Centerlines - September 2008 - (Page 45) R E G U L AT O R Y F R O N T “verification” credential or issue his or her own credential to allow them access to restricted areas. “Airports have raised several questions about ACIS, such as who will pay for implementing the program,” said Lydia Kellogg, ACI-NA senior manager, public safety and security. “It is important that airports fully understand how the ACIS program would work, including operational impacts for airports, airlines and other tenants and that ACI-NA is working closely with TSA and other industry stakeholders to vet ACIS.” thinks it is “critical” to the security of the airport. However, she did express some concern with any legislation that might come down in the future. “I don’t know what TSA or others will use—if our system will be interoperable, which means more cost for us,” she said. Sea-Tac invested some $28 million in its biometrics installation. Bangs said that vendor input is critical in any industry working group as they are able to identify best practices based on past experience. “As a vendor, having installed in many different operational environments, working with different types of workers, there are some important lessons learned that vendors can bring,” she said. When different vendors are brought together, Bangs explained, everyone understands the common goals of the government, and that then fosters interoperability. “Historically, that’s been a problem with access control Fingerprint Technology at Sea-Tac At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, airport security director Wendy Reiter said that fingerprint biometric technology from Sagem Morpho has been in use since 2003. There are roughly 650 biometric units throughout the airport facility. Before deploying the fingerprint identification system, she said, the airport looked at various types of biometrics before determining that this technology was the best fit. All 17,000 employees have an identification badge used for a three-level identification process: the card itself is recognized, the fingerprint is identified, and the employee’s personal identification number is verified. Depending on the level of security sensitivity in a given area, one, two or all three criteria will be required for an employee to enter. For example, “a fuel technician is required to provide three-factor authentication to get through the portals that take him directly to the tarmac and where fuel is located,” explained Consuelo Bangs, senior program manager of the access control solutions department at Sagem Morpho. “An individual, who is working commercially at a store in the airport, might only have to submit their card.” The airport’s readers average 20,000 transactions each day, said Reiter. Reiter said the airport does not regret moving ahead to install biometric employee identification technology without federal guidelines and 390809_Alliance.indd 1 As brilliant today as on your first anniversary. Congratulations ACI-NA, on your 60th! Shauna Forsythe & the Staff of Alliance Airport Advertising and Alliance Target Media LAS• BUR • SLC • PDX www.aci-na.org | CENTERLINES AM45 7/8/08 11:41:20 http://www.allianceairportadvertising.com http://www.aci-na.org
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