Secure Journeys Working Group

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1. Please provide your name

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2. What are currently the top unresolved threats to the U.S. aviation system? (Select all that apply)

Insider threat from airport and contractor employees

Drones and other perimeter penetrating threats

Attacks in non-secure airport terminal space

Long lines in non-secure terminal areas creating vulnerable soft targets

Vehicle attacks, car bombs and other attacks to airport exteriors

Traveler fraud (forged IDs, false identities)

Cybersecurity threats

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3. What are the most promising technologies emerging in the marketplace today for reducing threats to the aviation system? (Select all that apply)

Social media monitoring

Biometric authentication

New passenger screening technologies

New baggage screening technologies

Traveler segmentation strategies

Tracking systems that match baggage to passengers as they progress through airports

Technologies that track and neutralize drones

Cybersecurity tools

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4. Which areas do you think are most ripe for public-private partnerships (airports, airlines, governments and technology companies) and collaboration to drive progress? (Select all that apply)

Preventing cyber attacks against critical infrastructure

Creating a secure cyber perimeter around airports

Extending the airport’s physical security perimeter beyond the airport’s front door

Creating biometric identification and authentication systems that ease the flow of traffic through airports and improve security

Expand traveler segmentation programs to help reduce the number of unknown travelers

Adopting strategies to reduce the occurrence of long lines in non-secure airport areas

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5. Name the top three items you intend to invest in over the next year to improve security?

1st

2nd

3rd

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6. What is the most important policy change the federal government could implement this year to improve aviation security?

Expand biometric capture of visitor exit to all international airports

Increase the allowable passenger facility charge

Increase Airport Improvement Program funding for airports

Regulate drone traffic around airports

Establish cyber security standards for critical infrastructure

Other (please specify)

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7. If the next Secure Journeys Working Group meeting could only focus on one topic, what would you like it to be?

Creating a framework for public private partnerships

Creating best practice recommendations to reduce insider threats from airport contractors and employees

Creating best practice recommendations for biometric identification and authentication systems that ease the flow of traffic through airports and improve security

Creating best practice recommendations to prevent cyber attacks against critical infrastructure

Creating best practice recommendations for extending the airport’s physical security perimeter beyond the airport’s front door

Creating best practice recommendations for expanding traveler segmentation programs to help reduce the number of unknown travelers

Creating best practice recommendations for adopting strategies to reduce the occurrence of long lines in non-secure airport areas