Using biometric technology to facilitate airport security - November 2015

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Using Biometric Technology to Facilitate Security


Use of Biometrics in Airport Security

•  Biometrics are most widely used in securing border/entry control

•  Aid to government officials

•  Supervision of multiple kiosks / gates

•  Principle aim is to enhance passenger throughput


•  Based upon comparison of captured biometric against a previously registered token.

•  Normally the passport picture, but can include alternates such as iris or fingerprint in “known traveller” programmes

•  Provides identity verification service: –  RED Definitely not a match –  GREEN Definitely a match –  AMBER Uncertain

•  Biometrics useful at confirmation of definitive results


Application to the Outbound Journey

•  To enhance the passenger experience and support self service, biometrics are now being employed in the outbound journey.

•  Verification at self service points, ensures that identity is maintained

•  Eliminates further manual checks for vast majority


System Requirements

•  Performance: –  Minimise times for successful

enrolments and verifications

•  Passenger experience: –  Instructions - remove glasses etc. –  Implementation of exception processes

•  Data protection issues to overcome

•  Be highly configurable: –  Alternate biometric

technologies –  Selected flights or routes –  Implemented without

impacting the airlines systems

•  Security: –  Zero false accepts, minimal

false rejects


Enabling Identity Management Throughout the Airport


Consequences of Invalid Identity Verification

Different uses have different consequences

•  Border Control: –  Consequence of failure is critical

•  Systems tuned to Zero false acceptance

•  Passenger Facilitation: –  Can result in poor passenger service

–  Used to enhance passenger experience whilst maintaining security

–  Maximum benefit when integrated with government control systems, watch lists and travel document verification systems (visa checks)


Traveller Clearance

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Airport Business Rules &

Orchestration

Infinity Risk

Assessment Document Verification

Travel Rules System

3rd Country Clearance

eVisa AQQ

Watch list Interpol SLTP Interpol

Abuser & Victims

…… Document Templates

ICAO PKD

Border Management

ESB

Airline DCS

AODB / FIDS

BCBP / Passport scan

API Data

Airport / Airline

Government

Biometric Identity Verification


Validation Certainty

•  Question of certainty: –  Improve the process due to consistency –  Allows humans to focus on what they are best at

•  Resolving issues from uncertain results

•  Differing approaches of 1 to 1 and 1 to many matching will have differing levels of certainty

•  1 to 1 –  A single enrolment is compared to live images to

answer the question: “is this the same person that I have seen before”

•  1 to Many –  A live image is compared to a gallery of images

to answer the question: “Have I seen this person before”


Application to Staff Access

•  Current use cases are looking at passenger identity management

•  Same technology can be applied to staff airside access controls. –  Applies the same standard to

staff access control as to passengers

•  Permanent biometric data can be captured and stored, enabling total automated identity checks. The airport ID pass database can be integrated as a data source

•  Already used in a number of office facilities to control access


Data Sharing •  Outcome of a recent FTE* Think Tank was

that data sharing in all its forms is a mandatory requirement Security cannot improve without data sharing * Future Travel Experience

•  How do we share and make use of common data / identity / security information between airports, airlines, governmental agencies

Improved Security Data sharing

•  Can these be incorporated with government backed on-line security initiatives

•  Ultimate need is for a single token that can be made available to all


Result - Improved Security

•  Extends and enhances manned checkpoints: –  Improves Security as machine is

consistent and high quality •  Facilitates unsupervised identity checks:

–  Validates identity document ownership –  Enables fully automated and unmanned

Self Service Check-in, Self Service Bag Drop, Self Boarding gates by ensuring identity is maintained

•  Registered Traveller Authentication

•  Prevents boarding pass swaps


But …..

Sharing data between all parties is a fundamental requirement



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