by Jeff Price | Mar 1, 2016 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, General Aviation Airport Security
By Jeffrey C. Price and Lori Beckman Airport security managers throughout the United States are responsible for the computerized physical access control systems (PACS), which allow thousands of workers into secure areas of the airport on a daily basis. Many of these...
by Jeff Price | Feb 11, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism
It’s called NextGen, and if not properly protected, the system designed to make aviation safer, may present the most dangerous risk to the national airspace system and even the nation itself, particularly if attacked by an insider threat. NextGen is the ongoing...
by Jeff Price | Feb 3, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats
In 2011, a former British Airways worker was convicted on four counts of preparing acts of terrorism. Inspired by the preaching and teaching of al Qaeda’s late propaganda minister, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Rajib Karim, a software engineer, told Awlaki he had access to British...
by Jeff Price | Jan 15, 2016 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats, Personal Safety
Ever been camping? Imagine heading to the great outdoors for an extended camping trip. Hikes in the forest, walks on trails, skipping rocks on the lake, sitting around the campfire at night. But after a few days, we wake up one morning to find out that a wolf has...
by Jeff Price | Jan 7, 2016 | Aviation Career, Aviation Security, Conference Blogging, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures
Although the airport security industry missed out on meeting TSA Administrator Neffenger, the annual security summit did provide some updates on other programs: ● Status of Rapback: Rapback is a criminal vetting process that automatically resubmits aviation worker...
by Jeff Price | Jan 5, 2016 | Aviation Security
It’s 2016 and have you set your New Year’s Resolutions yet? Not the ones you’ll forget about in two weeks, but the ones that will make your airport, your airline, your facility, yourself, a hard target when it comes to terrorist and criminal threats....