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Bill McAteer CPP, ACE Account Executive The Aviation Insider Threat
Bill McAteer CPP, ACEAccount Executive
The Aviation Insider Threat
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Egypt – Metrojet 9268 October 2015o Airport Employee plants explosive device on
plane
o 224 passengers & crew killed in crash
San Juan International Airport – February 2017o Airport Employees arrested in drug smuggling
case
Dallas – DFW August 2018o Nationwide drug smuggling aboard planes
o 46 people indicted including airport
employees
Minneapolis – MSP 2008-14o Men recruited by ISIS were former airport
employees with access to airplaneso One of the men became a suicide bomber
abroad
Seattle – SeaTac August 2018o Ramp worker “steals” plane, flies around
Seattle area and crashes plane.
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What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY. Any use of this material without specific permission of Evolv Technology is strictly prohibited.
CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY. Any use of this material without specific permission of Evolv Technology is strictly prohibited.
Wh
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Friend or Foe?o Airport Employee
o Airline Employee
o Vendor/Concessionaire
o Law Enforcement, TSA, or other Security
Personnel
o Taxi, TNC or Shuttle Drivers
o Construction Workers
o Contracted Services, Janitorial Staff, etc.
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What?
What is the intent?o Malicious- are they intent on causing
damage?
o Complacent- are there lax security
procedures?o Unwitting- are the employees aware of
policies and security procedures?
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When?When are they at your airport?o Are they scheduled to work
today?
o Are there special events or VIP's in the area?
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Where?Where are they in the airport?o Do they have access to areas
outside of their work area?
o Do they have access to the
aircraft? The cockpit?
HO
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Current AVSEC Best Practices -o Threat Assessment & Rap Back
o Employee Screening Programs
o Risk Based Security
o TSA- Known Crew Member (KCM)
& TSA PreCheck
How?
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Why?
Why are they at the airporto Work?
o Seeing off family
members/friends?
o Criminal intent?
Threat Assessment/ Rap Back
Threat Assessment (Background Check)o Recurring (every 2 years)
o Criminal Convictions only
o Condition of employment
RAPBACo Currently in use at several airports
o Realtime Alerts
Employee Screening & RBS
Leverage Technologyo Be ahead of the threat!
o What are you looking for?
o Metallic/Non-metallic threats?
Prohibited Items?
o TSA level of screening?
Risk Based Securityo TSA Pre-Check
o Known Crew Member (KCM)
RISK BASED SECURITY
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Quantifiable concern based on
known or suspected affiliations
No reason to trust… no reason not to trust…
Organizationally determined reasons to
withhold trust – poor past behavior, etc.
Organizationally determined reasons to trust –
background verified, tenure, financial commitment
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PHYSICAL SCREENING
Security that works in a changing world
Bill McAteer CPP, ACEAccount Executive
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