A method of tracking and processing at least one cargo container having an
indefinite security status (ISS). In one embodiment, the method of the
present invention comprises: (A) detecting at least one statistically
significant threat (SST) signal associated with at least one cargo
container while in transit; (B) if at least one such SST signal was
detected, identifying each cargo container that generated at least one
such SST signal and classifying the security status of each such cargo
container as a Potential Threat (PT) cargo container; (C) substantially
continuously checking at least one generated SST signal to verify the
security status of at least one PT container while in transit; (D) if at
least one SST signal is confirmed to be a false positive SST signal,
changing the security status of at least one PT container associated with
the false positive SST signal to an indefinite security status (ISS)
cargo container; and (E) tracking and reporting position coordinates and
security status of each ISS PT cargo container to an appropriate party.