New CTPAT Portal Will Need a Few More Weeks to Get Up to Speed
The new Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism portal will only need a few more weeks before it can get back to where CTPAT was in terms of functionality before the creation of the new portal, said Mark Isaacson, CBP's CTPAT field director in Buffalo, New York. Isaacson said that CBP has a dedicated team working toward making the portal "very user-friendly," which has resulted in a lot of updates.
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The portal will be a cloud-based format that can store a lot of information and will give CBP access to everything in their system, Isaacson said. There also is a more secure business entity identifier access and more paperwork reduction because the portal can house everything, he said.
The portal also will have access to the supply chain security specialists (SCSS) and the historical record repository, Isaacson said.