Plans to beef up perimeter security include eight-feet high fencing, plus a visitor control center and entry-control points.

The City of Bridgeport in Connecticut announced a $433,616 federal grant to improve port security and water rescue equipment, including ramping up and replacing video surveillance.

A new SIA subcommittee seeks to educate end users on perimeter security requirements and best practices, especially for video detection. 

An emotionally disturbed man allegedly climbed a six-foot security fence to enter a Newark port and boarded a cargo ship. He was found hours later asleep in the captain's cabin. 

An unsecured gate guarding the New York airport's fuel pipeline was not under video surveillance for an unknown amount of time.