WASHINGTON – Investigators can now probe Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites as a part of background checks for security clearances -- something that lawmakers said Friday was a classic ...

For security directors and company executives, protecting a company’s people and assets encompasses the implementation of a wide variety of different solutions. For some this might be the addition ...

A federal contractor tasked with performing background checks on Department of Defense employees seeking high-level security clearances copped to submitting reams of bogus reports when she claimed to ...

IRVING, Texas—The Electronic Security Association, based here, is asking members to help make the industry safer by supporting legislation that would allow electronic security companies to use the FBI ...

From fake sign language interpreters to a Secret Service staffing crisis that led people to question whether the agents protecting former President Donald Trump were sufficiently qualified, recent ...

Security patches stand between your Apple devices and danger. Graphic: Google Gemini When Apple needs to install a security patch onto an iPhone, iPad or Mac, it now does so without requiring the user ...

One of Apple's key talking points when it comes to selling theiPhone is privacy and security, as anyone who watches its TV ads will know. The company goes out of its way to minimize tracking on its ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday handed off its National Background Investigations Bureau to the Defense Department, ...

Code found in iOS 26 beta 1 reportedly reveals that Apple is prepping a new feature: Background Security Improvements. These will patch security problems and won’t need the user to be involved or even ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently suspended all background investigations on current and prospective Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees due to security concerns over ...