The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants the public’s help to determine its cutest K9 in honor of National Dog Day on August 26. The TSA Cutest K9 contest features four “top dog” finalists. Keep Reading
Germany is planning a new drone detection system – an 11-mile exclusion-zone – around airports. The exclusion area would extend up to 1,300m above airports and seek to prevent its closure due to drone fears, a fate Frankfurt Airport has already suffered twice this year. Keep Reading
A black-market arms dealer with a long history of brokering machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank armaments – and who was found guilty last year in a scheme to sell and use surface-to-air missiles – has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Keep Reading
A key application used to process international arrivals at U.S. airports failed to connect with the associated CBP database, according to an initial investigation. Keep Reading
Everbridge’s critical event management platform has the ability to rapidly locate employees at risk and, crucially, will provide the airport with enhanced and actionable risk intelligence, and help with incident preparation and response. Keep Reading
Critical event management and enterprise safety software specialist, Everbridge Inc., has acquired NC4, which provides threat intelligence solutions to businesses, government organizations, and communities. Keep Reading
More than 100 potential human trafficking victims, including 35 minors, have been rescued and identified during an INTERPOL-led operation to strengthen border controls in West Africa. Keep Reading
A group of researchers are quietly commercializing an artificial intelligence-driven lie detector, which they hope will be the future of airport security. Keep Reading
An Office of the Inspector General review has concluded that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) may be wasting agency funds on criminal investigators not eligible to receive premium pay. Keep Reading
A review by the Office of Inspector General did not identify evidence to corroborate allegations that a Transportation Security Administration supervisor at Orlando Airport directed TSA air marshals or other TSA personnel to use behavior detection techniques to racially discriminate against travelers Keep Reading
