DEFINITION:

Airport security measures are the physical protection measures required in order to protect aircraft, airport staff, passengers and crew when on the ground. This includes blocking terrorist access to the aircraft when on the ground. Specific technologies are addressed in the «Security Equipment» area. Links also with SSS – ‘Surveillance Sensor Systems’. Cybersecurity issues affecting airport systems and subsystems are also included here.

(Source: ACARE Domain 804 and PAE insertion about Cybersecurity)

SUBDOMAINS:

1. Surveillance systems – sensors (e.g. CCTV, radar/RF, IR, visual)
2. Surveillance systems – processing (e.g. image motion stabilisation, automatic recognition of faces/number plates, video tracking)
3. Passenger profiling, co-ordinated with law enforcement and intelligence databases, to detect possible terrorists and other security risks. Passengers flagged as high-risk should be diverted to a screening process with more intensive human interaction and sophisticated detection equipment. Possible establishment of pool of pre-screened passengers who can be processed through airport security more quickly.
4. Passenger identification and verification (e.g. biometrics – voice recognition, face recognition, hand geometry, fingerprints, iris recognition)
5. Development of systems for strict accountability for luggage loaded on aircraft (e.g. Positive Passenger Bag Matching – PPBM)
6. Tracking of cargo and baggage within the airport (e.g. RFID tags)
7. Physical protection measures to prevent unauthorised entry into secure areas.
8. Cybersecurity affecting airport systems and subsystems.