Technology Integration
The effectiveness of any
given security technology
depends not only on its own
detection or surveillance
abilities but also on its
suitability to be integrated
into the wider security
system. Each product is an
individual jigsaw piece that
goes to make up the overall
security picture. Omer Laviv
explains the advantages of
creating a system of systems
that enables each
component part to function
at a level above and beyond
its independent capabilities.
Technology
Integration:
not only connecting the dots
O
ne doesn’t have to be a reader of of 11th September 2001. During those manpower trained. Since the technologies
this or any other industry trade thirteen years, the main focus (led, in currently in use have their limitations, we
journal to be aware of the fact terms of regulations and investment, by can either develop new technologies (a
that the security systems currently in the Federal Aviation Administration and lengthy and costly process) or improve the
use, both in the air and on the ground, US technology companies) was on the existing systems: one way to do that is by
to safeguard the aviation industry, while detection of explosives
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. switching our mindset to a total system (or
much improved since the pre-9/11 The arrest of Abdul Hakim Murad in the “a system of systems”) approach to
days, still have significant limitations. Philippines in April 1995 probably aviation security.
The quantity of press articles and prevented a terrorist attack against civil
television programmes that describe aviation that would, perhaps, have been in The Systems Integration
the deficiencies with, and loopholes in, line with the mega-terror plot prevented in Paradigm Shift
the security net means that many of our London in August 2006. It also The traditional concept of systems
vulnerabilities are well known to the contributed towards the approach the integration is limited to achieving
general public. Unfortunately, this world has taken in respect of explosives communication between two or more
means that the world’s terrorists are detection, but should have also made it electronic systems. However, information
also aware of what we can and cannot clear that there was, and remains, a need technology (IT) development, which
do, let alone their capability to collect to look for explosives on passengers’ preceded security systems development,
intelligence and sensitive information bodies, as well as in their carry-on and demonstrated the possibility of creating
that is unknown to the general public. checked baggage. intelligence and automation. Those two
The fight against aviation terror did The wide-ranging threats to which we are factors, once included in the integration
not start on 12th September 2001. exposed dictate an array of strategies to process, create enormous added-value to
Significant progress had been made in respond to them; critical elements in all existing security systems, and can now
the period between the bombing of Pan such strategies are the technologies match the growing demands of future
Am flight 103 in 1988 and the attacks deployed, procedures effected and security systems which are becoming
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