security

The exercise has become a must for every player in the business travel industry: polling business travellers, assessing their fears in this chaotic climate, and analysing their relationships with their loved ones during their travels. Carlson Wagonlit Travel has now done the same, publishing the CWT Connected Traveler survey of more than 1,900 people. Not surprisingly,...

At long last, business travellers may be regretting the short-lived laptop ban imposed by the United States last May. Since 26 October, flights to the United States have been subject to drastic controls. Security interviews, in-depth searches, arrival - and departure - of...

Arriving at the airport, making your way to the boarding gate, then taking off without being slowed down by a succession of checks, without even having to pull out your boarding pass or passport: this is the dream of every business traveller. A dream that could soon become reality, as transport specialists work to develop new methods for instantly identifying travellers...

When do you think biometrics will become the norm for airport identity checks? Andrew O'Connor - Biometrics are becoming increasingly common. Airports all over the world are taking an interest in biometrics, as the growing number of passengers poses challenges in terms of fluidity and security. The volume and speed of...

Unfortunately, it has become a commonplace: there are no longer any safe destinations for business travel or tourism. A study published on September 4 by the Business Travel Summit Amsterdam confirms the trend. The organisers of the event - which will be held on 26 and 27 September at the RAI...

Are business travellers safe? At the very least, do they feel they can travel for business without risk? It's hard to come up with a clear-cut answer, but studies on this highly sensitive issue are flourishing. A few days ago, CWT published its international CWT Connected Traveler Study. According to the business travel agency, 46 %...

Many business travellers flying from Turkey and Tunisia to UK airports have been waiting for this since March. At the time, the United States and the UK decided to ban laptops and tablets in the cabin on departure from airports where the authorities felt there were insufficient security guarantees...

Last May, a computer attack caused panic in over 150 countries. The aptly named "Wanna Cry" "ransomware" took hostage the data on infected computers and demanded payment in exchange for their return. Unprecedented in terms of its scale, this hacking is far from isolated...

The new air travel security measures announced yesterday afternoon in Washington by US Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly are designed to prevent further acts of terrorism. "Our nation is the daily target of terrorists, criminals, pirates, nation-states and more....

Available for PCs and Macs, KryptKey can be used to automatically encrypt data stored on the key or on the virtual disk, to encrypt and decrypt any file on the computer or on any connected storage device, and to manage a virtual disk that is only visible when the key is used....

Using data to provide better support for business travellers exposed to crisis situations: that's the idea behind the approach initiated - or rather extended - by Concur with its latest innovation. The specialist in the management of expense claims and business travel is strengthening its risk management capabilities with a new solution that...

After accommodation, transport and meeting room hire, the collaborative economy is now conquering another aspect of business travel - and not the least - traveller safety. Already available since 2015 in a consumer version, the Qwidam app is now tackling business travel. The social network for emergency situations...

Will travellers soon have to take a lie detector test before boarding a plane? While this may not be in the offing, the idea is gaining ground at the Canadian Border Services Agency, which is currently testing the AVATAR (Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessments in Real Time) system. Developed by Professor Aaron Elkins,...

International SOS is preparing to reach a new symbolic milestone in a few months' time... Dr Arnaud Derossi - Indeed, International SOS will be thirty years old in 2015. For the record, the company was founded in South-East Asia by two childhood friends, a French doctor and a French businessman, who are still at the helm, in response to the...