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TSA Air Cargo Update
June 2007
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Air Cargo Landscape
U.S. Air Cargo Supply Chain
3,800 Freight Consolidators (IACs)
Millions of Shippers
450 Airports
300 Air Carriers
Inspected by TSA

• TSA takes a multi-layered approach to air cargo
  security
• Companies shipping and transporting cargo onto
  passenger planes are vetted to ensure they meet
  TSA security standards
• Air carriers and IACs screen cargo using approved
  screening methods and technologies
• TSA conducts random and risk-based targeting to
  identify high-risk cargo that requires secondary
  screening
• TSA inspectors continually assess compliance with
  security regulations

• TSA Air Cargo Focuses on Two Primary Security
  Threats
• Improvised explosive device (IED) exploding on a
  passenger aircraft
• Stow-away commandeering an all-cargo aircraft

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TSA Air Cargo Strategy


Layered Approach


Vetting
100 Screening
Targeting
to Cargo Security
Purpose
Purpose
Purpose
To ensure that all entities that handle cargo to
be transported on passenger aircraft are vetted
by TSA
To ensure that every shipment is
To ensure that every shipment is
screened by an entity in the supply
assessed for elevated risk.
Vet to ensure
chain.
companies
meet security
What is needed?
What is needed?
What is needed?
requirements.
100 of all cargo on passenger
100 of all cargo will be analyzed for
Entities are vetted to strengthen and
aircrafts will be screened via
risk. All cargo is subject to targeted
standardize security requirements
approved forms of screening.
risk
-
based and random screening.

Known Shipper (KS)

Certified Shipper (CS)

Indirect Air Carrier (IAC)

Air Carrier (AC)
Screen with
Who does what?
Who does what?
Who does what?
the most
efficient and
Industry
Industry
Industry
Industry
Industry
Industry
effective

• Performs risk analysis on cargo using the Freight
  Assessment System (FAS) and screens when
  directed.
• Screens cargo display9ing risk-based
  characteristics.

Methods.
Screens cargo during initial packaging
Screens cargo during initial packaging
Implements policies and standards.
Implements policies and standards.
and applies tamper evident seal.
and applies tamper evident seal.


Screens cargo from known shippers.
Screens cargo from known shippers.
TSA
TSA
TSA
TSA
TSA
TSA






Screens elevated risk cargo (e.g., Cat II
-
Screens elevated risk cargo (e.g., Cat II
-
Randomly screens cargo using canine.
Randomly screens cargo using canine.
Conducts assessments to ensure CS
Conducts assessments to ensure CS
Target to


IV airports, counter
-
2
-
counter).
IV airports, counter
-
2
-
counter).
upholds policies and standards.
upholds policies and standards.
Screens cargo with evidence of
Screens cargo with evidence of


ensure


Inspects to ensure supply chain
Inspects to ensure supply chain
tampering.
tampering.
Ensures legitimate law
-
abiding
Ensures legitimate law
-
abiding


members screen cargo in line with
members screen cargo in line with
entities.
entities.
elevated risk
Performs risk analysis on cargo using
Performs risk analysis on cargo using


requirements.
requirements.
FAS and screens when directed.
FAS and screens when directed.
Issues certification.
Issues certification.
cargo is




Inspects to ensure supply chain members
Inspects to ensure supply chain members
Inspects CSs, IACs and ACs to ensure
Inspects CSs, IACs and ACs to ensure
screened a
comply with risk
-
based targeting
comply with risk
-
based targeting
compliance with security programs.
compliance with security programs.
second time.
requirements and delivers cargo to TSA
requirements and delivers cargo to TSA
for inspection when appropriate.
for inspection when appropriate.
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Enhancing Air Cargo Security Through Regulations
Air Cargo Final Rule/Standard Security Programs
(SSPs)

• The Notice of Proposed Rule Making was published
  in November 2004, with the industry comment
  period closing in January 2005
• The Air Cargo Final Rule was published on May
  26th, 2006, and impacts the air cargo supply
  chain through such mandates as
• Requiring background checks of approximately
  50,000 freight forwarder and aircraft operator
  employees and agents
• Extending secure areas of airports to include
  all-cargo operations
• Requiring IACs that tender cargo only to large
  all-cargo operators to follow a TSA approved
  security program
• Details regarding industry compliance with Final
  Rule requirements were included in the carriers
  revised security programs which were published in
  January 07 and effective in March 07

October 2006 Security Directives/Emergency
Amendments (SDs/EAs)

• Removed previous provisions that allowed for
  certain types of cargo to be exempted from
  screening
• Mandated 100 screening of cargo tendered in
  passenger terminals
• Mandated 100 screening in smaller domestic
  airports (Category II-IV)
• Required IACs to screen a certain of cargo
  shipments

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Certified Shipper Program

• Provides a mechanism by which TSA can achieve
  100 screening while still allowing for the flow
  of commerce.
• Certified Shippers must
• Adhere to increased security standards.
• Share responsibility for supply chain security.
• Employ tamper evident technologies.
• Permit on-site standards validations.

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Freight Assessment System (FAS) Overview

• The Freight Assessment System (FAS) is the
  program mandated by Congress in 2003 that
  supports both DHS TSA strategic objectives to
  improve security around air cargo movement in the
  U.S.
• FAS is a technology solution that identifies
  elevated risk cargo at various points in the
  supply chain
• TSA is committed to implement a system that is
  developed in partnership with industry that
  increases security and minimizes the impact to
  the flow of cargo
• FAS will
• Provide a means to collect standardized data on
  cargo shipments from air carriers and Freight
  Forwarders/Indirect Air carriers,
• Augment/relate the shipment data with existing
  TSA data in legacy management systems,
• Present a risk indicator to industry with an
  action directive,
• Analyze and feed back data into the continued
  development of the risk model