Blackmoor Vituperative

A Homeland Security plan to require port workers to carry tamper-proof photo ID cards has numerous security problems that threaten to delay it, investigators said yesterday.

In an audit, Homeland Inspector General Richard Skinner said his review of prototype systems at participating U.S. ports identified several vulnerabilities in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, known as TWIC.

The weaknesses, some of which were deemed “high risk,” included instances of “false positives” in detecting which workers might pose a security risk, as well as cases in which the system inadvertently disclosed sensitive personal information inappropriately.

(from BaltimoreSun.com, Plan for secure IDs for port staffs flawed)