How is this different from testing an AV product by using simulated viruses?
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Paul Ferguson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Via USA Today. > > [snip] > > Security screeners at two of the nation's busiest airports failed to find > fake bombs hidden on undercover agents posing as passengers in more than > 60% of tests last year, according to a classified report obtained by USA > TODAY. > > Screeners at Los Angeles International Airport missed about 75% of > simulated explosives and bomb parts that Transportation Security > Administration testers hid under their clothes or in carry-on bags at > checkpoints, the TSA report shows. > > At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, screeners missed about 60% of > hidden bomb materials that were packed in everyday carry-ons including > toiletry kits, briefcases and CD players. San Francisco International > Airport screeners, who work for a private company instead of the TSA, > missed about 20% of the bombs, the report shows. The TSA ran about 70 tests > at Los Angeles, 75 at Chicago and 145 at San Francisco. > > The report looks only at those three airports, using them as case studies > to understand how well the rest of the U.S. screening system is working to > stop terrorists from carrying bombs through checkpoints. > > The failure rates at Los Angeles and Chicago stunned security experts. > > [snip] > > More: > http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20071018/1a_lede18_dom.art.htm > > - - ferg > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) > > wj8DBQFHF6fUq1pz9mNUZTMRAmaVAKCgY7CYC485ja14M/JoqsQ/AZNGXgCguYcI > Og9d+uhSJifZOzowZwsoqSo= > =PCPZ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawg(at)netzero.net > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
