Monthly magazine Homeland Security Today offers insightful analysis to government policymakers, decision-makers, and officials with homeland security duties.

3 days ago · As we enter 2025, homeland security professionals face an increasingly complex and evolving threat landscape. While the following are just three of many pressing challenges, they highlight the interconnected nature of risks that demand proactive and collaborative action: political polarization, dependence on foreign adversaries for critical manufacturing, and the implications of national debt.

3 days ago · An ISIS member with a U.S.-made Egyptian military drone seized in 2020. (ISIS photo) Imagine rental trucks pulling up to a packed sports event or concert in the United States. Instead of a lone attacker, 30 highly trained militants – veterans of conflict zones like Kandahar, Gaza, or Yemen ...

3 days ago · Our prediction for 2025 furthers Homeland Security Today assessment areas of “Public Safety” and “Infrastructure Security;” however, instead of focusing on the impact of foreign adversaries, which is still needed, we look at the exploitable regions of weakness within the United States, specifically, healthcare infrastructure. A healthcare system (i.e., a network of organizations ...

5 days ago · As seen throughout 2024, the United States homeland in 2025 faces an increasingly complex landscape of cyber and advanced technology threats that challenge traditional security frameworks. Nation-state actors, particularly China and Russia, continue to pose the most significant risks through ...

6 days ago · Weaponizing People: Terrorist Group Inciting Lone-Wolf Threats The year 2024 revealed that, while the global terrorism landscape in the United States has evolved since 9/11, the religious roots, deep-seated motivations, and radical ideology of Salafi Jihadism have dangerously adapted to artificial intelligence (AI)-driven online platforms, inciting its followers in the West to carry out lone ...

5 days ago · In 2025, cyber threats will become increasingly sophisticated, leveraging advancements in technology such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing and the Internet of Things (IoT). Ransomware remains a dominant threat, with attackers employing double-extortion tactics and targeting ...

Jan 9, 2025 · The second Trump Administration will assume office on January 20 th with homeland security concerns dominating the news. The ISIS-inspired (if not ISIS-directed) attack in New Orleans is the most significant terrorist attack in the United States since the last time President Trump was in office but its far from the only homeland security risk of consequence.

Jan 6, 2025 · The evolving landscape of homeland security is driven by rapid advancements in technology, shifting societal dynamics, and global challenges. Drawing from the emerging trends and foresight articles explored over the past year, here are the top ten trends shaping the future of homeland security and what they mean for government leaders as they prepare for 2025.

Sep 18, 2024 · On September 12th, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), and Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) issued the following statement upon releasing a joint investigative report exposing a rising threat to U.S. economic and homeland ...