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The Winning Combo Of IoT and Big Data Systems For Defense
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EU to Greece: Tighten Borders, Or Else
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Thousands Of ISIS-Trained Jihadists In Europe
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Everything’s Insecure, And We Need To Fix It
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Drones Changing Rules Of The Game In Disputed Areas
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Big Data Will Protect Megacities
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Hackers Made Off With Massive FBI, DHS Employee Database
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The Bottleneck in Big Data Use for Homeland Security
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DHS Is Calling For Ways Of Improvement
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Backdoor-riddled Devices Sold To US Army, White House
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1,282 People From State Sponsors of Terror Overstayed Visas
A recent US Department of Homeland Security report on visa entry/exit overstays for fiscal year 2015 highlights glaring deficiencies in enforcement, with 1,282 individuals...
French PM: Migration crisis might destroy Europe
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