Recent events have brought civil aviation security back to the center stage. Earlier in May, an EgyptAir Flight from Paris to Cairo crashed in the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, the ISIS-related attack at the Brussels airport and the bombing of Metrojet Flight 9268 above the Sinai Peninsula in October 2015 reminded the world of the necessity of securing airports and airlines.
Recent events have brought civil aviation security back to the center stage. Earlier in May, an EgyptAir Flight from Paris to Cairo crashed in the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, the ISIS-related attack at the Brussels airport and the bombing of Metrojet Flight 9268 above the Sinai Peninsula in October 2015 reminded the world of the necessity of securing airports and airlines.
"Unfortunately, I have to say that while the threat scenarios evolve over time, the systems used to protect airports and air carriers are always behind," said Omer Laviv, Aviation Security Specialist and CEO of Athena, a security and intelligence solutions provider that is a subsidiary of the MER group of companies. "It seems th...