CBP Deploys Biometric Exit Tech to O’Hare International Airport

Customs and Border Protection says that facial recognition technology for ongoing biometric exit evaluations has been deployed to Chicago O’Hare International Airport for select international flights. So far the technology has been deployed to airports in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Houston, with additional deployments planned for this summer. “With the expansion of this technology we will be looking at different flights, airports, lighting conditions, and internal information technology configurations to demonstrate to our stakeholders that this solution is flexible, reliable and easy for travelers to use,” says John Wagner, deputy executive assistant commissioner, Office of Field Operations. For each exit evaluation, the agency builds a flight specific photo gallery using photographs from the travel document the traveler provided to the airline. CBP then compares the live photo captured from each traveler at the boarding gate against the document photo in the gallery to ensure the traveler is the true bearer of the document. If the biometric match confirms a traveler is a U.S. citizen, then the transaction is determined to be out of scope and the photo is discarded shortly thereafter.

Joint Region Marianas Contractors and Vendors to Obtain Biometric Access Cards

The Joint Region Marianas will transition to the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) on Aug. 14 for contractors and vendors requiring access to Navy and Air Force installations on island. The installations currently use the Navy Commercial Access Control System. DBIDS is the identity card scanning system used by security personnel at Joint Region Marianas installation and can scan an ID card in a second or less. DBIDS uses bar codes and biometrics to identify cardholders, which verifies authorizations and assigns access privileges based on identity, affiliation, and current force protection condition.