Articles Tagged with ''Security News''

A new survey shows that 69 percent of organizations perform criminal checks on all job candidates, which is lower than a 2010 survey's conclusion of the same criteria – 73 percent.

Those 4.8 million people have access to Confidential, Secret or Top Secret information within the U.S. government.

Flight attendants will soon enjoy the same expedited screening as airline pilots – forgoing physical screening in favor of checking credentials against a current database. 

A new insole would measure pressure, gait and patterns to verify identity within three steps in high-security facilities. 

Apple is adding an additional 21,030-square-foot data center to its already massive 500,000-square-foot facility in Maiden, N.C.

A bill promoting voluntary information-sharing between security departments in various critical infrastructure industries is being debated in the Senate.

Top news this week includes the Colorado theater shooting, the Yahoo Voice data breach and the GAO's report on security clearance costs in the U.S. government.

A shooting at a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater has left 12 dead and at least 50 injured, authorities confirmed. 

After a bomb threat was phoned in to 911, the Detroit stadium was not evacuated while authorities searched for the alleged device.

Background checks on U.S. citizens attending flight school are delayed until the student applies for a pilot's license, causing worries about homegrown terrorists.