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TSA Testing Document
Verification Technology At Washington Dulles Airport By Jim Douglas |
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April 16, 2012 – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will began testing new technologies designed to enhance TSA’s ability to identify altered or fraudulent passenger identification documents and boarding passes at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).
The technology will also be tested at Houston George
Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Luis Muñoz Marín
International Airport (SJU) in the coming weeks.
In October, 2011, TSA awarded limited contracts to BAE Systems Information Solutions, Inc., Trans-Digital Technologies, LLC, and NCR Government Systems, LLC to provide pilot testing of fraudulent document detection technology to a limited number of airports. |
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selected airport will receive a total of six detection
units, two units from each vendor. TSA will expand the
deployment schedule following successful implementation and
testing in the selected airport environments. “The piloting
of this technology is another milestone in TSA’s ongoing
risk-based security initiative,” said TSA Administrator John
S. Pistole. “The ability to efficiently and effectively
identify fraudulent identity documents and authenticate
boarding passes has the potential to not only improve
security but also the checkpoint experience for passengers.”
This
technology, known as Credential Authentication Technology –
Boarding Pass Scanning Systems (CAT-BPSS), will scan a
passenger’s boarding pass and photo ID, and then automatically
verify the names provided on both documents match and
authenticate the boarding pass.
The
technology also identifies altered or fraudulent photo IDs by
analyzing and comparing security features embedded in the IDs.
This system supports TSA’s efforts to enhance the passenger
screening by moving toward a more risk-based,
intelligence-driven counterterrorism approach.
TSA’s risk-based security measures focus our resources on
those passengers that we know the least about. TSA began
testing CAT-BPSS at the TSA Systems Integration Facility
(TSIF) in 2011 and continue to test the latest technologies
available expanding efforts to address evolving threats and
improve the passenger screening experience.
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