Homeland Security Today Magazine

On July 24, 1987, the reflagged Kuwaiti tanker Bridgeton, steaming under U.S. escort in the first convoy of Operation Earnest Will, struck an Iranian mine. No sailor died. The hull held. The episode nevertheless exposed a hard maritime reality: a flag and an escort do not make a vessel invulnerable. Protection depends on the state’s willingness and capacity to make its commitments effective.

Cyberwarfare specialists serving with the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group of the Maryland Air National Guard engage in weekend training at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md., June 3, 2017. (Photo: J.M. Eddins Jr. / Air Force)

Cybersecurity has entered an era in which the distinction between an external attack and an internal compromise is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain. For years, organizations built security programs around a relatively straightforward model: defend the perimeter, protect the network, secure endpoints, educate employees, and respond when an attacker gets through. That model was already under pressure from cloud computing, remote work, mobile devices, software supply chains, and the Internet of Things. Artificial intelligence is now accelerating that transformation and changing the economics of both offense and defense.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announces the extension of the compliance date for new informal entry procedures for international mail from Oct. 22, 2026, to Jan. 20, 2027. The 90-day extension provides importers, brokers, and logistics providers additional time to update their processes while helping avoid disruptions to certain international postal shipments destined for the United States.

With so many books, handbooks and textbooks published on homeland security, international security, terrorism and counterterrorism, intelligence and counterintelligence, cybersecurity, and military warfare, this review column capsule reviews 44 recently published books to provide readers with concise overviews of their content. The review column is organized topically and, within the topics, if possible, alphabetically according to the authors’ last names. In case a book is published in hardcover and paperback, the ISBN numbers refer to the paperback edition. Published quarterly, future review columns will also cover 40+ books, handbooks and textbooks on these subjects. Please contact the reviewer to recommend books for inclusion in future review columns.

Paul Goldenberg, a law enforcement professional with nearly three decades of experience, has been appointed Executive Advisor to the President of the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) for Homeland Security and Global Partnerships.

Wayne Dumais has taken on the role of Director of the Mission Engineering and Standards Division at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), bringing more than a decade of experience at the department and an extensive background in engineering, testing and evaluation, and program management.

MI5 Director General Ken McCallum delivers Annual Threat Update at Thames House, the London headquarters of the UK’s Security Service, on October 13, 2026. (Photo: MI5)

A new Jamestown Foundation analysis examines how Iran used religious symbolism following the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to mobilize supporters and reinforce calls for retaliation against the United States and Israel.

An AutoFlight V2000CGF uncrewed firefighting aircraft, a model used during China’s Emergency Mission 2025 exercise. (Photo: Adil Ospantayev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)