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The Ohio Department of Public Safety has opened a new office focusing on first responder mental health. The Office of First Responder Wellness aims to help address post-traumatic stress and other wellness topics pertaining to first responders.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that holiday travel should not be impacted by the employee vaccine mandate, as approximately 93% of TSA employees are now vaccinated against COVID-19.

Listen to the latest The Security Podcasts episode as we talk with Stephanie Jaros about insider risk, building an appropriate program, and the criticality of when to address such threats. 

Cybersecurity leader Dan Lohrmann has been named Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Public Sector at Presidio.

The U.K.-based Transparency International Defence and Security Programme has released the findings of its Government Defence Integrity Index (GDI), which measures the risk of corruption in state defense and security.

Minnesota IT Services, the state cybersecurity and information technology agency, added cloud protection from Radware to better serve the Minnesota community. Read more about the solution in this case study.

Stephanie Jaros, Director of Research for the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) counter-insider threat program, talks to Security about the integration of the human and behavioral sciences into insider threat mitigation, as well as the criticality of the timeline when it comes to addressing such risks.

Government agencies can look to these private sector lessons while adopting zero trust methods in their organizations.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested feedback from industry leaders and interested parties on the subject of artificial intelligence, including facial recognition. The technologies have been used widely by the department, but DHS highlighted concerns around bias and privacy that follow AI and facial recognition implementations.

This Veterans Day, Security speaks with three veterans who now hold roles across the private sector about how military service informs their current positions, including GardaWorld's Lisa Bateman, DC Shared Human Resources/Talent Acquisition Specialist; David Bradney, Central Region Vice President of GardaWorld Security Services US; and Microsoft's Senior Special Security Operations Manager Ben Brown.