Law enforcement veterans Captain Robert J. Finnegan, Sr., and Captain Edward W. Cobbs, Jr., have been named Chief Security/Safety Officer (CSO) and Chief of Police, respectively, at the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA).

The Little Rock Port Authority has received a $570,000 security grant from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to add surveillance cameras to Port locations.

Port of Palm Beach, Florida, has partnered with human trafficking prevention and mitigation campaign Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) to provide training and signage aiming to prevent trafficking.

Port Canaveral will use federal and state funding to enhance security detection at the Port with upgraded equipment.

The Port of Palm Beach implemented human trafficking prevention training for its employees. The training focuses on teaching employees how to identify human trafficking victims and how to get them help.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently named John Bilich as the agency’s new permanent Chief Security Officer.

The TSA has commended 13 transit and passenger-rail agencies for achieving the TSA's highest rating for transit security.
 

America’s largest commercial ports have failed to build up defenses against potential cyber attacks, a new study contends, raising concerns about the vulnerability of computer networks that help move energy, food and other goods to market, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Port Authority CSO Joseph Dunne announced the appointment of Louis Koumoutsos as Chief of the nearly 1,600-member Port Authority Police Department.