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Women in Homeland Security, a non-profit organization working on behalf of women in the field of homeland security since 2009, today launched an initiative with Homeland Security Today to highlight the tremendous work of female leaders across America. The series will feature interviews with some of...

Cybersecurity issues are seeping s-l-o-w-l-y into America’s consciousness. Unless of course,   you’re one of the millions of unhappy Target and Neiman Marcus shoppers [how often do you say those two stores in the same breath], or one of the confused 300,000 current and former Maryland...

Join WHS to do your final holiday shopping AND support our effort to buy a "telehandler" for the Fairfax County International Search & Rescue Team. December 12, 2011 Washington, D.C. REGISTER NOW GET INVOLVED TODAY! Help us raise the $42,000 necessary to buy Fairfax USAR the Telehandler! Pledge an item for...

SHOW ME THE MONEY!  by Michelle Mrdeza, WHS blogger on Congress Several months ago I attended a panel discussion where very smart people shared their insights on the “state of homeland security”.  Nearly 10 years after 9-11, they talked about what progress has been made and...

As we start the new year, I am excited to kick off a series of blog posts for WHS focused on highlighting technology innovations for government (particularly homeland and cybersecurity technologies), discuss small business issues serving the federal sectors and other topics of interest relevant...

Asymmetric Warfare, Complex Operations, Counter Insurgency, and what it all means “When conventional tactics are altered unexpectedly according to the situation, they take on the element of surprise and increase in strategic value.” –Sun Bin, The Lost Art of War Asymmetric Warfare is a conflict involving nation-states...

The Four Keys of Professional Success The new rules of work require an update of what we all considered the road to success. It definitely doesn’t run up a vertical ladder with neat job descriptions to guide you along the way. We live in the midst...

Partners and Friends of WHS offer internships to WHS members interested in learning about the field, gaining invaluable experience and adding value to a supporter of WHS. See below for a list of organizations offering opportunities. Please follow directions listed. [If you’d...