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TSA Seeks Feedback On Open Architecture Initiatives

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, February 13th, 2023

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TSA Seeks Feedback On Open Architecture Initiatives

Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske. Photo: TSA

Following the release of its first open architecture roadmap for security detection equipment, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last Friday released a Request for Information to better understand the capabilities of vendors in this area and the risks and challenges they see. TSA Administrator David Pekoske has been pursuing open architecture efforts to achieve some level of standardization across its various transportation screening equipment in part to break dependency on original equipment vendors for enhancements and upgrades to their respective…

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