security screening
Pre-flight safety check
Security screening is the process of examining people, belongings, or vehicles to detect threats before granting access to a restricted area.
Airport security screening involves metal detectors, X-ray machines, and pat-downs.
The term extends to background checks on job applicants or security clearance candidates: The security screening took three months to complete.
- metal detectorDevice sensing buried conductors
- full body scannerDevice imaging entire person
- background checkInvestigation of someone's history
- firewallNetwork access control system
- TSAAirport screening agency
risk assessment · threat detection · airport · biometric identification · encryption · frisk · shoe removal · antivirus software · random selection · contraband · check-in · terminal · liquids · prohibited items · boarding gate · inspection · wand · pat down
- Air Travelboarding, airline, flight attendants, takeoff, landing
- airline rulessafety rules, baggage limits, liquid ban, carry-on limits, weight limits
- airport operationsair traffic control, baggage handling, ground crew, gate assignment, check-in counters
- access rulesno entry, restricted area, authorized only, staff only, VIP only
- airport securityTSA, TSA agent, metal detector, checkpoint, body scanner
- screeningbackground checks, drug testing, mammography, mammograms, colonoscopy
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free passage · open door policy · free movement · open borders · pre-clearance