DEA Veteran Frank Tarentino Named Associate Chief of Operations for Northeast Region

The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing plans for a new body that would replace the functions of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) and serve as a communications hub between industry and government…

Jen Easterly has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of RSA Conference (RSAC). Easterly – a leading cybersecurity expert, highly decorated U.S. Army veteran, and the former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency…

China’s military has revealed fresh details about its push to use quantum technology to extract high-value intelligence from public cyberspace, signaling a new phase in how future conflicts could be planned and fought. The disclosure came…

Throughout 2025, the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) advanced key Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Administration priorities by delivering research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) that accelerated…

Frank Tarentino, a longtime Drug Enforcement Administration special agent and senior leader, has taken on a new role as Associate Chief of Operations for the DEA’s Northeast Region. Tarentino brings nearly three decades of operational,…

Brian Given, who most recently served as Acting Chief Security Officer at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has joined Georgetown University as Chief of Staff for the Office of Public Safety, bringing nearly two decades of…

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted a strike in northwest Syria on Jan. 16, that resulted in the death of a leader affiliated with Al-Qaeda who had direct ties to an ISIS terrorist responsible for an ambush which killed two U.S.…

The U.S. stepped up airstrikes in Somalia in January, targeting al-Shabab and the local affiliate of the Islamic State group, ISIS, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). In a Jan. 12 release, AFRICOM said U.S. forces, working with…