McCaul Urges the Senate to Act on Bipartisan Cyber and Election Security Legislation (Homeland Security Committee, Aug 08, 2018)
Under the leadership of Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), the House Homeland Security Committee has prioritized cybersecurity legislation over the last several years and has taken strong, bipartisan action.
 

Border Agents Using DNA Databases Like familytree.com and ancestry.com to ID Detainees, Track Relatives (The Toronto Star, Aug 06, 2018)
According to immigration lawyers, border officials have collected DNA samples from at least three immigration detainees in the past year in their attempts to identify their ethnicity, track down relatives and establish nationality in order to remove these individuals from Canada.
 

The Key to Government’s Digital Transformation is Data Literacy (Nextgov, Aug 09, 2018)
Without data literacy, the prospect of quickly meeting the administration’s data and IT modernization goals is simply not feasible.
 

Samsung to Spend Over $22 Billion on AI, Auto Tech and 5G (WSJ, Aug 08, 2018)
Investment to be spent in next three years as company looks to build business beyond smartphones, chips.
 

TSA Looks at Separate Lines for Fliers 'Swept' by Canines (USA Today, Aug 08, 2018)
Passengers at the USA’s smallest airports will continue to go through security checkpoints just as they have for years. Passengers who've been sniffed by bomb-sniffing dogs may soon get a separate security line at some U.S. airports.
 

Push for Quantum Tech Must Include Cybersecurity, Researchers Warn (FedScoop, Aug 08, 2018)
Although recent legislation has underscored the need to coordinate the nation’s pockets of quantum computing research, the government and private sector must do more to build cybersecurity into the U.S. strategy for the incipient technology, two researchers argue in a new report.
 

Mapping Social Media with Facial Recognition: A New Tool for Penetration Testers and Red Teamers (Trustwave, Aug 08, 2018)
Social Mapper is an open source intelligence tool that uses facial recognition to correlate social media profiles across a number of different sites on a large scale.
 

Uncovering The Cyberattacker, Not Just The Cyberattack (PYMNTS.com, Aug 09, 2018)
Cybercrime is such a lucrative field that, if it were its own nation, it would have the thirteenth-largest GDP on the planet, according to Bromium researchers.
 

Information Security Is a Social Responsibility: What CISOs and Infosec Pros Can Do Now (HealthcareIT News, Aug 09, 2018)
Making security personal to employees and engaging future generations to rekindle the dwindling talent pool are a good start.
 

Events (IBIA, Aug 09, 2018)
Faster Payments: Zelle Development Case Studies (August 13, 2018) Web Seminar
Is your bank considering joining the growing list of Zelle participating banks?  Join bankers who have been offering Zelle for some time and aZelle executive to learn best implementation strategies. Moderated by American Banker’s Penny Crosman, this web seminar is not to be missed. 
https://www.americanbanker.com//conference/zelle-update/register?utm_content=ZELLE18&utm_medium=email&utm_source=confpromo&utm_campaign=0

2018 AAAE Airport Credentialing and Access Control Conference 
(August 21, 2018) Washington, DC
This year's AAAE Airport Credentialing and Access Control Conference will continue the tradition of bringing together airport security and credentialing personnel, TSA leadership, and leading industry technology experts
https://www.aaae.org/aaae/Credentialing/Welcome/Credentialing/General_Information.aspx?hkey=7f37a5f6-fa3d-44ce-b56b-bfe06953029f

Next Generation Information and Identification Awareness (NGIA) 
(September 5 -6) Tampa, FL
SOFWERX, in collaboration with U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), will host an Industry Day Collaboration Event focused on Next Generation Information and Identification Awareness (NGIA)
https://www.sofwerx.org/NGIA/

US Data Innovation in Data Day: The Future of Data-Driven Medicine 
(September 13, 2018)
The Center for Data Innovation will host a public forum with key stakeholders from government, the private sector, and academia to discuss the latest developments in using data to improve health care outcomes, reduce health care costs, and empower patients. 
http://www.datainnovation.org/2018/09/u-s-data-innovation-day-2018-the-future-of-data-driven-medicine/

Indonesia Homeland Security Show 
(September 19 - 20, 2018) Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Indonesia
HLS Indonesia 2018 is projected to attract at least 100 leading exhibitors plus the trade visitors, offering an unparalleled trade and networking platform for industry to meet officials from the nation’s key security, police, and paramilitary agencies and address their challenges and requirements.
https://www.hlsindonesia.com/

FedID 2018: Call for Presentors!
 
(September 25 -26, 2018) Tampa, FL
The call for presentations will remain open until July 6. The Planning Committee aims to notify all proposal submitters of their status by the end of July. Note that those selected for these short presentations will receive a reduced rate for full conference attendance.
https://afcea.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9NzcwNTM4MCZzdWJzY3JpYmVyaWQ9MTA4OTkzNDY4Mw==

CyberTech Europe 2018 
(September 26 - 27, 2018) Rome, Italy
Cybertech provides attendees with a unique opportunities to get acquianted with the latest innovations and solutions featured by the international cyber community.
https://italy.cybertechconference.com/

2018 ACI-NA Annual Conference & Exhibition 
(September 30 - October 2, 2018) Nashville, TN 
The event draws more airport industry experts together than any other conference and features innovative educational sessions, in addition to numerous networking opportunities. 
https://acina.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9NzUzMjgxOSZzdWJzY3JpYmVyaWQ9MTA5Mjk3ODYwOA==

Smart Cities Week
 (October 2 – 4, 2018) Washington, DC
Get the inside scoop on new mobility approaches that deliver real benefits
https://www.smartcitiesweek.com/2018-washington/

RegTech
 (October 15 -16, 2018) New York City
American Banker’s RegTech is accepting speaker and session proposals for the 2018 conference. The open submission process will close on Friday, June 29, 2018.
https://www.americanbanker.com/conference/regtech-2018

ACI-NA Public Safety and Security Fall Conference
(October 15 - 18, 2018) Arlington, VA
Attendees will get to hear experts speak on a variety of topics including Biometrics, Canadian Security Initiatives, Computed Tomography, Facilitation, TSA Policy and Operations, Deployment of Long Guns at Airports, Insider Threat Mitigation, and many more.
https://www.aci-na.org/event/9281

Data Protection & Democracy
 (January 30 - February 1, 2019) Brussels
CPDP is an annual 3-day conference devoted to privacy and data protection. The Call for Papers is addressed to all researchers who wish to present their papers at the next Computer, Privacy, & Data Protection conference.
http://2dsf1.r.ca.d.sendibm2.com/858cflniv5o7f.html

 

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