Ports: Sea, Land, & Air

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A federal lawsuit said the TSA should develop formal regulations for its full-body scanners. 

 The Transportation Security Administration has paid passengers $3 million for losing, damaging or stealing items.

Ports – sea, air and land – handle people and cargo. And they need to be secured. Dr. Daniel J. Benny knows the need. At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Dr. Benny now offers a Bachelor of Science degree in aviation security. This program is designed to produce graduates qualified to enter aviation security, intelligence, military, homeland defense and corporate aviation security communities, either as entry-level career professionals or as mid-level managers.

The Senate has confirmed Coast Guard Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger as the TSA's new administrator.
 

Poland's LOT airline was forced to cancel around 10 foreign and domestic flights after hackers attacked its computers.

Connecticut is the leading state for tweets complaining about the TSA. 

Recently polled Americans are satisfied with or neutral about airport security measures – up from 87.5% last year.

Lawmakers have proposed the Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act, legislation that would require all guns to contain enough metal to be detected by metal detectors and X-Ray machines at checkpoints and airports.

A survey says that passengers feel more negative emotions at the airport security checkpoint and during the baggage collection process than at any other points during the travel process.

The TSA failed to identify at least 73 people employed in the airline industry flagged under terrorism-related activity codes.