ACI AIRPORT SECURITY SUMMIT

Defining Presentation from an EU Perspective

Understanding and mitigating the risk of insider threats in an airport environment. Many airports have focused their security efforts in strengthening the passenger and baggage screening processes. However, in the current globalized terrorist arena, addressing the complex risks posed by insider threats is crucial to ensure the integrity of a holistic airport security system, the safety of passengers and the continuity of aviation operations. This presentation deliberates on the nature of the different risks posed by insiders, and considers different approaches for curbing this type of threat. 

The SITA Community Cyber Threat Center (CCTC), launched in 2017, is working to support a community-wide response by promoting the proactive and timely exchange of cyber threat information between its members. How is it helping airports to better detect, analyse, respond, and report on cybersecurity incidents?

The 10th edition of ICAO’s Annex 17 – Standards and Recommended Practices for international aviation security – became applicable in August and contains new standards on cybersecurity. How will this help airports, and how widely and quickly are the new recommendations likely to be adopted?

Advancing the concept of the contactless passenger journey, Vision-Box has introduced the biometric Seamless Gateway concept in collaboration with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. What are the next steps in the roll-out of this “single token” move to make passenger experience and border control fully non-stop?

Managing the human dimension of real and perceived active threat situations: Recent terrorist events have seen huge volumes of data coming in via social media, the failure of traditional communications channels versus public expectation for timely communication, and airport personnel impacted as they are asked to stay at the airport and lead a response.  This paper is a review of the lessons learned from the 2017 Ft. Lauderdale Shooting, the mass evacuations triggered by false alarms at LAX and JFK, combined with new data, based upon the broad use of technology to manage all of the communications across Texas and the Houston-area airports after Hurricane Harvey.

An extensive add-on to the ‘single token’ environment: Bringing together the needs of airports, airlines, and immigration services as never before, FlyToGate promises speedy and accurate interaction at each touch point, combined with the power to analyse passenger data movement – a unique system catering to governments, private airports and airlines.