Behavioural Analysis
of airport security, they haven’t had a CEO of WeCU, said his company’s
problem in a long time. We know how to “elipsiswe focus specifically technology aids aviation security officers
train people now, and that’s what we need in detection while complying with Western
to do.” on behaviour and not governments’ privacy and human rights
requirements. WeCU is striving to fulfil
The Second Layer: demographics or racial these parameters while also not causing
Technological Analysis a major disruption to passengers.
or ethnic issues. We’re “The WeCU system deals directly with
While human intelligence and observation these challenges,” he said. “The system is
comprise the first layer of behavioural looking at unusual able to identify persons who have any
analysis, technology also plays a part and kind of involvement in a defined threat.”
will continue to do so into the future. behaviour that might Being “involved” can mean anything from
Futuristic technologies are much closer to being a terrorist to being sympathetic to a
becoming a reality. make an individual terrorist’s cause. The system identifies
Ekman is working on a way to this involvement without requiring any
computerise identification of micro- stand out from type of advance information about the
expressions. He is currently consulting passenger and even if there are no
with the U.S. Department of Homeland everybody elseelipsis” obvious alert signals, such as suspicious
Security to develop a computer behaviour. The system performs a fast
programme that would generate data and covert test procedure, which does not
when potentially threatening micro- interfere with the routine activities and
expressions are detected. “I don’t believe substitute, but it’s a good second layer the flow at the protected site.”
it’s going to be a substitute,” he said. “It’s that will be of some help.” WeCU’s Investigative System will be
going to be a backup, another layer of Other technology is also being introduced before the end of the year.
protection. When they succeed with developed. WeCU Technologies Ltd., This system will support a line of
this…it will still not be as accurate as headquartered in Israel, is working on a configurations to be used for individual
humans are, but humans sometimes look couple of tools to aid in screening validity test procedures and will work well for one-
away and the camera doesn’t. It’s not a of passengers’ statements. Ehud Givon, on-one interrogations. WeCU’s Screening
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