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Baxter Kruger, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, has been named the new Director of the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security.

Members of the National Guard in multiple U.S. states have been dispatched to health facilities during the COVID-19 case surge.

Enterprise security executives generally don’t plan for nation-state-level cyberattacks on their businesses. That may change going forward, when analyzing new trends in hacking and cybersecurity.

In an effort to curb violent crimes and retail theft occurring across the state of California and the country, Governor Gavin Newsom has pledged additional funding toward mitigation efforts.

John Sherman has been named the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of Defense (DoD) following a year of service as Acting DoD CIO.

The "Beyond the Cyber EO: How to Build a Better Mousetrap" report from MeriTalk asked federal cybersecurity leaders for their thoughts on the May 2021 executive order on cybersecurity and how the field can move forward.

Recognize a female security professional for Security magazine's annual Women in Security feature.

The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Rutgers University a grant to conduct research into threat detection and mitigation at "soft targets" like schools, stadiums and other public venues.

Albert King, the Chief Data Officer of the Scottish Government, discussed the key aspects involved in Scotland's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy in a session of Cognilytica's AI in Government speaker series. The country prioritizes data as a means to improve decision-making and enable national goals.

Andhra Pradesh, an Indian state with over 55 million residents, is home to a centralized governance and security center. A video management system from Videonetics helps secure the area.