New security rules for laptops in airports
August 14, 2008 by Valerie HelmbreckPosted in: Communication, Compliance, Gadgets, Hardware, Information security, Latest News & Views, Travel and entertainment
There’s a new option for you road warriors out there annoyed by taking your laptops out of bags at airport security.
The Transportation Security Administration will let travelers leave their computers in “checkpoint friendly” cases.
The new rules are intended to help streamline the X-ray inspection lines.
The TSA says it “reached out to bag manufacturers” to design laptop cases that would provide a clear, unobstructed image of the computer as it passed through an X-ray machine.
The agency said the new bags will be available for purchase this month.
To qualify as “checkpoint friendly,” a bag must have a designated laptop-only section that unfolds to lie flat on the X-ray machine belt and contains no metal snaps, zippers or buckles or pockets.
Among the manufacturers selling TSA-approved laptop bags are Mobile Edge, Skooba Design and Targus Inc.
To read the TSA’s official info on the new rules, visit their Web site.
