Unisys Introduces Analytics for Helping Border Agents
Unisys [UIS] has introduced LineSight, software that it says uses data analytics and machine learning to flag potential threats in near-real time. The company, building on its more than 15 years of experience with border security globally, says its predictive analytics solution will speed up passage for low or no-threat passengers and cargo. “Many legacy border security solutions identify potentially risky travelers and cargo based on previously known threats, which is kind of like driving a car and only using your rear view mirror,” says Mark Forman, global head of Unisys Public Sector. “And due to the overwhelming amount of data that has to be reviewed, as well as limited budgets and resources in governments, these old solutions can’t keep up. LineSight allows border agents around the world to more effectively accelerate movement of passengers and cargo without compromising safety.” Unisys says its new platform can ingest multiple high-volume transaction streams while generating risk assessments in less than two seconds.
British Airways Lauds Biometric Tech Trials at US Airports
British Airways, which is working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, says ongoing trials of facial recognition technology to speed up boarding and arrivals processes at four U.S. airports are demonstrating the benefits of the technology. The airline says that gates it uses in Los Angeles International Airport have resulted in it boarding more than 400 customers in 22 minutes, less than half the time it takes when not using this technology. At Orlando International Airport, British Airways says customers are passing through new biometric boarding gates so quickly that it has managed to board flights of nearly 240 passengers in about 10 minutes. The gates remove the need for travellers to present their boarding pass and passport at the departure gate. SITA providing biometric capture technology for the evaluations. The other airports include Miami and New York’s John F. Kennedy, where passengers arriving on flights from London use the facial recognition systems to speed and simplify their arrival. British Airways says these travelers don’t need to have their travel documents swiped or go through fingerprinting.