Air Cargo Americas Congress

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Air Cargo Americas Congress Exhibition
2006TSA Cargo Security UpdateMarch 2, 2006

• Pam Hamilton
• Acting Assistant General Manager,
• Cargo Programs

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• ASYMETRIC
• DYNAMIC
• GLOBAL

RAIL
MARITIME
GENERAL AVIATION
HIGHWAY
INTERNATIONAL
TSNM
AIRLINES
TRANSIT
AIRPORTS
CARGO
PIPELINE
INTERNATIONAL
INDUSTRY

• ASYMETRIC
• DYNAMIC
• GLOBAL

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TSNM Cargo Office
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Mission Statement

• Securing the Nations cargo and postal supply
  chainsincluding cargo, conveyances, facilities,
  and personnelthrough layered, risk-based
  security solutions that impose significant
  barriers to terrorists while maintaining the
  unimpeded flow of commerce.

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Cargo Office Executive Summary

• Risk-based, layered approach to cargo security
• - Balances twin goals of enhancing security
  without unduly impeding the flow of commerce
• Inputs from private sector partnerships critical
• 3-pronged approach
• - Policy changes raise requirements for regulated
  parties, and expand regulatory coverage across
  the air cargo domain
• - Day-to-day operations assess compliance through
  innovative and targeted programs and
  boots-on-ground audits
• - Technology used to automate previously manual
  security processes, harden existing programs, and
  add new capabilities

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Airport AOA
Indirect Air Carriers (IACs)
Known Shipper
Manufacturers,small businesses,individuals
Air Cargo Flow
450 Airports
3,800 IACs 1.5M Known Shippers
Goal Maintain Cargo Integrity Scope On-Airport
Operations Countermeasure Focus Physical Security
Goal Filter Elevated Risk Cargo/Ensure Industry
Compliance Scope Off-Airport Operations Counterme
asure Focus Data/System Centric Assessments
Security Strategy
Pre-Screen Cargo for Risk Freight Assessment
System pre-screens 100 of cargo, identifies
elevated risk cargo shipments, and flags cargo
for inspection by the air carrier

• Cargo
• Secure Shipment by
• External visual examination
• Cargo screening (ETD, EDS,
• canine, physical)
• Tamper-resistant seals

• People
• Secure Access by
• Access badges
• Employee checkpoint screening
• Security Awareness Training

Vet and Certify IACs Verifies legitimacy of
businesses and ensures that IACs meet TSA
security requirements
Establish Known Shippers Central TSA database
collects and stores records of shippers who
have met TSA regulations to ship via passenger
air carriers
Countermeasures(Current and Potential)
Conduct Regulatory Inspections Inspects IAC
facilities and security procedures through
scheduled and unannounced inspections
Low Risk Cargo

• ConveyanceSecure Aircraft by
• Canine
• Aircraft search
• Restricted access to aircraft
• Regulatory inspections

• FacilitySecure Facility by
• Access Control
• LEO Patrols
• Canine
• Enhanced perimeter security
• Regulatory Inspections

Vet Known Shippers Validates shipper legitimacy
by vetting against government and commercial
databases
Vet IAC Employees Conduct STAs on company
officers and employees with unescorted access
to cargo
Conduct Known Shipper Audits TSA inspectors
verify IAC and air Carrier compliance with Known
Shipper Program requirements
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Final Regulations Raise the Security Bar

• Air Cargo Final Rule is in executive clearance,
  with release expected within the next few months
• Represents a consensus government industry
  vision of the desired post 9/11 air cargo
  security baseline
• - Will be first substantive change to air cargo
  regulations since 1999
• - Very significant and necessary! changes
  impact all segments of the industry
• Will provide the foundation for roll-out of 7
  completely revised security programs, which will
  implement these regulatory changes
• - Compliance timelines established as 90 and 180
  days after the security programs are finalized
• Programs currently under development to provide
  the infrastructure needed to implement key
  requirements centralized Known Shipper Database,
  Security Threat Assessments, and IAC training
  program

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On-Going

• FAS
• Final Rule

• Known Shipper
• IACMS

• ST Pilots
• Reg. Inspection

Terminal
KnownShipper
Conveyance
CountertoCounter
DynamicResponse
IAC
Air Carriers
Inspections
Training Industry to Improve Security Threat
Awareness
Closing Policy Loopholes
Leveraging Airport Security Assets More
Effectively
1. Exempt Cargo

1. Cargo Facility Best Practice
2. Regional Industry workshops

1. Training Program
2. Canine
3. TSA Inspection and Screening Assets
4. FAMs
5. PR/Internal AffairsRed Team
6. Inspections
7. SIDA Initiative

• Three Underlying Principles
• Community policing model
• Target high-risk nodes
• Control the inner perimeter

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Near Term Cargo Initiatives

• Among the many ongoing passenger cargo
  initiatives, 4 are receiving additional focus and
  resources in a surge environment. Selected
  because they
• Have been identified (based on input from field
  inspectors, cargo industry experts, and threat
  analysis) as the highest consequence
  vulnerabilities within air cargo
• Apply specific focus to specific challenges,
  target a specific population and node (close to
  and within the AOA) in the air cargo supply chain
  
• Can produce tangible security benefits in 90 days
• Require additional resources beyond current cargo
  team to be successful

Surge Initiatives
Leveraging Airport Security Assets More
Effectively
Training Industry to Improve Security Threat
Awareness
Promoting Air Cargo Success
Closing Policy Loopholes (i.e., Exempt Cargo)
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