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Identity assurance through biometrics at Heathrow

13 October 2014 | By Dr Nicholas Whitehead

Dr Nicholas Whitehead, of Engineering Consultancy Atkins, discusses how the use of biometrics can help us realise secure and seamless passenger journeys

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MFlow helps Gatwick Airport win ‘Best Security and Immigration Experience’ award

17 September 2012 | By Human Recognition Systems

Gatwick Airport win the ‘Best Security and Immigration Experience’ award...

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Human Recognition Systems celebrates Airport Operator Association award

2 November 2011 | By Human Recognition Systems

Human Recognition Systems is delighted to announce it received the award for “Best Small Business” at the AOA Annual Awards...

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World first as Gatwick invests in pioneering biometric technology

19 October 2011 | By Human Recognition Systems

Gatwick Airport has become the first airport in the world to incorporate MFlow Track...

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Gatwick Airport Appoint Human Recognition Systems to Investigate New Innovations in Airport Security Operations

5 October 2010 | By Human Recognition Systems

Human Recognition Systems (HRS) has signed a contract with Gatwick Airport...

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Liverpool John Lennon Airport plans for future with simulation tool from Lanner and Human Recognition Systems

11 August 2010 | By Citigate Dewe Rogerson

Lanner Group, announced that Liverpool John Lennon Airport has invested in MFlow Forecast...

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The FBI launches a Biometric Center of Excellence to reach its “Desired Path”

16 July 2009 | By Jerome M. Pender, Deputy Assistant Director, Operations Branch for the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division

The aviation term “desired path” refers to setting a course and then following clear guidance to reach a specific objective. This simple term seemed fitting for an article about how the FBI’s work in biometrics could also bolster aviation security. Semantics aside, whether you carry a badge, pin a pair…

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The BASIC approach to biometrics at U.S. airports

1 August 2008 | By Colleen Chamberlain, AAAE Staff Vice President, Transportation Security Policy

Biometrics are coming to U.S. airports. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are seriously considering how to implement biometric identifier systems as part of aviation worker credentialing and access control systems at U.S. airports. In addition, the U.S. House of Representatives just…

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Trialling large-scale biometric systems

6 February 2007 | By H. Carr-Archer, Director, International Association for Biometrics (IAFB)

Great expectations burden the biometrics industry. It’s difficult to conceive of a future for air travel in which they are not relied upon for security and passenger processing, but the timescale has been hazy. All that may soon change. The UK’s largest biometric trial was recently carried out at Heathrow,…

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The changing face of travel documentation

16 June 2006 | By Joel F. Shaw, Convenor of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Working Group responsible for Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTDs)

The introduction of the new biometrically enabled Passport, or ePassport as it has become known, is well under way across the world. Joel F. Shaw explains why Face Biometric was selected as the global standard.

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Biometrics and airport access control

17 March 2006 | By Alan Medlock, Service Delivery Director, London City Airport

Biometrics has played an important role in efforts to strengthen airport security. Here Alan Medlock outlines how London City Airport has used Biometrics to implement a cost-effective, user-friendly and secure employee identification system.

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An approach to using biometric technologies

16 March 2005 | By Keith Rhodes, Chief Technologist, U.S. Government Accountability Office and Richard Hung Assistant Director, Centre for Technology and Engineering

Biometric technologies offer the future of security technology, but integrating cutting-edge technology alone may not automatically solve all your security problems. Here U.S. Government experts offer an approach that may help.

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