Passenger security can be a nightmare (Orlando, for example), but it’s nothing like the adventure your luggage will experience. In Quebec, luggage moves through six layers of security. One of the steps, if necessary, will be a manual search.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Apr 01, 2016
A hijacker attempted to take control of an EgyptAir plane on its way to Cairo.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 29, 2016
In late March, a flight attendant was trying to board a plan with 70 pounds of cocaine. When she was stopped at a security checkpoint to be randomly screened, she took off running.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 28, 2016
After the attacks in Belgium, experts are looking into the vulnerabilities associated with long lines at security checkpoints.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 23, 2016
Belgian Police were able to identify the suspects in the case and arrest at least one of them within the 24 hours after the attacks in Brussels.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 23, 2016
26 are dead in three explosions that occurred at the Brussels airport and subway station.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 22, 2016
SkyTrax World Airport Awards has announced the best airports in the world for 2016.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 19, 2016
The number of travelers is going up and the number of TSA screeners is going down, resulting in long lines at security check points.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Mar 07, 2016
CCTV footage finds that two airport workers helped to furnish the bomb that exploded on a Somali plane.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Feb 08, 2016
Because of recent news and my frequent visits through the security checkpoint, I have come to lack confidence in TSA employees.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Feb 01, 2016
You still can’t bring your loaded gun onto a plane, 2015 proved that.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Jan 22, 2016
AirportXP, a mobile experience tool, allowed travelers to log their satisfaction with airport security checkpoints.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Dec 22, 2015
Nearly every major U.S. carrier won’t let you board with a hoverboard in tow.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Dec 14, 2015
Airports’ busiest travel days of the year are likely to become even more complicated for travelers flying through U.S. airports this Thanksgiving Holiday.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Nov 23, 2015
We may have finally found a more efficient way of getting through airport security.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Nov 21, 2015
This paves the way for liquids and electronics to remain in carry-on bags.
Two Air France flights bound for Paris from the U.S. were diverted because of threats Tuesday night.
More than two weeks after the crash that killed 224, Russia has started sending missiles into ISIS strongholds.
Why safe travel doesn’t have to mean slow travel
A new report suggests someone working at the Egyptian airport may have smuggled the bomb aboard Metrojet Flight 9268.
Dozens of shots fired in an incident that shut down many blocks in a San Diego neighborhood and even delayed flights at the local airport.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Nov 05, 2015
A recent investigation shows U.S. airports are missing important security measures.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Nov 04, 2015
A look at the security of the airport in which Russia's deadliest aviation disaster departed from.
- By Sydny Shepard
- Nov 03, 2015
Is security on board the answer to the high rise in incidents on planes?
State issued identification cards from four states will no longer be accepted for domestic flights starting in 2016.
Provides non-invasive screening of individual, unopened bottles or other containers.
One man tried to find out.
- By Matt Holden
- Sep 10, 2015
Airports have many security requirements and challenges, and part of the challenge arises because of the mix of people on-site, including airport staff, airline staff, contractor and vendor staff and travelers.
- By Fernando Pires
- Sep 01, 2015
Maintaining a secure environment with proven technology to assist in reducing crime and speeding up investigations.
A 38-year-old St. Louis woman was taken to a hospital for psychiatric observation on Wednesday after talking her way past airport security and entering the cockpit of a private plane.
- By Matt Holden
- Aug 06, 2015
Recreational drones could be used by adversaries to attack the United States.
- By Ginger Hill
- Aug 04, 2015
Damarias Cockerham passed through the TSA checkpoint and boarded a flight to Guatemala.
- By Matt Holden
- Jul 29, 2015
Smartphone used to record pat-down process and the exchange of unpleasantries.
- By Ginger Hill
- Jul 23, 2015
Security infrastructure includes thousands of analog and IP cameras, third-party access control systems and Barco video walls in multiple control rooms.
Group of 46 worked together to bypass security and make cocaine deliveries to various US locations.
- By Ginger Hill
- Jul 15, 2015
What does information security have in common with Eastern Air Lines Flight 401? It’s an odd question, with an important — and potentially tragic — answer.
- By Martin Zinaich
- Jul 15, 2015
The threat of terror, real or imagined, has focused the minds of building owners, architects, engineers, technologists and planners to better design buildings that can withstand a whole new array of risks.
- By Lee Coates
- Jul 13, 2015
Flights were grounded nationwide due to a network connectivity issue.
- By Matt Holden
- Jul 08, 2015
It is only natural that we respond to horrific situations with a renewed emphasis on security.
- By Mark Berger
- Jul 01, 2015
A gun was reported to be found in a carry-on bag.
- By Matt Holden
- Jun 26, 2015