For airlines and airports regulated by the Transportation
Security Administration (TSA), aviation security nomenclature is
rife with acronyms: airline passengers pass through ASLs (automated
screening lanes) every day, airlines and airports participate in
TSA's APP (Action Plan Program) as an alternative to formal
civil enforcement, and airlines operating to the United States may
be required to comply with an AOSSP (Aircraft Operator Standard
Security Program). Now, TSA is introducing a new program with the
requisite TSA acronym: Secured Packing Facility or SPF.
To help ease the burden of complying with a new cargo screening
requirement, TSA is inviting manufacturers, shippers, suppliers,
warehouses, vendors, e-commerce fulfillment centers, and
third-party logistics providers in the air cargo supply chain to
apply for TSA designation as an SPF. SPFs are required to implement
a "system of government approved security controls sufficient
to prevent the introduction of
