This self-study course is comprised of three lecture modules developed by Kip Hawley, former Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), focusing on risk-based solutions for airport and freight rail security and other related topics. Module One addresses how security officials can approach policies and procedures using “smarter security.” Module Two uses the 2009 Underwear Bomber incident as a case study, demonstrating the usefulness of “Inside-Out” risk management to the protection of national airports. Module Three shifts the discussion away from aviation to the challenges the TSA faces in the protection of the freight rail industry, an equally vital, though often inadequately addressed, component of our national economy and infrastructure. Students participating in this self-study course are required to think critically about current security policies and procedures, evaluating them using a risk-management approach that accounts for the complex environment surrounding the transportation sector.
This course is available to participants in the CHDS Self-study Program. Others can watch the lectures publicly: CIP Transportation Security.
