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Customs and Border Protection Behind on Deploying Border Surveillance Tech, DHS OIG Finds Konstantin Yolshin/Shutterstock
email February 26, 2021
Customs and Border Protection has deployed just 28% of its planned border technologies despite receiving more than $743 million to do so since 2017, according to a recent audit.
The Homeland Security Department’s Office of Inspector General report concludes that in addition to issues like a lack of available technology solutions and security vulnerabilities in servers and workstations, CBP is “not well-equipped to assess its technology effectiveness to respond to these deficiencies.” The audit was released Feb. 23, shortly after President Joe Biden’s immigration bill which calls for deployment of “smart technologies” at the border was introduced into Congress.