Kirstjen Nielsen will serve as the DHS new chief of staff.

The Obama administration has designated the country’s election infrastructure as ‘critical,’ to add federal protections to voting systems.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Office of University Programs (OUP) is accepting applications for summer internships in homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for 2017

Brigadier General Gregory J. Touhill was named the government's first federal cybersecurity chief.

A bipartisan coalition is calling on U.S. leaders to keep American families safe by closing security loophole that allows 340 million packages a year to enter the U.S. unscreened. 

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson introduced a new mission statement for the DHS.

The White House is seeking to hire its first chief information security officer (CISO).

The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate students for its Cyber Student Volunteer Initiative. 

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson activated the National Terrorism Advisory System for the first time today.
 

DHS will unveil a new national alert system in the coming days to reflect the "new phase" of the terror threat.