Aviation Security
No Fly List
Delta Airlines CEO Edward Bastian has requested that the U.S. federal government create a national no-fly list of disruptive passengers barring them from traveling on any commercial carrier. He noted…
Read MoreBoarding Pass Safety
Over 32 million passengers will be traveling by air over this week’s Thanksgiving holidays, in the U.S. This time of year is particularly heavy for travel but overall annual passenger…
Read MoreSixteen Years of Predictive Profiling
Back in 2002, I was driving with a colleague to see a client in Palmdale, California, a couple hours’ drive outside of Los Angeles. This was only a few months…
Read More12 to Consider when Choosing a Security Consultant
The right security consultant can offer invaluable service and guidance to help make a protected environment safer and more secure. But not all consultants are created equally. What’s more, the…
Read MoreDHS Reauthorization
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Reauthorization of the Department of Homeland Security Act, bill HR 2825. The vote was 386 for and 41 against, with 32 democrats…
Read MorePassports
A passport is a critical travel document without which you are literally grounded. We might nowadays associate passports…
Read MoreLaptop Bombs are Not New
Bringing an airliner down has been a big prize of terrorists since .. forever. It is hardly a new goal. The most recent U.S. security shift is a ban in…
Read MoreThe Controversy around the Real ID Act
The Real ID Act was first enacted back in 2005, in response to recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission to combat fake IDs, a critical terrorist tool. Starting in 2015,…
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