TSA chief says cyber requirements under security directives to focus on largest carriers

TSA Administrator David Pekoske told industry stakeholders at a meeting Thursday that upcoming cybersecurity requirements will focus on air and rail “carriers transporting the largest number of passengers and largest volume of cargo through the nation’s most populated metropolitan areas.”

“As you know, TSA is issuing new policies to facilitate greater cybersecurity protections across passenger and freight rail, over-the-road bus, and the aviation transportation sectors, similar to what we have already put in place for critical pipelines,” Pekoske explained at...