Enhancing National Security: Real-Time Passenger Screening and Flight Data Analysis at International Borders
Overview.
A leading information technology provider for the air transport industry specialized in developing and implementing solutions that make air travel easier, safer, and more efficient at every stage of the journey. Its business is deeply integrated into the global air transport industry, providing critical technology and communication solutions that keep the world's air travel system functioning efficiently and securely.
Our client faced significant challenges in securing its borders due to outdated passenger monitoring systems. Manual checks and CCTV surveillance proved inadequate for accurate traveler tracking and threat detection. Another area customer lacked proactive risk assessment capabilities and struggled with slow, error-prone document verification processes. Without integration to international watch-lists, they couldn't effectively screen for potential security risks. These inefficiencies led to processing delays and compromised border security. It sought an advanced risk assessment system to streamline document validation, cross-reference passenger data with global security databases, and provide swift, data-driven admissibility decisions. An upgrade was crucial to enhance national security, improve operational efficiency, and facilitate smooth travel for legitimate passengers.
Solution.
Our comprehensive border management solution addresses our client's security challenges through a multi-faceted approach:
The system aggregates traveler data from diverse sources including PNR, APP, and APIS. This information undergoes advanced screening and normalization through a sophisticated parsing system, applying custom business rules to ensure data consistency and correlation. The processed data is then formatted for efficient viewing and reporting.
Our solution performs rigorous validation of travel documents, cross-referencing information from APP, PNR, visas, and biometrics against global watch-list registries. This enables thorough vetting of each traveler's background and credentials.
By standardizing data and implementing pre-screening protocols, the system ensures compliance with immigration policies and security directives. This proactive approach allows for early identification of potential threats, triggering alert processing and risk scoring mechanisms.
The resulting risk scores and alerts inform real-time decisions on passenger entry. While flagging high-risk individuals for further scrutiny or denial of entry, the system also maintains records of cleared passengers for future reference and tracking.
Ultimately, this Advanced Risk Assessment System provides a structured framework for evaluating and mitigating threats from air passengers, significantly enhancing border security capabilities.
The Impact.
Took over project in RED from an incumbent vendor and delivered successfully.
Coforge as a development partner to our client, has successfully delivered Data Acquisition systems for 10+ countries.
Implementation of Spring ROO framework to auto-generate code for CRUD operations reduced the development time by 50%
Continuous focus on bringing down technical debt by enhancing code coverage and reducing SONAR and Klocworks violations.
