HCL Technologies Launches AeroPASS Airport Security Solution

HCL Technologies, a leading global IT services provider, today announced the launch of AeroPASS(TM), the future-proofed, flexible and secure biometric solution for expediting passage of pilots and flight attendants through security checkpoints and into sterile airport areas. AeroPASS(TM) is currently available for deployment in U.S. airports.
The unique AeroPASS solution was developed by the global airline IT services company, HCL Technologies, biometrics specialist Daon Trusted Identity Services, and airline communications expert AvFinity LLC.
AeroPASS(TM) complies with rapid-access biometric systems regulations as defined by the Transportation Security Agency (TSA). Unlike basic fingerprint-checking solutions that often store sensitive information AeroPASS combines biometrics and PKI (Public Key Infrastructure).
A Personal Identification Verification (PIV) card issued to each AeroPASS enrollee is embedded with that individual's photograph, fingerprint biometrics and PKI using digital certificate management. The PIV is checked against a Certificate Revocation List (CRL). The CRL rejects crew members whose status has changed due to resignation, retirement, disciplinary actions, etc. In this way, AeroPASS provides a reliable and secure method of verifying in real time the identity and employment status of airline crews.

"AeroPASS will cost an airline's crew member less than a newspaper each day and will improve quality of life and time spent in security lines," says Amit Gupta, vice president and global head, transportation vertical at HCL Technologies. "One of the most appealing aspects of AeroPASS, however, is that PIV cards are interoperable with other airports regardless of that location's biometrics provider. That's not the case with older biometric fingerprint solutions currently being promoted that are not based on PIV."
29/09/10 PRWeb.com via COMTEX/TradingMarkets.com

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Categories: airports Sep 2010