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TSA Unveils Horizon 25 Strategy for Transportation Security

TSA’s Horizon 25 Strategy will advance PreCheck and expand efforts to counter unmanned aircraft system threats. The post TSA Unveils Horizon 25 Strategy for Transportation Security...

TSA administrator on stricter security since 9/11 and changes to come

As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 draws near, perhaps the biggest impact after that awful day was to air travel itself. Pre-9/11, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)...

Transportation Security Administration strategy aims to improve agency

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently announced a strategic plan to drive excellence and resiliency. The Horizon 25 Strategy focuses on three primary goals: mod...

TSA Gold+, Trump’s Privatized Airport Security Concept (Not A Healthcare Plan)

Several months back we learned about how President Trump planned to privatize airport security as much as possible, and that included cutting funding for the Transportation Securit...

A Major Florida Airport Is Changing How TSA Works

We've got a big security update for one Florida airport.

Senate advances nominee to head Transportation Security Administration

The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of David Cummins, a senior vice president of Serco, to head the Transportation Security Administration as the Trump admi...

Three Airports Plan to Ditch T.S.A. Agents Amid Push for Private Security

The airports have opted in to the agency’s new security model, an agency spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. A union official said the move could jeopardize public safety.

Three U.S. Airports Opt for Private Security Screening

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 47,000 TSA employees, said that expanded privatization of aviation security could jeopardize public safety.

TSA security to be privatized at Tampa International Airport under new federal program

Washington (CNN) — Tampa International Airport will privatize most Transportation Security Administration operations, just months after President Donald Trump unveiled a 2027 budge...

Airports Are Opting for Private Security Over the TSA. The Union Says That's a Public Safety Threat.

Airport security screeners at the 20 private-contract airports get paid during a government shutdown. A public sector union wants to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Can private screeners do the job of the TSA?

Those of us of a certain age remember the grainy security videos on Sept. 11, 2001, when bored and inattentive private screeners let murderers and hijackers through checkpoints. Th...

New TSA chief confirmed by Senate as Trump admin pushes private airport security

A central part of Trump's plan involves mandating that smaller airports utilize private security firms, a measure projected to eliminate more than 4,500 TSA positions

U.S. Department of Homeland Security launches synthetic baggage image screening tool

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced the launch of a new dataset of synthetic carry-on baggage images to help secur...

What to know about TSA Gold+, the Trump administration's new push to privatize airport security

Travelers flying out of three airports across the U.S. may see changes at security lines next year, as the Trump administration pushes a new program to privatize more aspects of sc...

Tampa, Charleston airports to join new TSA privatized security initiative

The new Gold+ initiative would allow private contractors to handle passenger screening at three airports while the TSA retains federal oversight.

U.S. Senate advances nominee to head TSA

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Senate voted today to advance the nomination of David Cummins, a senior vice president of Serco, to head the Transportation Security Administration as...

Senate Confirms David Cummins as TSA Administrator

The U.S. Senate has confirmed David Cummins as TSA administrator Cummins outlined his priorities in his new role, including introducing new security checkpoint technologies Cummins...

ICE Expands Immigration Enforcement at the Nation’s Airports

ICE officers have expanded their enforcement efforts at the nation’s airports, where their partnership with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) — a sister DHS agency —...

Security and efficiency in Oceania’s critical industries

ISJ hears from Ryan Den-Kaat, General Manager, Traka Oceania. What are the operational risks facing industries like mining across Oceania today? Within a leadership context, the ri...

How 9/11 transformed air security forever — even as some measures go by the wayside

About a week after the 9/11 attacks, Jeff Price found a flight back to Colorado from Hawaii, where he’d been attending a conference when North American airspace abruptly closed fol...

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How 9/11 Changed Airport Security Plus What’s No Longer Allowed

How air travel security has transformed since 9/11, from new TSA rules to banned items.

Airlines, pax should not fund border security systems

Airlines and passengers should not be expected to fund government border security programmes through…

From the Lockerbie bombing to 9/11: How attacks on flights changed air travel forever

Taking a commercial flight from a U.S. airport generally requires a boarding pass to get anywhere near a gate, security screening controlled by the federal government and careful a...