by Jeff Price | Jan 29, 2015 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism
Aviation security issues have been getting a lot of attention in the media these past couple of weeks. The three big issues are: Tweeted bomb threats causing flight delays and other disruptions Weapons smuggling by airline employees Highest record of confiscated guns...
by Jeff Price | Jan 18, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, General Aviation Airport Security
I was recently on a panel on CNN discussing the latest al Qaeda threat to aviation. In their online publication, Inspire magazine al Qaeda outlined a strategy for how to make a bomb that would get past a screening checkpoint at an airport. In that same week, I fielded...
by Jeff Price | Dec 30, 2014 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
A recent report of airline employees smuggling guns through commercial airliners has raised security concerns about the “insider threat.” Read, listen or watch the story here: NPR WSJ Arise America NBC The key question is: is this a threat? While...
by Jeff Price | Nov 27, 2014 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Recently, an economics professor wrote a short piece for USA Today talking about how TSAs rituals do not make us any safer. While that was the headline, the article posited that we’re probably spending more money than we need to on security. In that respect, Art...
by Jeff Price | Nov 17, 2014 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Many airport access control systems are coming up for an upgrade. Many are over 10 years old so it’s about time. Will you integrate biometrics into your next or upgraded access control system? While not presently required by TSA, biometrics provide a significant...
by Jeff Price | Sep 29, 2014 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
On 9/11 the FAA was caught completely off-guard as terrorists took over four aircraft and pulled of the most tragic and devastating attack using aviation in the history of the world. As an agency, the FAA was never in the intelligence loop, did not foresee the...