Anthem Inc. perpetrated by what U.S. government officials believe to be state-sponsored hackers based in China, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Michael
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President Barack Obama is seeking $14 billion in funding to bolster the U.S. governmentâs cybersecurity efforts under the fiscal year 2016 budget plan, Reuters reported Monday. Alina Selyukh and Andrea Shalal write
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The Department of Homeland Security will deploy a biometric identification system for the U.S. Border Patrol that is designed to use iris and facial recognition to verify the identities of individuals who enter the U.S., Nextgov reported Tuesday. Aliya
MoreDan Tangherlini, head of the General Services Administration for nearly three years, has informed employees in a letter posted to GSA’s website Thursday that he will depart the agency on February 13.
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The FBI is set to deploy mobile devices that run the Android operating system to field agents and analysts in the coming weeks, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. David Rubin, assistant section
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FBI Director James Comey has outlined several strategies the law enforcement agency plans to employ in order to counter cyber threats. Comey told a Fordham University cybersecurity conference Wednesday the FBIâs effort
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