April 30, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Homeland Security Today, April 29, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — There’s little dispute that the growth of the World Wide Web and the internet which has relied on it for more than two decades has transformed our society. The internet has been especially impactful...
April 13, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 10, 2020) Many North American railroads have teamed up with each other and their technology suppliers as of late to ensure their cybersecurity teams are able to identify and secure the potential vulnerabilities in their freight...
March 31, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Travel Pulse, March 30, 2020) NEW YORK — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently issued a new final rule requiring higher-risk surface transportation providers to provide security training for some employees in an important move that...
March 25, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Freight Waves, March 24, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Rail employees involved in higher-risk freight rail operations must now be trained to watch for terrorist-related threats, according to a new rule from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Full...
March 16, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 13, 2020) The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) Police Department (PAPD) yesterday reached record staff levels following the graduation of 120 officers to the force. Full story: Progressive...
March 10, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Editorial by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 10, 2020) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — With crime on trains increasing, Amtrak should beef up its police force. Instead, open positions remain unfilled and the number of police positions has dropped over the past year....
March 3, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Security, Technology
(Source: Bleeping Computer, February 28, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — RailWorks Corporation, one of North America’s leading railroad track and transit system providers, disclosed a ransomware attack that led to the exposure of personally identifiable information of...
January 13, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: New York Daily News, January 12, 2020) NEW YORK — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Sunday called for the TSA to quickly roll out technology designed to thwart terrorist attacks at transit hubs — and accused the feds of keeping the potentially life-saving...
January 8, 2020 | Headlines, KCS, Railroad Security
(Source: Freight Waves, January 8, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — During the third quarter of 2019, the number of train robberies in Mexico rose 13% compared with the previous quarter, according to data compiled by Mexico’s Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF)....
December 19, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Washington Post, December 17, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The images on the screen looked like the infrared bodies you see on ghost hunting shows, but the green figures that flashed on the screen at the Pentagon City Metro station Tuesday in Arlington, Virginia,...
