Evolution of SecurityTerrorists Evolve. Threats Evolve. Security Must Stay Ahead. You Play A Part.Bar-Coded Boarding Passes Secure, Mobile, and On The Way- September 17, 2008 As weve talked about earlier on the blog, TSA has taken a lot of steps to confirm ID: TSA Travel Document Checkers with magnifying loupes and black lights, the revised ID rules that affect people with no ID and developing Secure Flight. All that considered, were not nave enough to say the system is foolproof. Weve seen the boarding pass generator websites and know how to use Photoshop. In fairness, between the marking of boarding passes by TSOs at the checkpoint and the use of barcode...http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2008/09/bar-coded-boarding-passes-secure-mobile.html Seven Years Later- September 11, 2008 As many of us reflect on 911, I wanted to share the story about how I came to TSA and what it meant to wear the TSA uniform. In September 2001, I lived in Fairfield, Ohio and was living the rock and roll dream as a musician. My wife was working third shift. When I got out of bed on 911, my wife was still sound asleep.I went through my normal morning routine, making coffee and reading the news on the internet. I pulled up CNN and read a developing story about a plane that had just hit the World..http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2008/09/7-years-later.html An Update on Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bags- September 9, 2008 Its been almost a month since we launched our new laptop bag procedures. As expected, there have been a few folks (including my Dad) who thought they could just leave their laptops in any old bag with cables and gadgets galore. We expected some confusion and just like any new procedure weve rolled out, were hopeful that the majority of folks will get the hang of it pretty quick. We put together a video that might help some of you out.Click here to see a video on new laptop bag procedures.Here...http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2008/09/update-on-checkpoint-friendly-laptop.html More on Passive Millimeter Wave Technology- September 6, 2008 Some folks are getting the wrong idea that the SPO-7 passive millimeter wave technology used at Denver and Minneapolis-St. Paul airports during the recent conventions is a mobile Millimeter Wave portal and can see through clothing. Thats not the case. These are two separate technologies that look for threats in different ways.The Millimeter Wave portal - the booth you walk into at checkpoints in certain airports - penetrates garments and provides an image. The SPO-7, which uses passive...http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2008/09/more-on-passive-millimeter-wave.html |