Assessing the security benefits of a trusted traveler program in the presence of attempted attacker exploitation and compromise

Journal of Transportation Security

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-34

  Jackson, Brian A ^a   Chan, Edward W ^a   LaTourrette, Tom ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adversary behavior; Aviation security; Policy robustness; Program design; Registered traveler; Trusted traveler

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856340704     PISSN: 19387741     EISSN: 1938775X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12198-011-0077-0     Document Type: Article

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