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A new security partnership between King’s College and the Defense Academy of the U.K. will deliver academic support to command and staff provision at the Defense Academy and the Royal College of Defense Studies from September 2022.

National Security Agency Chief of Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy Greg Bednarski offers insight into the implications of President Biden's latest cybersecurity memorandum.

The South Coast Cyber Center will open in Beaufort, South Carolina, thanks to a partnership between the city government, the University of South Carolina Beaufort and the center.

Andrew Myerberg, former Director of Seattle's Office of Police Accountability, has been named the city's new Director of Public Safety.

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.