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privacy and civil liberties.
• Implementation of security policies and
processes must not hinder the movement
of passengers or baggage.
• It is not enough to learn from past security
breaches; future concepts, policies and
processes must include exploration of
new types of attacks. Those who seek to
attack the aviation system will continue to
learn from past mistakes, leverage new
technologies, and discover weaknesses in
current operations.
• Though most agencies acknowledge the
need to better coordinate with other agen-
cies and industry partners, institutional
resistance remains strong.
• Aviation-security enhancements will
always incur additional costs in equip-
ment, resources, and even remodelling
and expansion of facilities; solutions must
strike a balance between the costs of
implementing any given system versus the
potential costs of not implementing the
system. Continuous threat/risk assessment Inter-agency and international
A multi-level and multi-layered architecture collaboration
Operational Concept
would allow for continuous threat/risk With the international mandate, and infra-
As the aviation-security system evolves, it assessment, producing several benefits: structure and standards in place, the system
must maintain its ability to prevent, protect • distributing processing loads to eradicate will be able to collaborate with other Canadian
and react to or recover from threats, while security bottlenecks, agencies, primarily through data-sharing,
accommodating increasing passenger • filtering out false positives at an early to protect Canada’s national security and,
traffic. The workshop also identified several stage, through data-sharing and harmonisation of
new elements: • eliminating the probability of single points security procedures, collaborate with other
of failure, and international civil-aviation security organiza-
Early identification of air travellers • pr oviding less-invasive screening to pas- tions to protect global aviation.
From the moment a traveller reserves a flight, sengers.
a risk- or threat-based approach would use A healthier, more trustworthy and moti-
available information and rely on profiling Automation and harmonization vated workforce
and behaviour analysis for the early detec- Technological advances will allow the The introduction of automation aids, the
tion and correlation of events – with a view system to incorporate more automation in reduction of equipment footprints and
to identifying potential threats and deploying threat-detection, and support more inte- security bottlenecks, and the implementa-
countermeasures as early as possible. grated and harmonised security procedures. tion of harmonized security procedures will
An automated command-and-control centre contribute to an improved working environ-
Off-site check-in would provide common, inter-organisation ment for security personnel – assuming a
The system would allow and encourage situational awareness, event-monitoring continued emphasis on innovative training,
early, off-site check-in of the traveller and capabilities and decision support – which, adequate benefits packages and a positive
baggage – which would not only facilitate working with increasingly harmonized and responsive culture.
flow in all segments of the system, but also security procedures, would support more
afford early detection and correlation of integrated operation among different secu- In-flight security
passengers with their luggage. Passenger rity organizations within a facility. The role Improvement in security on the ground,
and baggage check-in would be permitted of security personnel would evolve from combined with built-in security features in
at home, in hotels, at city bus/rail terminals physical screening to monitoring and deci- advanced aircraft, will greatly reduce on-
and at seaports. sion-making. board risks.
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