The document discusses emerging security threats to the aviation industry. It notes that while new aviation technologies aim to increase protection, they could also be exploited by terrorists to conduct large-scale attacks across multiple airports. Additionally, airports often focus on complying with existing regulations rather than detecting new vulnerabilities. The document also warns that many aviation systems are vulnerable to hacking, putting flight control, navigation, and other critical systems at risk. However, new software solutions for airlines and pilots may provide an additional layer of security if built-in systems fail. Overall, the aviation industry must regularly update protections and prepare for evolving threats.
This is from a webinar presented by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide called “General Aviation Security.” The presenter is Dr. Daniel Benny.
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Insights from David Alexander ICAO AVSEC Pm and General Manager: AVSEC at Professional Aviation Security on current aviation security challenges including recent airport attacks and providing some possible practical solutions
Security has been a big issue for civil aviation for decades. Airports and aircrafts are susceptible targets for terrorist attacks. The list of incidents is extensive and gets longer every year despite strict security measures.
Aviation has become the backbone of our global economy bringing people to business, tourists to vacation destinations and products to markets.
Statistically flying remains the safest mode of travelling compared to other modes of transportation. Yet significant threat continues to exist. Terrorists and criminals continue in their quest to explore new ways of disrupting air transportation and the challenge to secure airports and airline assets remain real. This calls for greater awareness of security concerns in the aviation sector.
“Protecting this system demands a high level of vigilance because a single lapse in aviation security can result in hundreds of deaths, destroy equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and have immeasurable negative impacts on the economy and the public’s confidence in air travel.”
—Gerald L. Dillingham, United States General Accounting Office, in testimony before the Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate, April 6, 2000.
The number of terrorist attempts on civil aviation has steadily increased since September 2011. Learn why standardized, practical training is needed to prepare security staff for future terror attempts.
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The Transportation Security Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was created in the aftermath of 9/11 to oversee security for all transportation systems. This presentation, updated October 2015, provides information on risk-based passenger security. For more information, visit www.tsa.gov.
Insights from David Alexander ICAO AVSEC Pm and General Manager: AVSEC at Professional Aviation Security on current aviation security challenges including recent airport attacks and providing some possible practical solutions
Security has been a big issue for civil aviation for decades. Airports and aircrafts are susceptible targets for terrorist attacks. The list of incidents is extensive and gets longer every year despite strict security measures.
Aviation has become the backbone of our global economy bringing people to business, tourists to vacation destinations and products to markets.
Statistically flying remains the safest mode of travelling compared to other modes of transportation. Yet significant threat continues to exist. Terrorists and criminals continue in their quest to explore new ways of disrupting air transportation and the challenge to secure airports and airline assets remain real. This calls for greater awareness of security concerns in the aviation sector.
“Protecting this system demands a high level of vigilance because a single lapse in aviation security can result in hundreds of deaths, destroy equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and have immeasurable negative impacts on the economy and the public’s confidence in air travel.”
—Gerald L. Dillingham, United States General Accounting Office, in testimony before the Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate, April 6, 2000.
The number of terrorist attempts on civil aviation has steadily increased since September 2011. Learn why standardized, practical training is needed to prepare security staff for future terror attempts.
http://www.iata.org/training-security
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David has spent the vast majority of his professional career within or associated with aviation, firstly as an officer in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force and currently as Chief Operating Officer at Birmingham Airport.
David originally joined the Royal Navy in 1984 and attended Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth before joining the Royal Air force in 1986. Originally trained as an Air Traffic Control officer in the RAF, David enjoyed a wide-ranging and varied military career, serving across the UK and abroad. He spent the early part of his career as a controller and then later gained functional expertise in airfield operations, career management, project and requirements management, regulatory compliance, risk management and leadership development. Promoted to Wing Commander in 2002, he was selected to attend advanced staff training at the Military Defence Academy in Shrivenham, on completion of which he gained his Masters degree in International and Defence Studies with Kings College London. In the last 3 years of RAF service, he established a reputation in the field of leadership development and played a key role in the establishment of the now highly regarded RAF Leadership Centre. David left the Royal Air Force October 2006 and joined Centrei Ltd as a Director and consultant to continue his work in the leadership development arena.
David joined Birmingham Airport in 2007 as Head of Regulatory Compliance and Safety. In May 2009, David took over responsibility for all operational security matters and fulfilled the role of Head of Aviation Security prior to being promoted to Operations Director in June 2010. David took up his current role as Chief Operating Officer in May 2014.
David lives in Rutland with his wife Lindsay and their 2 children, Laura 19 and James 17. David lists his main interests as military history, cricket, skiing, cycling and keeping fit.
This is a presentation delivered by Mark Everitt, General Manager at the Aviation Security Service of NZ. The slides have been prepared for the 6th annual AVSEC conference 2011 in Canberra/Australia.
After the shoe bomber scares, airport passengers have to take off their shoes.
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Chapter 12
Security Operations
In this chapter, we describe methods and theories related to security operations, including airport policing, private security officers in the aviation environment and security functions of airport operations and other personnel.
Aviation security is a multi-layered system, but there are key individuals that are responsible for the day-to-day monitoring and response to threats. Within the aviation environment, security and law enforcement personnel must also recognize that “airport’s mean business,” which infers that there is an economic and public relations component, as well as a protection and response component.
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Introduction
Being able to counter existing and emerging threats requires developing processes to detect and deter a threat. Implementing systems to respond to an exercised threat is also a required concern of aviation security.
The strategies for deterring, detecting, and responding to each are largely similar; the difference is primarily one of scale. Typically, traditional criminal activity produces limited damage or destruction to life and property.
As globalization and technologies enable knowledge and information to disseminate, terrorists are able to adapt to new security measures. Security practitioners must continuously be prepared to anticipate the capabilities of each new generation of terrorist.
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Aviation Policing Strategies
A significant part of the day-to-day concerns of airport security and airline security personnel focuses on routine crimes, such as theft and assault.
Airports are in many ways similar to small cities. A major commercial service airport has its own police force, fire department, and emergency medical and first aid services. It has businesses, tenants, and thousands of stakeholders who are not necessarily passengers
Property theft is by far the most prevalent crime at an airport.
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Practical Aviation Security – Chapter 12
Aviation Policing Strategies
Airport law enforcement personnel must be focused on terrorist surveillance and attack methods, and trained in counter-terrorism methods
Airport policing required officer to protect critical infrastructure
Customer service role
Vulnerability assessment process
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COMMONALITY AND DIVERSITY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS 2
Maintaining a strong security system in the networking environment to prevent any form of attack and compromise information has been a formidable problem in recent times. There is fairly a small number of operating systems compared to the vast number of computer systems that are in operation. This situation has created a leeway for cyber attackers to target the systems easily (Palmer, 2010). Cyber attackers have formulated diverse techniques to exploit the homogeneity of the network environment. This article will explore the benefits related to diversity and commonality in the event of a malicious attack.
The purpose of any security strategy is to completely eliminate or at least limit the impact of damage to a successful attack on a particular system. At some point, any computer can be vulnerable to malware attacks, and the most important aspect in a case like this is to achieve an optimum level of preparedness. Diversity of the operating systems is beneficial in several ways, though an organization could incur an extra operational cost. Moving some groups of users to various different operating systems helps avert the overall damage caused by the SQL Slammer and MSBlast worms. Malicious-code attacks directed towards the commonly used operating system, windows, have been so rampant, thereby necessitating the need for improved security procedures of the computers (Anderson & Anderson, 2010).
Significant operational damages have been incurred before by businesses and enterprise to extensive downtime, brought about by malware attacks. Adopting diversity in operating systems comes along with several security benefits;
· Helps contain malicious-code attacks- Virus and worm attacks target and exploit the flaws in windows operating systems. In a case like this, availing an alternative operating system would be critical in helping to contain the spread to other PCs owned by the business. The impact of the attack is leveled down since some core business can be carried out in the event of an attack.
· Directing some pressure towards Microsoft- Health competition among service and commodity provider is beneficial for the consumers. Being diversified in terms of operating systems pushes dominant companies like Microsoft to try so hard to meet the security needs of their customers.
· It helps speed up innovations in the sense that other operating system developers will work towards improving their operating systems to match that of the windows. Such innovations include stable security systems that prevent malware from instilling too much damage to the computer system.
Exercising commonality in the usage of operating systems comes with its own benefits, too, especially when dealing with a malicious attack. The business would not incur too much cost, in the event of a .
COMMONALITY AND DIVERSITY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS .docxcargillfilberto
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Significant operational damages have been incurred before by businesses and enterprise to extensive downtime, brought about by malware attacks. Adopting diversity in operating systems comes along with several security benefits;
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discussion 8As a student learning Airport Security as described huttenangela
discussion 8
As a student learning Airport Security as described in your textbook on Chapter 8.
The events of September 11, 2001, were certainly most tragic, and as a result future, concerns regarding the security of airports, and the aviation system in general have been addressed in a much more proactive manner. Prioritizing airport security has resulted in rapid developments in security technology and significantly increased security funding, and has led to addressing issues long considered a concern by many members of the traveling public. Protecting against unknown future threats is an imperfect science, and as such, the future of airport security will always be an unknown entity. Concerns for the safe, secure, and efficient travel of passengers and cargo domestically and internationally will always be a top priority for the civil aviation system, and it can be assured that efforts to make the system as secure as possible will continue to be held in top priority, by all levels of government, as well as airport management, for the foreseeable future.
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Mention and explain three major technologies that are used to control access to sensitive security areas at airports?
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How does airport security differ between commercial service airports and general aviation airports?
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Discussion 9
Financial planning of an airport is not a static activity. Continuous planning and management is required to adapt to the changing levels in demand, needs for maintaining and improving facilities, and especially the changing levels of revenues and other funding available to the airport.
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What types of insurance do airports carry? What are the purposes of each type of insurance?
What are the primary differences between the residual cost approach and the compensatory approach? How do these cost approaches affect landing fees and other charges?
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How do airports develop their operating budgets?
Discussion 10
As a student learning Airport and their Relationship to the Economy, the Environment and the Communities They Serve as described in your textbook on Chapter 10.
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2. The aviation industry is always at risk of terror attacks and other security threats.
Ironically, some recent developments in aviation technology may be putting airlines and
passengers in hazardous situations instead of protecting them. Current practices by
airline staff are may also be seen by potential criminals as a weakness.
Failure to Prepare for New Vulnerabilities
First of all, advanced technology itself can be used by terrorists to orchestrate a large-
scale, simultaneous attack on the main airports of different states. Another thing is that
airports have the tendency to focus their safety efforts on compliance with existing
regulations. They fail to detect and prepare for new vulnerabilities and evolving threats.
Security experts recommend regular updates of airport safety and regulations. The
management and the security department should always be in-the-know on emerging
threats. After all, airports serve as the primary point of entry of any state or country, so
safety in these places must never be compromised.
3. Increased Hacking Threats
From light traffic management systems to cloud-based airline data storage, many
aviation systems can potentially be hacked. Cyber criminals can hack even the
computers inside the aircraft. As such, flight control, GPS navigation, and fuel
consumption systems may be placed in a vulnerable position. In turn, passengers,
pilots, and the rest of the airline staff are at risk of encountering crashes and other
accidents.
However, there are now some software solutions that integrate operational systems and
may serve as an alternative method for airlines and fixed base operators (FBOs). In a
way, the software and apps can act as another layer of security for the aircraft. Pilots
can use them once the built-in systems fail.
There will always be emerging security threats to the aviation industry. It just has to
find ways to address and prepare for these threats regularly.
