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Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport insecurity ¦ Video Cheat Sheet: Data Breaches ¦ Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain ¦ India's high-tech...
[01 May 2008]
Comment At a modest estimate I have passed through well over 200 airport terminals - and hence their security systems - right across the planet including Australia, Europe, the Far East, the Middle East and Scandinavia, since 9/11.
[29 Apr 2008]
Comment My overall verdict - it's a fine airport terminal, although I'm hardly the world's biggest fan of the departure lounge. I was off the plane - and had picked up my luggage - and sailed out of the airport in just 10 minutes.
[16 Apr 2008]
Comment Written at London's Heathrow airport after a confused journey through the newly opened Terminal 5. Then there is the basic signage that fails at every basic level to get passengers from the front door, through security and to their gate without...
[14 Apr 2008]
whitepaper In recent months, airports, airlines and governments have greatly increased their focus and investments in homeland security and, more specifically, airport security. Demands for security are placing unprecedented pressure on airport executives and...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper This webcast highlights areas of research from airport security and blast protection to wireless sensors and new technologies to detect biological agents as well as cyber attacks via the Internet and describes the relevant research.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper This white paper discusses about Cisco Mobile Office: On the Road solution which enables airports, airlines, and airport-based retailers to easily extend wired and wireless Internet access to their customers, while delivering the security and...
[10 Apr 2008]
Comment On the bright side, thanks to passengers refusing to be finger printed, problems with the "high-tech" computer security systems failing were avoided and as a result planes managed to leave the airport with passengers onboard.
[03 Apr 2008]
News Wi-fi at the airport The airline attributed yesterday's problems to a combination of factors including staff car parking and security and log on problems for baggage handlers. The problems at Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5) have continued...
[28 Mar 2008]
News A BA statement said: "This is not unexpected following one of the most complex and largest airport moves in history. The airline attributed the problems to car parking, delays in staff security screening and staff familiarisation with the terminal.
[27 Mar 2008]
News Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about the system.silicon.com's A to Z of...
[26 Mar 2008]
Case Study Z is for Zurich Airport N is for Network security Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. The trial is funded from the £3m that the Home Office has set aside for camera technology pilots.
[12 Mar 2008]
News James Hall, director of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), told silicon.com the revised scheme is likely to cut £1bn off its £5.4bn price tag, that power station workers are likely to join airport workers and Olympic security staff as the...
[10 Mar 2008]
Comment So essentially the 'new' ID card scheme will consist of ID cards for foreign nationals and people working in high security risk areas or occupations - airport workers being the first to be targeted. Z is for Zurich Airport
[07 Mar 2008]
News Sita has had general talks with the UK government about future border control systems and has been involved with developing a number of precursors to these technologies, including the miSense biometric security trial at Heathrow Airport.
[21 Feb 2008]
News Airport workers are calling for consultation over plans to make them first in line for ID cards. Unite, the union which represents workers in the civil air transport sector, wants "full consultation" with airport group BAA after it was revealed it...
[20 Feb 2008]
News Z is for Zurich Airport Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls. Data gathered for the system would be protected by security regulations and would be kept...
[14 Feb 2008]
Photo The HAC also uses this screen wall, which displays live information about the airport. This shows one of the desks at BA's Heathrow Airport Control (HAC) centre which is now based in T5. The screens display information about the workings of the...
[12 Feb 2008]
News Z is for Zurich Airport Biometric data is already in use for border control purposes at other airports in the UK, including Gatwick and Manchester Airport. N is for Network security Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to...
[08 Feb 2008]
News Z is for Zurich Airport N is for Network security Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. A is for Accuracy B is for Behavioural biometric C is for Cash machine
[15 Jan 2008]
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