Transportation Security

Adm. Craig Faller succeeded Adm. Kurt W. Tidd in a change-of-command ceremony at USSOUTHCOM headquarters in Doral, Fla., on Nov. 26.

Customers flying direct to an international destination on Delta, Aeromexico, Air France, KLM or Virgin Atlantic Airways can now choose to use facial recognition technology from curb to gate.

The solicitation seeks proposals from startups on the use of blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology to prevent the falsification of records and provides startups with the opportunity to receive up to $800,000 in funding.

Standardizing cybersecurity processes to manage enterprise-wide risk and increasing network visibility to proactively prevent and respond to security incidents among concerns.

TSA and industry partners must continually adapt and evolve screening technologies, processes, and systems.

The busiest travel days leading up to Thanksgiving are projected to be the Friday and Wednesday before the holiday, with 2.6 million passengers and crew expected.

In order to make the movie, Talal Derki, a Syrian Kurd who fled the war and had taken up residence in Berlin, posed as a jihad-sympathetic documentarian.

WTTC announced earlier this week a pilot program that will first see travelers on round trips between Dallas and London use end-to-end biometrics.

In first half of 2019, passengers will be able to experience the application of biometric technology at every stage of the travel process.

IG found vulnerabilities leave STB employees’ and railroad stakeholders’ personal information and work unsecured and vulnerable.

Airport’s access control system can be configured to create gunshot detection alarms, activate door locking or open doors for safe egress.

He began blogging for TSA in 2008 and, under his transformation, TSA's Instagram account has amassed nearly a million followers and is Rolling Stone's No. 4 must-follow account.

“With the threat to aviation evolving every day, developing the next generation of security technology with our industry partners is critically important,” said TSA Administrator David Pekoske

Wilson, who had a National Socialist Movement I.D. card on him, said shortly after the attack that he was “going to save the train from black people.”

The reauthorization act empowers TSA to expand field operations testing of advanced screening technologies, increase use of canine resources and enhance public area security. 

In addition, passenger railroads reported that they continue to face many of the same challenges GAO previously identified, such as software defects and limited industry-wide availability of vendors.