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Border and Port Security

Biometric access control systems used at airports and national or regional boundaries to track and manage the flow of humans, and the databases and documents that support them, make up border and port security. Includes national and immigration registries, ePassports and smart card systems, automated border control (ABC) kiosks, and apps for data sharing among other products and services.

 

Princess Juliana Airport deploys self-service security checkpoint eGates by Vision-Box

Sint Maarten Airport, also known as Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM), is implementing a Vision-Box integrated passenger experience program to…

 

China using robots with face recognition as customs officers

China Customs has deployed 10 intelligent robots with facial recognition capabilities to serve as Custom Officers at three different ports…

 

2017 World Border Security Congress to be held in North Africa

Global border management experts, policy makers and practitioners will gather in Casablanca, Morocco next March to discuss border security threats,…

 

Accenture, Atos, Safran to improve EU visa info and biometric matching system

The European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA)…

 

SITA survey shows airports prioritizing security technology

SITA and Airports Council International (ACI), in association with Airline Business, has released the results of The Airport IT Trends…

 

Israel’s new national policy ensures fair use of biometric applications

Last week the Israeli government declared a national policy on biometric applications, enabling the fair use of biometric applications, according…

 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement app collects biometric ID in the field

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has developed an app that enables all 12,000 ICE officers to collect biometric data…

 

Documents reveal that cyberattack on biometric data could jeopardize security at Canadian borders

Canada Border Services Agency revealed in a new report that a cyberattack on their facial recognition or fingerprints databases could…

 

DHS considering expanding biometric data collection at US borders

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing a plan to ramp up the amount of biometric data it collects…

 

Vision-Box launches Orchestra at FTE Global

Vision-Box launched Orchestra, an open services platform for stakeholder collaboration and improved airport business intelligence built upon biometrics, at the…

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