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Airport security technology under scrutiny
News The hijackers who crashed jets into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington on Tuesday morning were reportedly armed with knives and would have had to pass through numerous airport security checkpoints at Boston's Logan...
[September 13, 2001, 14:40]
Optimized Airport Security Infrastructure System (OASIS)
White Papers Using Washington Dulles International Airport as a case study, this study examines the security measures being implemented in the airport and designs a methodology that will result in improved allocation and usage of security resources.
[February 2, 2009, 0:00]
Finjan Delivers Top-Flight Web Security to Munich Airport
White Papers Finjan's proactive Vital Security Web Appliance blocked all of the attack scenarios created by Munich Airport in the evaluation phase. The "Franz-Josef-Strauss-Airport" in Munich is the second largest airport in Germany.
[June 22, 2007, 1:00]
City Airport deploys biometric security
News London City Airport is to become the first airport in Europe to deploy terminal-wide biometric security measures for all employees. The move, which is intended to tighten airport security and improve flight safety in the wake of the 11 September...
[May 7, 2003, 16:13]
RFID to track airport passengers
News A new RFID tag has been designed and its inventors claim it could improve airport security by tracking passengers as they mingle in the departure lounge. Brennan said Optag has been designed to improve airport security, with the ability to track...
[October 16, 2006, 9:50]
Apple plugs another Wi-Fi hole
News Apple late on Thursday released a security update to plug a publicly known security hole in its AirPort product. The AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001 may be obtained from the Software Update feature in Mac OS X or Apple's Software Downloads website.
[January 26, 2007, 8:58]
Manchester Airport launches staff biometrics
News The Department for Transport's security team, Manchester Airport and biometric identity-management consultancy Human Recognition Systems (HRS) have launched the first iris-recognition access-control system at a UK airport.
[January 23, 2008, 11:55]
Apple wireless flaw revealed
News The vulnerability lies in the Apple AirPort driver, according to details on the flaw published by HD Moore, the developer of the Metasploit security tool. It affects only the AirPort driver provided with wireless cards shipped between 1999 and 2003...
[November 2, 2006, 8:52]
Apple tackles AirPort Extreme flaw
News Apple on Monday released a software update that addresses a pair of security problems in the company's latest AirPort Extreme base station. The update, available for download from Apple's website, tightens the default configuration of the AirPort...
[April 10, 2007, 11:37]
Trades Unions against ID Cards
Blog Unions representing the airport workforce recognise the need for effective security measures but see no evidence that these proposals would enhance airport security arrangements," the TUC wrote in the letter seen by the FT.
[July 22, 2008, 17:08]
Biometrics land at Gatwick
News Gatwick airport is the latest UK airport to trial biometric fingerprinting technology to boost immigration security. The BioDev pilot has been running in the airport's North Terminal since 18 September and is due to end in April next year.
[October 10, 2007, 8:30]
Apple patches trio of Wi-Fi hijack flaws
News The company released security updates to repair the problems, which together affect the AirPort wireless driver in Mac OS X 10 Panther version 10.3.9 and Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.7, according to Apple's security alert.
[September 22, 2006, 8:50]
ID cards: Aviation workers being 'used politically'
News ID cards for 'airside' workers — those who work beyond airport security checks — will become compulsory in 2009. However, James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service, maintained that the cards would enhance airport security.
[July 4, 2008, 16:59]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog You could excuse a sense of humour failure here, and would possibly even expect one among airport security staff -- people who rarely pursue a second career in stand-up comedy. Now, it takes a certain kind of nuclear-powered stupidity to persist in...
[January 23, 2004, 12:55]
Positive Identification and Access Control
White Papers Working closely with the Chilean Immigration Police, Unisys is assisting with a biometric security solution that addresses forgery problems with travel documents and movement of criminals across borders all the while speeding up airport queues.
[June 2, 2007, 1:00]
Apple's Safari for Windows hit by bugs
News David Maynor — one of the researchers who controversially claimed to have found security flaws in Apple's AirPort Wi-Fi driver last year — wrote in his blog on Monday that "an afternoon of idle fuzzing [testing software by throwing random data at...
[June 12, 2007, 13:01]
Ellison donates Oracle 9i for US security
News Ellison has suggested airport security would be improved by requiring travellers to provide their names and social security numbers to airport security personnel. Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison said Tuesday that he has donated Oracle software...
[December 5, 2001, 14:15]
Frequent fliers: The biometric guinea pigs
News The high-security ritual contrasts starkly with Carranza's low-tech job loading and unloading luggage from United planes at San Francisco International Airport. They were originally most bullish about using the new devices for airport workers, but...
[March 27, 2002, 14:33]
Apple patches OS X
News Apple hasn't fixed any of the bugs published during the Month of Kernel Bugs, except for the AirPort issue," said "LMH", the code name of the security researcher who started the Month of the Kernel Bugs.
[November 29, 2006, 7:25]
Airports face growing mountain of unclaimed laptops
News And, as a result of airport chaos in the wake of heightened security last month, that mountain of unclaimed laptops is now reaching record levels. Heathrow airport, the busiest international airport in the world, serves millions of business...
[September 4, 2006, 9:50]
