4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (380+ words) The UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a £2 million (US$2.7 million) tender seeking software and hardware for live surveillance, including video cameras that can covertly record footage from a vehicle. The call comes after the DWP significantly…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (423+ words) Last week London became a city of two tales. Two different surveillance stories show how the UK’s approach to biometric surveillance prefers flexibility over certainty and why, in my view, we need more of the latter. Defending the system, the…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago   (206+ words) National Habor, Maryland March 17 – 18, 2026 Designed for professionals committed to safeguarding the homeland, Homeland Security Week delivers a compelling mix of keynote briefs, expert panel sessions, and deep-dive discussions that foster collaboration between government and industry. Attendees not only stay ahead…...

6+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (892+ words) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is preparing to hire a single contractor to run a nationwide electronic fingerprinting program that supports hiring, security vetting, and related personnel needs across the agency. The draft solicitation is structured as a single blanket…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1272+ words) A recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) warns that the digital infrastructure at the core of U.S. immigration enforcement has quietly become a foreign counterintelligence vulnerability. “By aggregating the private data of millions of individuals in…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (417+ words) New South Wales (NSW) has kicked off a pilot of its new digital identity app on Wednesday, inviting residents of the Australian state over the age of 16 to participate in the testing. Users will be able to create a NSW…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (484+ words) Australia’s national digital ID program will undergo a formal audit this year. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) is set to examine governance, risk management and evaluation of the AU$1 billion-plus scheme (US$674 million). The inquiry comes roughly a year…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (711+ words) The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner is proposing its own blueprint and legal framework for the use of biometric data in law enforcement across England and Wales. The biometric technology watchdog has backed the creation of statutory codes of practice that would…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1114+ words) By the end of 2025, it was no longer credible to describe the U.S. government’s use of biometrics in immigration enforcement as fragmented, experimental, or limited to border checkpoints. Over the course of the year, a steady accumulation of procurement records, privacy…...