BIOMETRICS CENTRED BORDER MANAGEMENT:

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1 BIOMETRICS CENTRED BORDER MANAGEMENT: Helpig govermets reliably ad securely verify travellers idetities Positioig Paper

2 Cotets Esurig travellers really are who they say they are...5 Biometrics: the techology of choice for ehaced border security...6 Biometrics i actio for border security...7 SITA ad biometric border maagemet...8 BioTheticate Gates...11 SITA e-immigratio i actio...12 About SITA...13 BIOMETRICS CENTRED BORDER MANAGEMENT 3

3 Esurig travellers really are who they say they are Hudreds of millios of travellers cross iteratioal borders every year. For govermet border maagemet agecies, it s importat to kow the idetities of each ad every oe i order to protect atioal security ad idetify travellers of iterest. Historically, travellers have idetified themselves usig govermet-issued travel documets; however verifyig a idividual s idetity has become more challegig with icidets of crimials fakig, stealig or modifyig such documets. Biometric idetity maagemet chages all that by usig a idividual s uique, digitally-ecoded physical characteristics to verify his or her idetity i a accurate ad repeatable maer. From figerprits to iris images ad facial images today to palm vei images ad other types i the future the use of biometrics for border maagemet at air, lad ad sea borders is quickly acceleratig worldwide. Whe implemeted as part of a layered security system that icludes automated travel documet autheticatio, physical screeig ad risk aalysis, biometrics adds a whole ew dimesio of security that ca help i the cotiuig battle agaist illegal migratio, terrorism, people-traffickig ad other crimes. ICAO Preferred Biometrics Face Iris Figer prit BIOMETRICS CENTRED BORDER MANAGEMENT 5

4 Biometrics: the techology of choice for ehaced border security Biometric idetity maagemet is quickly becomig the techology of choice for border security because: It eables border maagemet agecies to validate a perso s idetity i a automated, repeatable, highly reliable ad cost effective maer. It helps agecies to refocus resources o idividuals of cocer. Low risk travellers whose idetity has bee cofirmed usig biometrics ca use fast-track processig, icludig fully automated immigratio laes or gates. It eables agecies to more accurately track who eters ad who exits their coutries ad to check these movemets agaist ay biometric watch-lists such as crimial AFIS databases. From the travellers perspective, biometrics are coveiet ad provide the beefit of a more secure ad faster border crossig. For govermets, reduced wait times facilitates tourism ad trade while at the same time projectig a positive image to visitors. Today, idetity verificatio at border crossigs is largely a maual process. Immigratio officers make a assessmet of each idividual s idetity claim ad his/her eligibility to cross the border based o a brief iterview combied with a visual ispectio of their travel documet ad limited checks agaist govermet watch-lists. I the future, we ca expect automated idetity maagemet (with biometrics itegrated) to become ubiquitous at border crossigs, icludig airports where the use of biometrics for frotlie border maagemet will exted ito other aspects of passeger hadlig such as check-i ad boardig. The widespread adoptio of biometric credetials such as evisas ad epassports by more tha 100 coutries today, will serve to quickly accelerate rapid adoptio of biometrics for border maagemet ad other services. 6 POSITIONING PAPER

5 Biometrics i actio for border security Examples of biometrics i border maagemet These iclude: Secure credetials such as epassports ad evisas cotaiig biometrics, esure that the perso presetig the passport is the true ower of the idetity they claim, virtually elimiatig travel documet fraud. Registered / trusted traveller programs offer expedited passage at airport security for persos who are preerolled, which ivolves providig their biometric data ad udergoig a backgroud check. Etry/exit systems such as the US-VISIT program, capture biometric data upo arrival ad departure, allowig immigratio officials to accurately track passeger movemets ad to match arrivig ad departig visitors agaist atioal crimial ad terrorist biometric watch-lists. Automated immigratio systems provide fast-track laes that ca be used by pre-cleared idividuals whose idetity is cofirmed by comparig their live biometric with a biometric stored o a database or biometric credetial, such as a epassport or smartcard issued to a registered traveller program member. Gates ca be used to fully automate the fast-track process. They rely o the quality of the checks performed at the time the biometric data was origially erolled for example whe the passeger applied for their epassport or registered traveller program smartcard. Oce cleared for eligibility, these cleared idividuals represet a low kow risk ad their idetity is simply re-checked through the gates system. Biometrics a travellers perspective Proceed 1. Erolmet 2. Credetial issuace 3. Verificatio Secodary screeig BIOMETRICS CENTRED BORDER MANAGEMENT 7

6 SITA ad biometric border maagemet SITA is uiquely positioed at the heart of border maagemet ad the global Air Trasport Idustry (ATI), to seamlessly itegrate biometric idetity maagemet ito all aspects of traveller processig at airports. I recet years, SITA s border security portfolio has grow to meet the ever icreasig eeds of govermets ad the ATI for safe ad secure air travel. Key offerigs i this space iclude data acquisitio services, real-time passeger iformatio systems, complex itegrated border maagemet solutios, aalytic ad iterrogative risk assessmet toolsets ad visualizatio tools. Lately, as a further extesio to its border maagemet offerigs, SITA has lauched iborders BioTheticate, which icludes a rage of biometric idetity maagemet solutios capable of full itegratio with its existig products. The additio of a biometric egie, takes the SITA offerig i this space to the ext level, ad quite apart from supportig operatioal systems such as gates, eboardig, access cotrol etc, it allows govermets ad the ATI to coverge biographic ad biometrics data screeig for better safety ad security i the air ad at iteratioal borders. BioTheticate: SITA s biometrics idetity maagemet platform SITA s biometrics idetity maagemet platform ehaces SITA s core border maagemet portfolio. It fuctios as the brai of sophisticated idetity maagemet systems, at the border ad i the airport eviromet. BioTheticate is a highly scaleable software egie that implemets core idetity maagemet processes required for erolmet, idetificatio ad verificatio of idetities. Capable of hadlig substatially high traveller throughput, BioTheticate eables biometric idetity maagemet to be itegrated ito both border maagemet ad airport fuctios such as check-i, bag drop ad boardig; i order to allow faster ad more secure automated processig of travellers. This both better utilizes resources ad provides opportuities to offer differetiated, fast-track services to persos whose biometrics have bee erolled. 8 POSITIONING PAPER

7 BioTheticate icludes the followig core modules: BioTheticate Erol provides services to capture, coduct quality assessmets ad vet biometric ad biographic data. BioTheticate Erol captures biographic data from multiple sources such as machie readable travel documets. It ca be deployed as a stad-aloe solutio o a workstatio, itegrated ito a kiosk or deployed o a mobile, wireless hadheld device. BioTheticate Credetialig helps create ad maage, secure, persoalized biometric credetials, such as smartcards. BioTheticate Verify provides services for idetity verificatio by comparig live biometric data agaist data stored either o a biometric credetial or o the BioTheticate Egie database. BioTheticate Verify ca be deployed o gates, workstatios, kiosks or hadheld devices, depedig upo the project requiremets. BioTheticate Server is the core of the system. It provides a umber of biometric idetity maagemet related services, which are liked ad choreographed by a flexible iteral workflow egie, providig BioTheticate with the ability to be cofigured for may differet applicatio types ad customer requiremets. BioTheticate Egie eables secure biometric storage, template geeratio, idetificatio (1:may ad 1:few matchig) ad verificatio (1:1 matchig). Additioal modules ad services facilitate system admiistratio, the maagemet of erolled users ad system operators, gate moitorig ad audit ad reportig o system performace. BioTheticate features SITA s BioTheticate offers i a sigle solutio framework, idetity maagemet ad verificatio fuctioalities, that deliver irrefutable proof of idetity i high trasactio ad high security eviromets such as airports or sea ports. BioTheticate complies with the most rigorous iteratioal ad atioal stadards, otably ICAO ad NIST, ad boasts the followig key features: Flexibility BioTheticate is highly flexible. Itegratio with biometric readers ad algorithms is achieved through easily replaceable pluggable modules. SITA s eutrality allows us to recommed ad use the best ad most cost effective biometric techologies for each customer, whether that is figer, face or iris, as recommeded by ICAO, or ay aother biometric techology. BioTheticate utilizes a moder, three-tiered services orieted architecture (SOA), that separates the user presetatio, workflow ad data access. As a result, it is completely modular ad flexible ad esures that cliet presetatio, applicatio workflows ad data access ca easily be tailored to each customer s project requiremets. Techology The mai cliet applicatios BioTheticate Erol, BioTheticate Credetialig ad BioTheticate Verify are.net smart cliets while all admiistratio ad moitorig cliets are thi-cliet applicatios. Packaged server side services are re-usable ad replaceable. These services may be rapidly itegrated ito a variety of customer solutios usig a Service Bus (the Sprig Framework) that allows routig betwee services ad busiess logic ad distributes services across multiple systems to achieve horizotal scalig ad applicatio distributio. The Data Tier uses a stadard Data Access Object architecture to shield the busiess ad applicatio logic from the uderlyig database implemetatio i order to achieve database idepedece (the supported database platforms are Microsoft s SQL Server ad Oracle). The BioTheticate Server architecture is hardware idepedet. BIOMETRICS CENTRED BORDER MANAGEMENT 9

8 Scalability BioTheticate is highly scaleable from small cost effective istallatios to atioal, multi-site border maagemet programs with local ad cetralized operatios that ivolve maagig hudreds of thousads of idetities. The product architecture utilizes a eterprise class data replicatio model that esures data itegrity ad iteroperability across large-scale distributed deploymets. Ease of itegratio with Govermet Systems The Eterprise Service Bus accommodates itegratio with exteral systems. Some of these exteral systems will be wrapped as services while others support pushig iformatio by providig a service iterface for the exteral system. Specific plug-i service adapters are developed ad itegrated ito the BioTheticate system as required, utilizig stadards such as NIST for biometric data trasfer, where appropriate. I the border maagemet cotext, these exteral services are typically used for exteral validatio of travel documet ad biometric data agaist govermet databases (as part of erolmet vettig or to establish etry/exit eligibility at a border crossig) or to upload a electroic immigratio declaratio to record a etry/exit. Security BioTheticate is desiged from the groud up to support customer requiremets for highly secure systems. It implemets specific security measures icludig: a Role Based Access Cotrol (RBAC) regime that esures oly authorised users are able to use the system, support for device ad cliet level autheticatio usig cryptographic keys to prevet spoofig, the use of Hardware Security Modules, ecryptio of all sesitive data stored i the BioTheticate database as well as data that is commuicated betwee system compoets ad the use of o-repudiatable audit logs. SITA uses a Defece i Depth Security strategy to assess threats o a project basis ad to idetify additioal admiistrative, logical ad techical security mitigatios, as appropriate. SITA s eutrality allows us to recommed ad use the best ad most cost effective biometric techologies for each customer 10 POSITIONING PAPER

9 BioTheticate Gates SITA s portfolio icludes automated Gates for border maagemet ad for other airport applicatios, such as eboardig. The Gates are fully compatible with BioTheticate, which provides all of the required services for erolmet, verificatio ad moitorig. SITA s two-door immigratio Gate features a elegat ad lightweight desig which is passeger friedly, secure ad suitable for high throughput applicatios. Ergoomic factors were carefully cosidered i all aspects of the Gate desig, icludig the touch scree user iterface ad the correct placemet of all devices to miimize biometric ad machie readable travel documet read failures. The desig is highly modular with replaceable paels ad kiosk compoets that ca accommodate a wide rage of biometric devices ad other devices, such as a 2D bar-code reader (for the capture of flight data from airlie boardig passes). The Gate achieves outstadig performace ad reliability via a virtually maiteace-free desig. It also esures security through sophisticated sesors ad algorithms that track passegers ad their luggage through the Gate, esurig that oly the authorized idividual ad their luggage is allowed to pass. BioTheticate icludes a Gate Moitorig Applicatio which allows authorized operators to remotely cotrol ad supervise Gates, icludig viewig user details i real-time, viewig ad actioig alerts, activatig ad deactivatig Gates, placig the Gates ito emergecy mode ad remotely opeig ad closig Gate doors. I summary, the BioTheticate Gate solutio eables a truly coected ad secure passeger experiece, without sacrificig passeger facilitatio, throughput ad efficiecy SITAs iborders ed-to-ed border maagemet solutios Biometric idetity maagemet is most effective whe implemeted as part of a multi-layered border maagemet strategy. I the airport cotext, this ca esure for example, that a traveller is ot oly who they claim to be, but that they have a low risk profile, (based o a aalysis of airlie provided data), ad that they hold a valid boardig pass for travel that day, from that termial. SITA ca help by combiig biometric idetity maagemet with verificatio of a passeger s eligibility to fly, through to itegratio with airlie ad airport systems. Our iborders border maagemet portfolio helps govermets to: Icrease maagemet ad cotrol over people eterig their coutries through real-time risk aalysis of passeger biographical data provided by the airlies, icludig API (electroic passeger maifests), iapi (iteractive Advace Passeger Iformatio) ad PNR (passeger reservatio) data. Maage visa applicatios at the poit of sale of the travel reservatio through a electroic visa applicatio ad issuace service (evisa). Verify boardig pass validity through real time compariso agaist airlie ad airport databases. These solutios also beefit airlies ad airports by helpig to esure compliace with govermet data madates. At the same time, BioTheticate exteds the use of govermet-issued biometric credetials by airlies ad airports so they ca further expad secure self-service capabilities, such as check-i, security clearace ad boardig. This is a area of growig iterest to airlies ad airports as they seek to ehace customer service, while also reducig operatioal costs through icreased self-service. Coclusio I a age of geo-political turmoil ad cross-border crimial activity, the eed for security at iteratioal borders has ever bee greater. From esurig that a traveller who turs up to board a aircraft is who they say they are, to deyig iadmissible persos etry at the border, or restrictig access to secure areas at airports; biometrics offers substatial beefits i addressig the eed for reliable verificatio of idetity. Particularly whe oe cosiders that verificatio of a idividual s idetity is cetral to border ad air trasportatio security. BioTheticate adds a whole ew dimesio of security that ca help i the cotiuig battle agaist illegal migratio, terrorism, people-traffickig ad other crimes. BIOMETRICS CENTRED BORDER MANAGEMENT 11

10 SITA e-immigratio i actio SITA has helped ehace border cotrol systems sice 1994, whe we implemeted the world s first fully itegrated electroic visa system for the Australia Govermet. Sice the, we have led a umber of other iitiatives icludig: Idoesia: primary lie system, icludig biometrics SITA recetly delivered primary lie system for Idoesia, the 4th most populous atio o earth, that icludes the capture of figerprit ad face biometric data for arrivig visitors at 28 ports across Idoesia as well as travel documet verificatio, visa o arrival fuctioality ad watch-list matchig. Europe: a supra-atioal biometric registered traveller system SITA was the prime cotractor for the Secure Travel (s-travel) project, the first Europea iitiative to build ad promote a supra-atioal biometric registered traveller system based o global aviatio stadards. We delivered the complete biometric ifrastructure, icludig hardware ad software, for deploymet at the airports. Uited States: registered traveller program SITA provided the etire airport based ifrastructure for the iitial Trasportatio Security Admiistratio trials of the US Registered Traveller program i the Uited States at three airports. The SITA deliverables icluded erolmet ad verificatio kiosks ad software, utilizig iris ad figerprit biometrics. The SITA system was operatioal withi two weeks of SITA cotract sigature. misese: Facilitatig passeger processig at major airports SITA played a key role i the misese project, which used both biometric ad iapi passeger data to facilitate passeger processig at check-i, security checkpoits, boardig areas ad upo arrival at airports i Lodo, Hog Kog ad the Uited Arab Emirates. Other major border maagemet programs delivered by SITA iclude systems for Caada, Australia, Bahrai, Italy, Kuwait, New Zealad, Italy ad Spai. 12 POSITIONING PAPER

11 About SITA SITA is a strog advocate ad provider of border security, passeger facilitatio ad ext geeratio idetity maagemet techologies icludig iapis, evisa, PNR ad biometrics techologies. Specifically, we brig the followig added value to biometrics border security solutios: Thought leadership i the desig, developmet, deploymet ad maagemet of biometrics solutios Lowerig deploymet risks ad costs through our Kow-how ad commuity based approach Strog process, system ad data itegratio competecies critical to a successful project Idustry based best practices to miimize complexities associated with biometric techologies Fraudulet idetity poses a sigificat threat to govermets, the Air Trasport Idustry ad air travel. Cosequetly, bordersecurity is very high o the ageda of govermets ad the ATI. I a clear respose to these developmets, SITA has takea leadig role i the provisio ad developmet of biometrics techologies. New portfolio iovatios have allowed SITA to exted its market leadig positio i border maagemet. Ideed, to further cemet its leadership role i this area, SITA acquired i October 2008, its chief Australia border securityad border maagemet specialist, CPS Systems. This is a level of commitmet urivalled throughout the ATI. We are the world's leadig specialists i air trasport commuicatios ad IT solutios. We deliver ad maage busiess solutios for airlie, airport, GDS, govermet ad other customers over the world s most extesive etwork, which forms the commuicatios backboe of the global air trasport idustry. Created ad owed by the air trasport commuity, SITA is the commuity s dedicated parter for iformatio ad commuicatios techology. As a team of idustry experts, our kow-how is based o workig with customers across the global air trasport commuity. Almost every airlie ad airport i the world does busiess with SITA. With a customer service team of over 1,700 staff aroud the world, we ivest sigificatly i achievig best-i-class customer service, providig itegrated local ad global support for both our commuicatios ad IT applicatio services. BIOMETRICS CENTRED BORDER MANAGEMENT 13

12 Notes 14 POSITIONING PAPER

13 For further iformatio, please cotact SITA by telephoe or Sea Farrell Director of Biometrics Tel: Adré Oeye Director Biometric Busiess Developmet Tel: +32 (0) adre.oeye@sita.aero East & Cetral Europe ifo.ece@sita.aero Lati America & Caribbea ifo.lac@sita.aero Middle East & North Africa ifo.mea@sita.aero North America ifo.am@sita.aero North Asia & Pacific ifo.ap@sita.aero North Europe & Sub-Sahara Africa +44 (0) ifo.esa@sita.aero South Asia & Idia ifo.sai@sita.aero South Europe ifo.seu@sita.aero SITA 10-THW All trademarks ackowledged. Specificatios subject to chage without prior otice. This literature provides outlie iformatio oly ad (uless specifically agreed to the cotrary by SITA i writig) is ot part of ay order or cotract.