Contingency Today

Contingency Today is a web-based magazine and the only publication, online or print, dedicated to the challenges and opportunities of Critical Infrastructure Protection. Its readership includes policy-makers, decision-influencers and middle management implementers engaged in emergency planning, disaster recovery and infrastructure protection.

Website: http://www.contingencytoday.com/

Airport 2010

According to recent forecasts released by Airports Council International (ACI), over the next 15 years, global air passenger traffic will grow by over 4% per annum. This means that by 2020 something like 7 billion people will be using the world's airports, and, with freight traffic growing at an even greater rate of around 5.1% per annum, reaching some 170 million tons in 2020, it is clear that greater airport capacity is a precondition for achieving the forecast growth.

Website: http://www.sovereign-publications.com/airport2000.htm

Airport Policing: Training Issues and Options

Federal Bureau of Investigation Law Enforcement Bulletin, September 2001This article provides an overview of issues pertaining to successful law enforcement in airports as unique environments. It stresses that law enforcement agencies must ensure that police officers assigned to airports receive job-specific training.

Website: http://www.counterterrorismtraining.gov/pubs/01.html

Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation Security Programs, but More Work Remains (PDF) 

Government Accountability Office, July 24, 2008 This testimony focuses on the Transportation Security Administration's efforts to secure the commercial aviation system through passenger screening, strengthening air cargo security, and watch-list matching programs, and also addresses crosscutting issues that have impeded the agency's efforts.

Website: http://www.counterterrorismtraining.gov/pubs/01.html

COVER STORY
The Evolving Terrorist Threat
By Joseph Straw
For years terrorism experts have allayed concerns over domestic "homegrown" terrorists in the United States, but that attitude is changing in light of events such as the November shootings at Fort Hood.

Website: http://www.securitymanagement.com/magazine/2010/04