Filling a critical gap in aviation engineering literature, this unique and timely resource provides professionals with a thorough introduction to aviation system security. It enables practitioners to understand the challenges the industry faces and how they are being addressed. Readers get a complete analysis of the current aviation security standards ARINC 811, ED-127 and the draft SC-216. The…
Because of 9/11, there is universal recognition that aviation security is a deadly serious business. Still, around the world today, the practice of aviation security is rooted in a hodgepodge of governmental rules, industry traditions, and local idiosyncrasies. In fact, nearly seven years after the largest single attack involving the air transport industry, there remains no viable framework in …
This book sheds light on aviation security, considering both technologies and legal principles. It considers the protection of individuals in particular their rights to privacy and data protection and raises aspects of international law, human rights and data security, among other relevant topics. Technologies and practices which arise in this volume include body scanners, camera surveillance, …
Practical Aviation Security, 2e is a complete guide to the aviation security system, from crucial historical events, to the policies and policy makers and the major terrorist and criminal acts that have shaped the procedures in use today, to the tip-of-the-spear technologies that are shaping the future. This text enables the reader to enter airport security or other aviation management roles wi…
This report assesses the operational performance of explosives-detection equipment and hardened unit-loading devices (HULDs) in airports and compares their operational performance to their laboratory performance, with a focus on improving aviation security.
Because of 9/11, there is universal recognition that aviation security is a deadly serious business. Still, around the world today, the practice of aviation security is rooted in a hodgepodge of governmental rules, industry traditions, and local idiosyncrasies. In fact, nearly seven years after the largest single attack involving the air transport industry, there remains no viable framework in …
This book sheds light on aviation security, considering both technologies and legal principles. It considers the protection of individuals in particular their rights to privacy and data protection and raises aspects of international law, human rights and data security, among other relevant topics. Technologies and practices which arise in this volume include body scanners, camera surveillance, …
... a comprehensive handbook that covers the full range of aviation security, from facilities to operations. Anyone involved in this industry will want to have it available. -Mayer Nudell, CSC (Certified Security Consultant), writing in Security Management, April 2010 Abstract: A handbook on the terrorist threat to commercial airline and airport security. It covers the history of aviati…