SeMS: bureaucratic process or effective countermeasure?

摘要

Aviation security has always been reactive. In the early days, regulations and requirements were very weak and oversight was shallow and problematic; these vulnerabilities were exposing the industry to a high-risk of threats being realised. After a number of major incidents, aviation security was reshaped with corrective measures to counterbalance weaknesses, and the introduction of stringent regulations and requirements and more frequent security tests, audits and exercises. Despite the improvement and reinvention of the aviation security structure, especially post-2001, security risks could not be identified and mitigated on time.