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Online Resources: Aviation Security
General Resources
- AINonline: news and information about crew, passenger, aircraft and airport security issues
- AOPA's Airport Watch
- Global Terrorism Database: Information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2014 (with annual updates planned).
- Homeland Security Digital Library. From the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security
- RAND Corporation
- Homeland Security Research Division
- Homeland Security and Public Safety (use the "filter by subtopic" option to limit to transportation security)
- Security Resource Center from Airprt Consultants Council (ACC)
- The September 11th Sourcebooks: Electronic briefing books from George Washington University's National Security Archive offer online access to declassified records
- Transportation Research Board: Security and Emergencies Research
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Government Accountability Office: Homeland Security reports. GAO reports specifically on Aviation Security from 1994-2019 can also be found on GlobalSecurity.org
- U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation & Maritime Security
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Resources
- Daytona Beach Campus, Department of Security Studies and International Affairs
- Eagle Eye Intel: Global Intelligence Briefing
- Prescott Campus, College of Security and Intelligence
- Degree Programs
- Global Security and Intelligence Studies (undergraduate program) — Prescott Campus
- Homeland Security (undergraduate program) — Daytona Beach Campus
- Homeland Security (undergraduate program) —Worldwide Campus
- Master of Science in Security and Intelligence Studies (graduate program) — Prescott Campus
- Library Resources
- Aviation & Airport Security Research Guide from the Hunt Library
- Global Security and Intelligence Studies LibGuide from the Hazy Library
- Homeland Security Research Guide from the Hunt Library
Government Agencies
- Australia: Department of Home Affairs
- Canada: Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
- Canada: Transport Canada
- Croatia: Croatian Civil Aviation Agency
- Cyprus: Department of Civil Aviation
- East African Community (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda): Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency
- Eastern Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines): Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority
- El Salvador: Civil Aviation Authority (Autoridad de Aviación Civil)
- Europe: European Commission
- Fiji: Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji
- Germany: Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Luftfahrt-Bundesamt)
- Guyana: Civil Aviation Authority
- Hong Kong: Civil Aviation Department
- India: Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
- Ireland: Department of Transport
- Ireland: Irish Aviation Authority
- Jamaica: Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority
- Japan: Civil Aviation Bureau
- Malaysia: Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, Aviation Security Division
- Montenegro: Civil Aviation Agency
- Nepal: Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
- New Zealand: Aviation Security Service
- Pakistan: Civil Aviation Authority, Directorate of Security
- Poland: Civil Aviation Authority
- Qatar: Civil Aviation Authority
- Serbia: Civil Aviation Directorate of the Republic of Serbia
- South Africa: South African Civil Aviation Authority
- South Korea (Republic of Korea): Korea Office of Civil Aviation
- Sri Lanka: Civil Aviation Authority
- Trinidad and Tobago: Civil Aviation Authority
- United Kingdom: Civil Aviation Authority
- United States: Department of Homeland Security
- United States: Transportation Security Administration
- United States: Federal Aviation Administration Office of Security & Hazardous Materials Safety
Organizations
- The Aerospace States Association
- African Airlines Association
- African Civil Aviation Commission
- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
- Airlines for America
- Airlines for Europe
- Airport Law Enforcement Agencies Network
- Airports Council International
- Airports Council International - Europe
- Airports Council International - North America
- American Association of Airport Executives
- Arab Air Carriers' Organization
- Arab Civil Aviation Organization
- Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
- Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
- Aviation Crime Prevention Institute
- Aviation Security Services Association International (ASSA-i)
- Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (East African Community)
- Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations
- European Association of Airport and Seaport Police
- European Business Aviation Association
- European Civil Aviation Conference
- European Cockpit Association
- European Regions Airline Association
- International Air Transport Association
- International Organization of Airport & Seaport Police
- International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- Latin American Civil Aviation Commission
- National Agricultural Aviation Association
- National Air Carrier Association
- National Business Aviation Association
- National Safe Skies Alliance
- Pacific Aviation Safety Office
- RTCA
Security Information for Passengers
- Australia: TravelSECURE
- Canada: Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
- Croatia: Croatian Civil Aviation Agency
- Cyprus: Department of Civil Aviation (scroll down to section 6 "Useful Information for Travellers")
- European Union (see also specific countries)
- India: Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
- Latvia: Civil Aviation Agency (information on airport security screening and prohibited items)
- Macau: Civil Aviation Authority
- New Zealand: Aviation Security Service
- Pakistan (information on prohibited items and on liquids, aerosols, and gels)
- Poland: Civil Aviation Authority
- South Africa: Prohibited items in the cabin
- Sweden: Restrictions on liquids and prohibited items
- Switzerland: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
- United Kingdom: Items allowed and banned from baggage (from CAA); Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports (from GOV.UK)
- United States: Transportation Security Administration
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