Cybersecurity Experts: Airport Security Is in Jeopardy
Cybersecurity experts believe hackers can attack an airport’s X-ray scanners and explosive detectors, due to major vulnerabilities in the security systems.
Cybersecurity experts believe hackers can attack an airport’s X-ray scanners and explosive detectors, due to major vulnerabilities in the security systems.
Among the new measures, more random checks for airport and aviation employees and identifying biometric standards for access control.
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to collect video of passengers at T.F. Green Airport in an effort to better understand how people with “malicious intent” behave before committing crimes.
A report by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general states that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has not properly managed the maintenance of airport screening equipment.
Security analysts predict spending on physical security barriers will decline as more airports seek to deploy more high-tech perimeter security solutions.
Biometrics provider CLEAR will integrate its scanning kiosks into the TSA’s existing Pre-Check system.
According to police, the man accused of attacking TSA agents at a New Orleans airport was armed with Molotov cocktails and a barbeque lighter.