Airports are placing a higher priority on IT investments for passenger and airport security with 50 percent rating it a high priority, up from 37 percent last year.
Airport authorities might consider augmenting existing practices with a program to help prevent, detect and mitigate insider threats. Such a program recognizes the airport for what it is – a complex ecosystem of airlines, vendors, contractors and airport employees – and provides a way for this community to come together to protect the aviation transportation system. In a sense, the airport community becomes an insider threat working group.
Malaysia’s government has proposed to increase security at the country’s international airports in the wake of terrorist attacks at similar facilities overseas, such as Brussels, Belgium; and Ataturk, Turkey.
The TSA and American Airlines, through a joint initiative, will install new screening technology, including automated security screening lanes and CT scanners, at select American Airlines hubs nationwide this fall.
Travel Leaders Group released nationwide survey data on airport wait times, enrollment in Trusted Traveler programs, and the top item travelers would like TSA security to eliminate.
