tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post8980939757717961979..comments2023-10-16T06:06:25.012-04:00Comments on TaoSecurity Blog: TSA Lessons for Security AnalystsRichard Bejtlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512184196416665417noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-77232057688477460802008-02-02T19:38:00.000-05:002008-02-02T19:38:00.000-05:00I've seen folks try to hand an empty water bottle ...I've seen folks try to hand an empty water bottle to a screener, luckily to no avail. <BR/><BR/>Just recently I saw a traveler preparing to go through a checkpoint, just before going through the scanner, he placed his cell phone and bluetooth in the tray on the xray belt, walked through the scanner, picked his bluetooth up plaed it on his ear while he picked up his shoes and carry on tray. I was not close enough to hear but seriously doubt he missed much of his call.<BR/><BR/>The length of time people are allowed to observe, describe over cell phone calls and interact with loved ones or friends up to the screener area, any effort for security would be quickly accounted for and defeated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-67480640603207135972008-01-30T09:49:00.000-05:002008-01-30T09:49:00.000-05:00Beau,I was a TSA screener over the holidays in 200...Beau,<BR/><BR/>I was a TSA screener over the holidays in 2002, so my knowledge is pretty dated. But I can tell you that the TIPS system (Threat Image Projection Sys) was pretty limited at the time and not really as good a training aid as an alertness monitor. Essentially, most of the TIPS images were so obvious that you'd have to be totally zoned out to miss them. And yes, we would get multiple TIPS images during a shift.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088979.post-45897371003229587992008-01-30T01:51:00.000-05:002008-01-30T01:51:00.000-05:00I like the random testing, too. Until the screener...I like the random testing, too. Until the screener begins to look just for the fake object and not the real ones. Hopefully this is a problem that they are combating. 70,000 per day sounds like more than one per shift per screener to me (just a wild guess) so it would become easy to recognize similarities in overlaid images and just "pass" anything that doesn't have one, thus defeating the purpose of the random testing. Just a thought.bwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14184838605895449028noreply@blogger.com