January 28, 2015
Data Privacy Day, recognized each year on January 28, is an international effort focused on protecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust. Data Privacy Day encourages everyone to weigh the benefits and risks of sharing information, understand what their information …
March 6, 2014
Online fraud is big business for criminals. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), jointly run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center, reported receiving over 289,000 complaints in 2012, which resulted in more than …
February 19, 2014
The federal agency overseeing immigration and customs is seeking technology that would find fugitives and undocumented immigrants using license plates, according to a document posted on a U.S. website. The Department of Homeland Security is asking private companies for proposals …
October 8, 2012
To believe that technologies once dreamed of in science fiction novels, television shows, and comic strips may one day be a reality, or that real-world technologies might make the fantastic devices of fiction obsolete, you’d need to be either an …
February 3, 2012
The Indiana Department of Homeland Security wants Hoosiers to take part in an earthquake drill that will be conducted throughout the central United States on the 200th anniversary of the 1812 New Madrid earthquakes. The state is encouraging residents to …