Airport Perimeter Security – is it enough?
Several recent airport perimeter security breaches have brought the issue into the public spotlight. Normally, such scrutiny is reserved for the “front door,” of aviation security, which is the screening checkpoint and largely the domain of the TSA. The “back door,”...Racial Profiling at Boston Logan?
The recent accusations of racial profiling being used by the TSA’s Behavior Detection Officers may hurt what is an otherwise effective security measure – the security questioning and behavior detection process. Opponents of the program have been waiting...Defending against the mongrel jet ski horde
With news today of the JetSki’er able to claim the fence and access the airport JFK the question of airport perimeter security is again raised. The first thing we need to look at in this case is what happened. JFK has a perimeter intrusion defense system which...Aurora
It’s been a week since the shooting in Aurora and I thought it was about time to comment. Based on the phone calls I was receiving that day, it seems my commentary sometimes applies outside the world of aviation security. I’m not going to compare myself to...TSA’s Strategic Plan for Risk Based Security
Blogging live from the Colorado Airport Operators Association, Annual Conference, 2012, Vail, Colorado (paraphrasing as necessary) Douglas Hoffsass – Assoc. Administrator, Office of the Administrator, TSA The Right Reverend Hoffsass continues his nationwide tour...
