Nevada Governors Office of Energy

The American Civil Liberties Union | March 12, 2020

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, accusing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of operating “a secret plan” to track all people at airports with facial recognition. The rights advocacy group says the degree of secrecy the agencies’ programs have been carried out under is excessive and undemocratic, and precludes the possibility of meaningful oversight or accountabilit...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

ATI (Advanced Technology International) | May 21, 2022

The Homeland Security Technology Consortium (HSTech), Advanced Technology International (ATI), and TechConnect announced the Security Innovation Challenge and $25,000 prize for technology solutions that represent the cutting edge in identity management. Challenge applicants should represent privacy-centric solutions for both civilian and federal applications in the areas of: pattern recognition software, real-time analytics platforms, sensors, scanners, imaging, cybersecurity plat...

GOVERNMENT FINANCE

Pendulum | January 07, 2022

Pendulum, an AI/ML powered platform for companies and government organizations to detect and understand harmful narratives on social media platforms and elsewhere, announced $5.9M in seed funding. Led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from Cercano Management and others, Pendulum was spun out of Madrona Venture Labs, and will use the funding to build their team and expand the platform. Pendulum’s platform applies AI and Machine Learning to uncover threats and opport...

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

BlackBerry | November 20, 2020

BlackBerry Limited today declared that its BlackBerry® Unified Endpoint Manager (UEM) programming has accomplished National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Solutions for Classified Program (CSfC) endorsement. The NSA ensures the United States' most basic data and frameworks against cyberattacks. The CSfC is a significant portion of the NSA's technique, guaranteeing that the U.S. government can use the business' generally secure and inventive network safety advance...