The document discusses security threats facing transportation hubs and secured locations worldwide. It identifies concerns over terrorist attacks, security risks, and unidentified packages. Maintaining security is challenging due to evolving threats, changing policies and procedures, and high turnover rates among security personnel. The proposed solution is to establish a local security academy that provides training and solutions to limit vulnerabilities at checkpoints. Courses would include IED awareness, canine training, screening procedures, and security audits. The academy's training methods are evidence-based and aim to professionalize security personnel to better protect against global threats of terrorism.

1. Global Security Academy

2. The Global Threat to Secured Locations
• The threat of a terrorist attack to a major
transportation hub is a primary concern for
security officials worldwide.
• Persons considered to be security risks to aviation,
mass transit and border areas.
• Unidentified packages.
• Attempts to hijack and take down
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• Homegrown and radicalized
suicide attacks.

3. The Problems We Face Maintaining Security
1. Continuous evolution of internal and external threats.
2. The changing of policies worldwide and their impact on
technology, operating procedures and structure of the
checkpoint or transportation hubs.
3. High turnover rate of security personnel -> low proficiency level
of security personnel -> inadequate security level.
“Almost one-quarter of the officers who screened passengers
before flights at Canada's eight busiest airports left their jobs in
2009-10, says a report by the CATSA“.
“According to a USA Today article, airport security screeners have
the highest employee turnover rate in the U.S. government”.

4. The Solution
• The solution is to be ready with tested and proven
techniques to limit the vulnerabilities while providing key
resources to be able to remain flexible, evolve and adapt to
the continuous threat of terrorism and criminal behavior.
• We propose to create a local academy
that will supply training and overall solutions
for checkpoints at secured locations
(i.e. airports, government buildings, prisons etc.).

5. Solutions to the Global Threat of Terrorism
1. Security courses: IED awareness, checkpoint security
officer, screeners (x-ray operators), threat detection
technology operators, security managers, risk analysis,
threat definition.
2. Canine courses: explosive dogs training, annual dog
training, dog handler evaluations.
3. Selection program for security employees: HR screening
procedures – get the right employees!
4. Auditing: (OPSEC) risk surveys, soft spots, vulnerability
assessments and annual security reviews.
5. Consulting: secured location design, risk analysis, threat
definition.

6. Results and Expectations
Better security personnel, better security.
“The system has been in place for about one year and through the tracking tool, I have witnessed my
operators consistently perform better on each of the training modules. The system is fantastic, can be
tailored to the sites specific needs, but the crowning touch is the staff that will be included with the XD
system” Keith L. Kambic, CPP – Director of Security & Life Safety, US Equities Asset Management. Feb. 2012.

7. Specialized Training and methods available
• Hands on training
• Computer based training
using advanced self developed software
• On-the-job training

8. Why the X-Test™ method Works
• Based on experience
Yuval Amsterdam - VP Homeland Security
Captain (res.), Israeli Defense Force, Special Forces, EOD unit.
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, MBA.
Former head of detection equipment evaluation unit at the Israeli Security Agency.
Rami Schiffer - Marketing Director
Captain (res.), Israeli Defense Force, Special Forces, EOD unit.
LL.B., B.A. Economics.
Former officer at the security detail, Israel International Airport.
Jasmin Bar-Or - IED Specialist
First Sergeant retired, Israeli Engineering Corps, Israeli Defense Force.
Senior Security Officer, Ben Gurion Airport.
Dr. Gad Friedman – R&D
PhD in Photochemistry, Associate Professor (Weizmann Institute of Science).
Former head of the Israel Defense Force's R&D chemistry laboratories.
Vladimir Magidenko – R&D
PhD & Engineer in Materials Engineering.
Galina Brodsky – R&D
MSc & Engineer in Materials Engineering.

9. Why the X-Test™ method Works
• Turn key project:
 building the organization
 building the training facility
 training the local trainer
• Computer based oversight:
receiving on-line auditing results
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