Aviation Security Risks During Global Conflict and Government Disruptions
How do government shutdowns or funding disruptions affect the aviation security workforce, particularly TSA officers, and what risks could that create for the system? Periods of global conflict can increase the risk of retaliatory violence and opportunistic attacks at...
Airports and Cyberwarfare
There are two kinds of people out there, those that have been hacked, and those that just don’t know it yet. Cyber is the new battlespace and it’s not just IT’s problem. It’s an airport security problem, and there’s a reason your Chief Information Officer is your new...
Is Crowdsourcing A Component of Our Aviation Security of the Future?
Most of us have heard the phrase, “See something? Say something.” This phrase was adopted by New York City initially after the 9/11 attacks. The phrase was quickly adopted by the TSA as a mantra to encourage passengers and airport workers to report any suspicious...Will Screening Detection Continue To Improve?
With repeated reports of detection failures during airport screening checkpoints, aviation security professionals discussed growing concerns during the AAAE/TSA/DHS Annual Aviation Security Summit in Washington DC in December 2017. The fact is that screening detection...
