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Volume 5 Number 2 April / May 2007
Inside:
l Port Security
l Risk Management
l Cargo Scanning
l Telematics
l Insurance
l Piracy Update
BORDER SECURITY:
Surveillance and Protection
BOR DER SECURITY
Beyond borders
Terry Shear looks at how
UK Trade & Investment D ecades of dealing with terror-
ism has provided a platform
for the UK to develop one
of the world’s top three most robust
capabilities in threat assessment, coun-
has a visible presence at every port
and point of entry within the UK. A
staff of more than 3,000 immigration
off icers oversees the legal movement
of people in and out of the UK. Nearly
is helping to nurture ter-terrorism and surveillance – a com- 230 million passengers passed through
petence recognised and valued around UK airports in 2005, an increase of
innovation in border the world. In fact, the UK accounts for
approximately 7% of the world security
over 25% from 2004. It is predicted
that by 2030, as many as 600 million
security technology industry.
Gover n ment invest ment in
pa ssenger s w i l l pa ss th roug h U K
a ir por ts each year – a stagger ing
technolog y innovation and 161% increase. The UK is preparing
commercialisation has fostered the to address this enormous inf lux with
UK’s mature market and lead to its several cutting-edge technologies and
world pre-em inence in the closed programmes.
circuit telev ision (CCT V ), access The e-Borders programme (www.
control and surveillance technologies. homeof f ice.gov.uk) was developed
By 2008, annual government spending to create a joined-up, modernised
on counter-terrorism, intelligence and intelligence-led border control and
resilience in the UK is expected to sec u r it y f r a mework . Under t h i s
reach $4 billion, double that of 2001 programme, airlines will be required
investment. to provide the government Advance
As one of the largest, most mature Pa ssenger In for m at ion (A PI ) a nd
secu r it y m a rket s i n Eu rope, t he Pa s senger Na me Record s ( PN R)
UK also is particularly favoured as electronically. Passenger details will be
a European base by US companies. checked against government databases
Widespread technology adoption across before t hey boa rd a f l ig ht, t hus
the UK public sector not only is well enabling the various border agencies
developed by global and European to identify those people whom the
standards, but also offers the advantage government may deem to be ‘persons
of being served by a vibrant supplier of interest’ in order to target them for
community, many of which are foreign- ‘further action’.
controlled affiliates. Under the e-Borders programme,
The UK also has been collaborating all major air, sea and rail ports are
internationally to leverage its vast scheduled to be running at full capacity
security experience and technologies to by 2010, with the remaining small
Terry Shear is Vice Consul for Trade & help innovate border security solutions ports covered over the next four years.
Investment at the British Embassy in that assist countries world-wide to Two teams, BT Emblem and Trusted
Washington DC. Her responsibilities include address and better manage the threat of Borders, have been selected as the
development of the homeland security terrorism. f inalists for the e-Borders contract,
strategy in the US for UK Trade & Investment which will be awarded in the summer
(UKTI), the UK government’s international Border security in the UK of 2007.
business development organisation. Terry Securing the UK’s borders involves Inter-agenc y coord i nat ion is
assists UK security firms in establishing a specia l ist ex per tise and close the key to successf u l w idespread
presence in the US market and US security cooperation of the Police, the Security implementation of the programme.
companies looking to establish a UK Ser v ice, t he U K I m m i g r a t i o n As the new technology continues to
presence. S e r v ice ( U K I S ) a nd the H M develop, the Im m ig ration Ser vice
Revenue & Customs ( H M RC ) and its counterparts in other agencies
Contact: Im m ig ration and Customs. These – i nclud i ng Pol ice, Custom s a nd
Terry Shear a gencie s work toget her to sh a re Excise, and the Security Services – are
Tel: +1 202 588 6670 intelligence in order to target potential well-positioned to communicate and
Email: terry.shear@fco.gov.uk security risks and minimise disruption work more closely with each other to
Web: www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk to passengers, trade and freight. maintain the integrity of UK’s border
Today, the UK Immigration Service control. These new technologies will
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‘By 2008, annual
government spending
on counter-terrorism,
intelligence and resilience
in the UK is expected to
reach $4 billion, double
that of 2001 investment’
assist in the f ight against terrorists December 2006. This initiative seeks i nvest ment of approx i m ately $10
and criminals. e-Border is planned to to enhance port security by scanning m il lion for each por t in the pilot
be running at full capacity by March freight containers for nuclear and prog r a m me. T h i s w i l l f u nd t he
2014 – more details are available on the rad iolog ica l mater ia ls overseas. It equipment to be installed, gathering of
Department for Transport (Df T) also works to better assess the risk of data, and resolution of alarm data to be
website, www.dft.gov.uk. inbound containers. The f irst Phase sent to the appropriate officials.
Severa l sm a l ler project s, wh ich of the Secure Freight Initiative will
will be incorporated into the bigger create par tnerships w ith Pak istan, UK/US collaboration
e-Borders Prog ram me, a lready Hondu r a s, t he Un ited K i ngdom , The UK and US have long recognised
are in operation, including Projects Oman, Singapore, and South Korea. the need to work closely on science
Semaphore and IRIS (Iris Recognition It wil l provide these governments and technologies for security. In 2004,
I m m ig r at ion Sy stem ) . P rojec t with a greater window into potentially the UK Home Off ice and the US
Semaphore, awarded to IBM in 2004, dangerous shipments moving across Department of Homeland Security
uses biometrics to identify frequent their territory. In Port Qasim, Pakistan, ( DHS ) sig ned a Memorandum of
t r ave l le r s . T he t e ch nol o g y w a s Puer to Cor tes, Hondura s, a nd Understanding (MOU) for Cooperation
chosen on the basis of risk assessment Southampton, the deployed scanning in Science and Technology for Critical
by various border agencies and was equipment will capture data on all Infrastructure Protection and Other
installed to test and capture advance containers bound to the United States, Homeland and Civil Security Matters.
passenger information on a limited fulfilling the pilot requirements set out This MOU established a framework
number of routes. by Congress in the SAFE Ports Act. for the two countries to work jointly
P r oje c t I R IS wa s l au nche d a t The initial phase begins with the on demonstrations, f ield exercises,
Heathrow Airport in March 2006 and deployment of existing technolog y conferences, prototype development
is currently in operation at Heathrow and proven nuclear detection devices and comparative testing. Also under
ter m ina ls 1, 2 and 3, Manchester at the six foreign ports. The port of this MOU, the Joint Contact Group
ter m i n a l s 1 a nd 2 , Bi r m i n g h a m Southampton pilot project is due to be ( JCG) was established, wherein UK
terminal 1. Gatwick North terminal is implemented very soon. and US government representatives
planned for this year. Sagem SA was Technology for the Secure Freight meet bi-annually to discuss further
awarded a five-year contract to provide Initiative wil l be provided by US collaboration and information sharing.
the IRIS system. major systems integrator, Science In October 2 0 0 6, the U K a nd
Applications International US governments hosted a U K/US
A global issue Corporation (SAIC). The timetables Science for Secur it y Technolog ies
The UK is not alone in its concern for for other pilot projects are: Puerto Symposium in Washington DC. The
border security; it is a global issue, and Cor tes by May; a nd Por t Qa si m event’s goals were to encourage UK/
one that is being addressed through by Ju ne / Ju ly. T he second ph a se US research col laborat ion and to
international collaboration. will include Salalah in Oman; the promote domestic economic policy,
To secure freight arriving at US Gramman Terminal at Busan in South including development of science and
ports, the US government announced Korea; and the Port of Singapore. technologies. This collaboration has
t he Sec u re Freig ht I n it i at ive i n The US has committed an initial led to some remarkable results, with
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‘The UK is not alone U K f i r m s s howc a s i n g e me r g i n g
technologies to potential US partners
and critical infrastructures. Cascade’s
future developments include the ability
in its concern for border and government agencies, as well as
US secur it y companies looking to
to remotely measure chemical and
explosive threats, giving rapid, accurate
the UK as a base for their European information.
security; it is a global headqua r ter s. Cont inu ing th is l Human Recognition Systems
col l abor at ion, t he US DHS is ( w w w. h r s l t d . c o m ) p r o v i d e s a
issue, and one that is considering a Stakeholders Conference comprehensive product range and skill-
in London in late 2007. set in biometrics.
being addressed through l NIS Ltd (www.nisltd.com) designs
UKTI security team in the US high value-added x-ray inspection
international collaboration’ One of t he pr i m a r y foc u s a rea s systems for global security companies
of the U K Trade & Investment with stringent requirements on false
Wa sh i ng ton DC -ba sed Homela nd alarm rate.
Security Network has been raising The U KTI Secu r it y Tea m a l so
awareness of UK security expertise coordinates and hosts events to bring
throughout the US, as well as the companies with the latest technology
extensive opportunities in the UK together with government agencies
market for partnering and investment. s e ek i n g s e c u r it y s olut ion s . T he
As a security-focused group of the UK signature event for 2007 is the Global
Government’s international business Border Secur it y Trade Delegation,
development agency, this team provides taking place in San Antonio, Texas on
market analysis, speaking forums, and 8-10 May (see page 44). UK delegates
introductions to security companies, in will visit San Antonio, Texas and the
the same way a dating service provides Laredo Border. UKTI also will be
introductions to people. hosting breakout sessions discussing
To d ate, U KTI has successf u l ly opportunities in Mexico and Canada
‘matched’ several UK companies that (for more information, please email
are successfully working in the US phil.hodgins@uktisoutheast.com).
security sector today. There are just a
few of them: Working together
l Synectics Sur veillance Sec u r it y i n t he g loba l t r a n spor t
Technology (www.synx.com), part and border sector t r u ly rel ies on
of Quadnetics Group, is a recognised d e ve l o pi n g wo r l d -w i d e s y s t e m s
leader in the development and design for information sharing, as well as
of ‘e-surveillance’ applications software the setting of m in imum com mon
a nd m idd lewa re for cont rol a nd s t a nd a r d s t h r ou g h i nt e r n a t ion a l
management of advanced CCTV and bodies, such as the Inter national
networked security systems. Maritime Organization (IMO) and
l Symetrica Ltd (www.symetrica. the International Civil Aviation
com) has been awarded a contract via Organization (ICAO). Thanks to
Sm it hs Detect ion (w w w.sm iths- international cooperation, collaboration
detection.com) for hand-held radiation a nd the g loba l nat ure of cur rent
detectors and identifiers. The human h ig h-tech i ndu st r ie s, tech nolog y
portable radiation detection systems brea kt h roug h s tod ay a re qu ick ly
(HPRDS) includes backpack versions. disseminated and tested to help ensure
Over the five-year development period, the security of tomorrow.
the US government plans to procure in The UK Security industry continues
excess of 10,000 units from its chosen in its role as a leading developer and
suppliers. supplier of a por tfolio of secur it y
l Cascade Technologies (w w w. solutions designed to meet exacting
cascade-technologies.com) provides markets globally, as the UKTI Security
non-intrusive threat detection and Team continues to support the industry
rapid screening of individuals, objects in the areas where it is most needed.
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