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Report: TSA failing in oversight of airport perimeter breaches
Sunday, 01 Jun, 2016
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The Transportation Safety Administration is failing to keep up to date on security risks at airport perimeters a government watchdog report says.
The Government Accountability Office report said the TSA has not updated recommendations to counter new potential threats.
"TSA has not updated this assessment to reflect changes in the airport security risk environment, such as TSA’s subsequent determination of risk from the insider threat — the potential of rogue aviation workers exploiting their credentials, access and knowledge of security procedures throughout the airport for personal gain or to inflict damage," the GAO report said.
According to TSA data, from 2009 to 2015 there was an average 2,500 breaches each year at airport perimeters and access points.
GAO says the TSA has the necessary data but is not analyzing it effectively to spot new trends.
"Within the past year, TSA has taken a number of concrete steps to enhance airport security in light of evolving threats, including most recently issuing updated guidelines in February 2015 to further enhance the screening of aviation workers in the secure area of airports," an unnamed TSA spokesman told CNN.
The report said TSA officials analyzed breaches at major airports but failed to examine incidents at small- and medium-sized airports.
These smaller airports accounted for 1,670 of the security breaches.
"Other approaches, such as providing all commercial airports with a self-vulnerability assessment tool, may allow TSA to assess vulnerability at airports system-wide," the report recommended.
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