airport security

I have a strong interest in entrepreneurship. As my followers know, I am a long-time member of JCI, and I am a serial entrepreneur myself. I developed companies in both Norway, and in France, and I have had my share of success and failures.

I have decided that this blog - the Roer.com Information Security blog will change and narrow it's focus a bit, and focus on information security for entrepreneurs and start-ups. I hope that this small change in focus will not drive away my current readers, while continue to grow my readership.

By doing this change, I hope to fill what I think is a gap in the Security blogging arena - to help start-ups and SME's to adequate security. As far as I see it, most security bloggers out there are in one or more of these three groups:

• vendor or service provider, focusing on promoting their own products/services
• (enterprise) risk management, focusing on what many SMEs will consider theory and not very relevant to their everyday focus
• IT-security, focusing on technology, hacking, and "geek" stuff

I think they all have an important role to play, and that they are needed. But for myself, I do not belong directly in any of the categories, plus I am very interested in entrepreneurship. Thus, I will try to fill this gap :)

But worry not, my readers! I will continue to dish out my opinions on global security, TSA, other bloggers and whatever else even remotely securtiy related that I feel an urge to comment upon!

On a side note, I have also established a new blog, focusing on another area I love - trainings!

Do you think this is a good move? Or am I walking into a dead end? Your thoughts are highly valued!

entrepreneurship, jci, security

Big boobs may keep you on the ground.

TSA, big boobs

Just a few hours ago, the Tromsø airport in Norway was evacuated due to a hand grenade found in the luggage (Norwegian link).

The hand grenade was found in the hand luggage of a passenger moving through security. I can only imagine the eyes of the security clerk who discovered it.

Eyes Wide Open comes to mind. Certainly, the Big Red Button was very close indeed.

ALARM!

The hole airport was evacuated, secured and shut down.

Only to be reopened 25 minutes later, when the Grenade was discovered to be a belt buckle!

I got a feeling that the security clerk would wish to move forward and dismiss this event as an error. I for one will go on and order a couple of belts. Imagine the disorder to be created if these buckles keeps trying to enter the airports around the world!

Obviously, when it becomes customary to wear and carry grenade look-a-likes as belt buckles, it will be much easier to bring actual grenades hidden as a buckle. So, sometimes soon, I predict the politicians to enforce a

"No Grenade look-a-like Belt Buckles allowed on Airports!"

 

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Edit: Just read about the complete opposite experience at the Digital Soapbox! Thanks, Rafal! 

When things are taken to extremes, there will always be jokers out there taking advantage. Airport security has been a long time standing joke.

This music video takes things to the extreme alright!

 

Ah, sorry, I will not leave Airport security behind. This one is about leaving the airport when you have arrived at your destination. This weekends laugh is from Bruce Schneier (not a fan of airport security neither, it seems).

Somehow Bruce is great at spotting the small details. Like the comment from TSA that

"Passengers [...] will have to go through screening again when they reach their destinations"

Nice one, TSA.

Perhaps the bad guys got second thoughts, and didn't want to leave any bombs behind? Or they decided that now that they had actually gotten through the security in the first place, it was no fun anymore?

If the planes where headed for Norway, it could be the Customs who wanted the second screening - we are very reluctant to allow people to enter here with more than one bottle of wine.

It is Friday. Time for a laugh. As I am traveling this weekend, the following video seems appropriate.

The dialogs are in French (no, not the French used by the English speaking public), but even if you do not understand what they say, you get the idea.

Enjoy! I hope I do not get into a situation like this on my trips!

 

Source: http://www.aniboom.com/Player.aspx?v=1906

It is friday. Time for a laugh. I picked this YouTube up on Mitchell Ashley's blog.

Ever wondered about the new airport security? Wonder no more. The Homeland dep. have more questions than answers, and they only employ the cream-de-la-cream as their security staff. As I've said before, the airport security only serves as a security show-off, and I believe it actually makes it less safe to travel as everyone - and I mean everyone - gets annoyed and angry.

Time for your weekend laugh. Now you know why there are long lines at the airport!

 

 

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykzqFz_nHZE