Comments on: TSA says its OK; layers will protect us

By: Bad policies, bad decisions and a terrible blunder at the TSA - The Wandering Aramean

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:27:37 +0000

[...] TSA says its OK; layers will protect us [...]

By: Congressional hearings about the TSA SOP debacle » The Wandering Aramean

Congressional hearings about the TSA SOP debacle » The Wandering Aramean — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:41:31 +0000

[...] TSA says its OK; layers will protect us [...]

By: Sansgrad

Sansgrad — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:06:08 +0000

The layers comment is most likely TSA's chuckleheaded interpretation of the security industry's "defense in depth" mantra. Defense in depth is the basic concept that every layer of your organization or system should be defended, from the outermost interface with the outside world to the innermost sanctum. It's best described using a candy metaphor: defense in depth is the attempt to build systems that are "crunchy through and through" instead of "crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy in the middle". Unfortunately, it appears that the best the TSA can manage is a soggy twinkie.

By: TravelingRD

TravelingRD — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:23:11 +0000

All they ever talk about are layers. Do they really still think people think they keep us safe? How about just "Oops, we messed up" instead of "there are other imaginary layers protecting you from imaginary threats"

By: Trollkiller

Trollkiller — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:45:26 +0000

Thank you for ferreting out this document. You have done the American people a great service.