Aircrew Security: Criminal risks to aviation operators
Violent criminal activity and/or organised crime such as armed robberies, thefts, assaults and follow-home robberies at airports and in the surrounding areas have the potential to negatively impact flight crews. These incidents commonly occur either at the airport, at airport car parks or along highways leading to/from facilities. While most criminal incidents tend to target […]
Insider Threat: Impacts of the economic crisis on aviation security
Amid high rates of inflation driven by the pandemic and the Ukraine invasion, Osprey assesses that the global cost-of-living crisis will increase the insider threat to aviation operations The threat posed by aviation insiders has long been a significant concern to the industry for a multitude of reasons. First, the access and knowledge with which […]
Social Unrest: The impacts of socioeconomic crises on aviation security
Globally, the impacts of civil unrest are increasing; in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing socioeconomic pressures are causing high inflation, recession fears and political instability. Many countries have seen protest action and prolonged bouts of civil unrest. Sri Lanka, for example, has struggled throughout 2022 with large-scale protests that, while initially peaceful, have […]
Recruitment, training and deployment: Pressures on aviation security during the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
Russia-Ukraine: malicious cyber activity targeting aviation entities
There is a solution: harnessing data the Osprey way
Unruly Passengers in the United States: passenger intoxication and the reinstatement of cabin crew control
Osprey assessment of Houthi capability & intent to target the UAE
Gold Smuggling in India: A well-established phenomenon, an evolving threat
Iraq – Threat to air operations: Iranian-backed militant groups & Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Saudi Arabia: What are the effects of the current military conflict with Yemeni Houthi rebels?
Afghanistan: Analysis of the post-war aviation operating environment
