Centerlines - September 2008 - (Page 47) R E G U L AT O R Y F R O N T STANDARDS-BASED, interoperable biometric technology is important as the industry moves forward. to keep costs down because now you’ve got good competition.” formance of the system of meeting standards at the time,” Wahl said. Roughly 28,000 employees at DFW are on the biometric system (approximately 75,000 employees work on the DFW campus). There are 12 active readers through the airport and 12 enrollment stations. The access control biometric system and closed circuit television systems are all integrated into the security environment. DFW supports “any effort that Congress can help us out with on improving security, and we especially like their approach of their approach of “let’s go out and study this first before we pass a law mandating something,” said Charles Cinquemani, assistant vice president of public safety. Every airport is different and it would be unwise to “force anything Hand Geometry Technology at DFW Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has been using hand geometry biometric technology since September 2007 and has invested some $722,000 in the biometrics portion of its security solution. Hand geometry identification from Ingersoll Rand was selected because of its ease-of-use for the airport’s throughput demands, said Michael Wahl, manager of operations in the information technology services group. Additionally, the product was already in use by American Airlines at the airport for its time and attendance system. “So there was familiarity and proven per- MA500 fingerprint reader from Sagem Morpho. Sagem Morpho provides fingerprint technology at Birmingham and McCarran airports in addition to Sea-Tac. solutions,” she says. “And that’s being turned around very quickly with standards—and that’s the value of standards. The government does not have to depend on one technology, one vendor. It provides a good economic mix and helps ATLANTA AUSTIN BRYAN DALLAS DENVER FORT WORTH HONG KONG HONOLULU HOUSTON LAS VEGAS LOS ANGELES MIAMI MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA PHOENIX SAN ANTONIO SAN MARCOS TIANJIN WACO WASHINGTON DC 382931_Leo.indd 1 www.aci-na.org | CENTERLINES 6/20/08 10:27:16 AM 47 http://www.leoadaly.com http://www.aci-na.org
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