Ashley Devoto has been named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation, where she will guide the firm's global cybersecurity strategy.

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.

Federal and state enterprises that had been working with G4S Government Services will soon be working with American group Centerra, soon to be the largest American-owned provider of protective services to the Federal Government.

The number of new security clearances provided by the federal government, including renewals, has decreased by 9 percent since 2011, according to a new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The number of approved clearances dropped for the second consecutive year in FY2013, to just more than 777,000. 

The U.S. Justice Department has accused United States Investigations Services (USIS) of filing at least 665,000 flawed background checks – about 40 percent of the total submissions – between March 2008 and September 2012.

Thousands of tax delinquents, including one who owes the IRS $2 million, have sensitive security clearances, posing a risk that has gone undetected by federal agencies, congressional investigators will report this Thursday.