There has been considerable scholarly interest regarding the notion of exceptionality, i.e. how and under what conditions extraordinary powers and measures are justified in the name of security. Exceptional threats are now omnipresent in the security discourse of the aviation and maritime industries, and this influences the everyday working environment. Taking Norwegian airport and port security as its point of departure, this article analyzes how security and policing agencies perceive, experience, and respond to the exceptional as part of their everyday practice. Drawing on extensive interview material with security agencies, it reveals how agencies construct strategies to cope with the consequences of exceptionality that arise from heightened (in)security and vulnerability. This article demonstrates that instrumental logic in risk management is one crucial strategy, but evidence also reveals the importance of the human dimension in security practices, as the emotional aspect of security consciousness is a part of the everyday life of security agencies. Closely associated with this is the emergence of mechanisms of active resistance that provide excitement and alleviate boredom.

对于例外的概念，即如何以及在何种条件下以安全的名义赋予特殊权力和措施是正当的，学术界已经产生了相当大的兴趣。异常威胁现在在航空和海事行业的安全话语中无处不在，这影响了日常工作环境。本文以挪威机场和港口安全为出发点，分析了安全和警务机构如何在日常实践中感知、体验和应对特殊情况。借鉴与安全机构的广泛访谈材料，它揭示了机构如何制定战略来应对因高度（不）安全性和脆弱性而产生的异常后果。本文表明，风险管理中的工具逻辑是一项关键策略，但证据也揭示了人的维度在安全实践中的重要性，因为安全意识的情感方面是安全机构日常生活的一部分。与此密切相关的是主动抵抗机制的出现，这些机制提供兴奋和缓解无聊。