Please join AFPM for a pre-conference Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) – Facility Security Officer (FSO) Refresher Workshop on Wednesday, April 12. This four-hour workshop will address key MTSA compliance topics and will provide a value-added opportunity for dialogue and discussion on topics including:

• Facility Security Assessments (FSAs) / Facility Security Plans (FSPs)
• Annual FSP Audits, including the timing, scope, and expectations for conducting annual FSP audits
• MARSEC Levels, including a review of the regulatory requirements
• MTSA Training Requirements
• MTSA Security Drills and Exercises, including a review of security drill and exercise intervals and subject matter
• MTSA and Cybersecurity
• Secure Areas vs. Restricted Areas, including common misconceptions between these designations
• The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
  • Fraudulent TWICs, including recent examples of the manufacturing and use of fraudulent TWICs
  • TWIC Inspections, including inspection requirements and incorporating TWIC into existing access control systems
  • TWIC Escorting, including a review of TWIC escort training requirements, ratios, and general expectations
  • New Hires and Lost or Stolen TWICs
  • TWIC Reader Rule update/current status
• Screening and Inspections, including MTSA screening requirements
• MTSA Signage Requirements, including language and posting requirements and best practices
• Shore Leave and Mariner Access, including the Seafarers’ Access to Maritime Facilities Rule
• MTSA Security Incident Reporting, including a review of expectations for reporting suspicious activities, breaches of security, and Transportation Security Incidents
• MTSA Recordkeeping, including a review of recordkeeping requirements
• MTSA Compliance Trends / Statistics