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Transportation Security

Dulles CBP’s New Biometric Verification Technology Catches Third Impostor in 40 Days

The facial recognition technology reported a mismatch between the photo embedded in the passport chip and the woman who presented the travel document.

Coast Guard Needs to Improve TWIC Oversight for Transportation Security, OIG Finds

Coast Guard "does not have a full understanding of the extent to which the TWIC program addresses security risks in the maritime environment."

What We Know About Student Charged with Attempting to Steal Airliner from Florida Airport

His name: Nishal Sankat, a Florida Institute of Technology senior from the twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago. He has dual citizenship in Canada.

PERSPECTIVE: Promises, Insights and Rewards of Data Analytics for TSA

From insider threats to risk-scoring passengers and improving TSA training, there are real opportunities to strengthen decisions.

WATCH: How the New Facial Recognition Screening at Dulles Airport Works

If you're traveling abroad, Dulles' new facial recognition software will scan you during boarding to make sure you're really who you claim to be.

McAleenan: Build International Capacity to Interdict Threats Among Travelers, Cargo

Australia plot "galvanized international attention in partner agencies in Europe and elsewhere to focus on this threat."

PERSPECTIVE: Shifting IT to Strategic Enabler Key to Improving Visibility Essential for Full Asset Readiness

The naval support landscape is changing. Assets and equipment are getting more complex, and delivery and support increasingly globalized.

Emergency Managers, Transportation Officials Build Resiliency Through Tunnel Engagement

knowing who to contact and what response capabilities are available plays an invaluable part in managing the response to an incident and protecting lives and properties.

DHS S&T Awards $3.5M to Improve X-Ray Detection Technology

Three new research and development projects designed to improve the threat detection capabilities of current X-ray technologies for checked baggage systems.

CBP Welcomes Another General Aviation Facility in Rochester, Minn.

This designation will allow general aviation aircraft to arrive directly to Rochester without having to clear CBP processing in Minneapolis.

DHS Announces Grant Allocations for Fiscal Year 2018 Preparedness Grants

Preparedness grants strengthen our nation’s ability to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies.

Great Lakes Crews Try to Prepare, Prevent in ‘Worst Absolute Place for an Oil Disaster’

Coast Guard "addressing oil spill research needs unique to the Great Lakes to improve response capability."

TSA Defends ‘Quiet Skies’ Security Program After Media Coverage

"Passengers referred to the program may require additional scrutiny for a certain period of time; however, TSA routinely removes passengers from the program."

Horizon Air Worker Takes Plane from Sea-Tac Airport, Crashes on Island in South Puget Sound

Listen to audio with the control tower in incident that officials are branding "a joyride gone terribly wrong" but not terrorism.

TSA Checkpoint at Dulles Gets New State-of-the-Art 3-D Scanner to Improve Explosives Detection

Checkpoint CT technology should result in fewer bag checks. Passengers using this machine will be permitted to leave laptops and liquids in bags.

This Guy Hacked Hundreds of Planes from the Ground

The cybersecrity researcher could, if he’d been so inclined to break the law, have hacked those onboard systems, snooped on the onboard Wi-Fi and carried out surveillance on all connected passenger devices.
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