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Posted: April 6th, 2016

By Henry H. Willis

Henry H. Willis is director of the Homeland Security and Defense Center at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School.

In 2006, Congress passed the Safe Port Act to help ensure that maritime transportation infrastructure was effectively secured from the threat of terrorism. Today, 10 years since the enactment of the law, are U.S. ports safe? This is a complex issue with an equally complex answer.

The established security measures implemented through public and private sector cooperation have improved port security while maintaining port efficiency. Still, many of the threats that motivated the Safe Ports Act remain, and new dangers have emerged, including cyber threats.

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