Port security has too often lagged behind the demands of ever more vulnerable facilities with new technology often being deployed as an after-market add-on, rather than a homogenous part of the port’s ...

The terrorist threat of greatest concern to U.S. authorities today is a weapon of mass destruction (WMD), particularly nuclear, and the potential for the enormous damage it could create. To prevent a ...

Mr. Chairman and other distinguished Members, I am honored to testify before the House Armed Services Committee today.[1] I commend Congress, and this Committee in particular, for their concern with ...

My name is Stephen Flynn. I am the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations where I am directing a multi-year project on Safeguarding the ...

Port and industry leaders from throughout the Western Hemisphere will pause on Sunday, Sept. 11, as part of the 100th Annual Convention of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) in ...

The Port of South Louisiana has been awarded $955,339 in Port Security Grant Program funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funding will go toward the enhancement of the Port of ...

The following is an excerpt from Port Cybersecurity by author Nineta Polemi and published by Syngress. This section from chapter 3 explores the Security of Ports' Critical Information Infrastructures.

NEW DELHI: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which secures 13 major ports of the country, is working on a hybrid port security model, as part of which it has begun imparting specialised ...

Mr. Chairman and other distinguished Members, I am honored to testify before you today.[1] In my testimony, I would like to (1) emphasize why secure ports are essential to the nation; (2) describe the ...

Drones are increasingly recognized as a feature of the contemporary operational environment. Indeed, drones—of all types: aerial, waterborne (maritime), and ground (surface and subsurface) are ...