Security

Background Checks for Security Businesses

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 ...
Transport Topics

Supply Chain Coalition Presses Background Check Reform

A broad-based supply chain coalition is urging Congress to quickly pass legislation that would eliminate duplicative background security checks for truck drivers and other workers. The legislation, ...
Dark Reading

Breach of Homeland Security Background Checks Raises Red Flags

Background check records of 25,000 undercover investigators and other homeland security staff were exposed in the breach at US Investigations Services (USIS) this month, unnamed officials told Reuters ...
MacTech

Apple testing Background Security Improvement feature on iPhones, iPads, Macs

Apple is testing a Background Security Improvement feature that first rolled out in iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1, reports MacRumors. Developers and public beta testers who are running ...
AppleInsider

iOS 26.3 and macOS Tahoe 26.3 betas get second background security updates

Apple is once again testing background security updates in the iOS 26.3 and macOS Tahoe 26.3 betas, reinforcing its push toward protection between full software releases. A second Background Security ...
CSOonline

Background checks: How not to hire a security officer who’s on parole

I was having lunch last week with the senior executive for one of the large agencies in the government organization where I work, when I asked about the agency’s information security officer. I’d ...