Towards Flights Renewal – More Security is Needed
As the incident at Gatwick Airport in December 2018 and other airports demonstrate, the capability to locate both the drone and its controller would...
Can Airport Security be Streamlined Without Compromising Safety?
Towards the return to a normal routine, innovation is required in airport security. The Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate and the TSA...
Bomb-Sniffing Dogs to Be Replaced by Technology
An innovative solution for aircraft and airport security operations might replace bomb-sniffing dogs. The “electronic nose” device that uses biological cells to sniff dangerous...
Airport Security and Social Distancing
When the global COVID-19 pandemic subsides, travel will look different. Virus mitigation protocols like social distancing will need to continue to avert the resurgences...
Motion Analytics to Be Applied in Airport Security
Less than 100,000 people went through airport checkpoints in the United States on an April day, compared to nearly 2.6 million on that day...
Sharp Drop in Airport Security Screenings
Not too long ago, the major challenge of airport security screenings was thwarting terrorist attempts. Now, as the coronavirus spreads throughout the world and...
Critical Infrastructures Employees Facing Cyber Challenge
With the global efforts to block the spread of the Coronavirus, people are working from home at an unprecedented scale. Alongside challenges of network...
Improving Airport Control
Airports have to work with a multitude of single-purpose systems that don’t interconnect to build their global security operations centers (GSOCs). This often creates...
The Challenges of Developing Airport Cyber Security – International Perceptions ...
By Or Shalom, security and cyber expert and adviser
The advancement of technology and the modern wave of innovation are expressed today in the transportation...
Israeli Anti-Drone Solution Successfully Demonstrated at Global Airports
The demand for drone management solutions has grown rapidly, especially following the incident where Gatwick Airport was forced to shut-down due to drones flying...
On the Way to Shorter Security Scanning Lines?
A new research offers safer and more effective airport security scanning that could work to decrease waiting times. The research follows the alarming results...
Heathrow Airport Got 5km-Range Drone Detection
Illegal drone flights are a growing problem for airports, utilities and factories. London Heathrow Airport has recently deployed a new system aimed at preventing...
Mass Body Scanner Increases Privacy, Efficiency, and Security
Crowded places are often the most vulnerable locations in the context of terrorism and public safety. In most public places there is a lack...
Counter-Drone Tech Got Official Validation
Drones are difficult to detect and identify from the cockpit of an aircraft. Security agencies in the UK have been concerned about the increasing...
One Size Fits All – Not the Right Approach for Airport...
“Terrorists have targeted airports on several occasions and are actively seeking suitable weaknesses in the global aviation system,” said the UK Department for Transport’s...
Good News for Airport Passengers
Airport passengers often complain about the long security lines and the security check-ups that they are obliged to go through, mainly having to take...
This Laser Outperforms Any Existing Laser Source
Researchers from Harvard and the US Army have developed a new laser source that could revolutionize detection, security and medical technologies.
The terahertz frequency range...
Counter Drone Tactic Has its Limits
Small drones have already illustrated their capabilities in harassing much larger planes and leave flights grounded. The small aircraft run the risk of colliding...
Self-Screening at Security Checkpoints
As technology develops and becomes more automated and user friendly, more and more self-service technologies have been installed. Whether it be self service banks...
Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Airport Security?
Checking travelers property at airports demands skilled staff. A startup will develop a proof-of-concept for an artificial intelligence (AI)-based object recognition capability for the...
Airport Runway Maintenance – By Drones
Unmanned aerial vehicles have effectively helped airports control bird migration, conduct construction and maintenance surveys, and calibrate equipment.
A drone has been used for data...
E-Passports Not Secure as You Think
Electronic passports contain embedded electronic computer chips that store biometric information that can be used to authenticate the identity of the passport holder. A...
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