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Securiport, the global leader in intelligent immigration controls and civil aviation security solutions, was pleased to present at this year’s exclusive World Border Security Congress in Casablanca, Morocco.

The World Border Security Congress is a multidisciplinary meeting of the world’s senior policy makers, practitioners and players. Securiport proudly joined this year’s forum where key attendees discussed and debated the current and future issues facing the border management, security and migration management sector.

This year’s conference focused on developing strategic border management resolutions and solutions. The past few years have seen the largest displacement and movement of people since World War II. The Middle East warring factions creating mass refugee movements across Europe, illegal economic migrants from Africa and Asia creating increased challenges for the international border management and security community. The rise of ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hamas, Al Shabaab, the Taliban, and other terrorist groups creating cross border threats to national and international security.  Plus, organized crime continues to move drugs and people through over-exposed and under-monitored borders.  

In its opening notes, World Border Security Congress emphasized that despite the expansion of international agreements in Europe and Asia, no part of the world is immune from border penetration. Due to the wide range of threats, governments need to continue to invest in their border security, such as combating terrorism, controlling the movement of goods, and monitoring personnel across international borders. Reducing the number of unsecured international borders will remain a top priority for border security in the immediate and long-term.

Dr. Attila Freska, Securiport’s chief operating officer, shared his security firm’s expertise and insights on “The Border Security Paradigm” during a strategic panel discussing solutions for External and Internal Land Border Challenges. The panel explored how external land borders provide unique challenges in the fight against cross border organized crime, human trafficking, smuggling and mass migration. Yet internal land borders, such as airports and ports, are becoming an increasing focus of terrorist threat or illegal travelers using fraudulent travel documents. The panel explored the latest global challenges and how strategies and technologies help deliver a more secure border.

Freska is a recognized expert in the use of biometrics and predictive information systems for aviation security, immigration control, and border security management applications. He is regularly invited to speak on security matters at conferences, including INTERPOL, International Air Transport Association (IATA), and Airports Council International (ACI).

Prior to joining Securiport, Freska held senior management positions with prestigious companies, such as Johnson & Johnson, Deloitte Consulting, Owens-Illinois, and most recently American Capital. He has also started a number of entrepreneurial ventures, and has supported numerous non-profit endeavors.

The World Border Security Congress is supported by the Ministry of Interior of Morocco, Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), European Association of Airport & Seaport Police (EAASP), International Security Industry Organization, National Security & Resilience Consortium and International Association of CIP Professionals, and is the premier multi-jurisdictional transnational platform where the border protection, management and security industry policy-makers and practitioners convene annually.

Joining this year’s exclusive international panel of agencies at the World Border Security Congress is Securiport, a global leader in the design and implementation of immigration control, border security, and threat assessment solutions, in Casablanca, March 21^st – 23^rd, 2017.

Securiport executives have been invited to participate in the conference. Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Attila Freska, will give a presentation about The Border Security Paradigm on the 2nd day of the conference.

WHO:           

Securiport,

Dr. Attila Freska, Chief Operating Officer

WHAT:         

World Border Security Congress

WHERE:      

Casablanca, Morocco

WHEN:         

Wednesday, March 22^nd from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm 

The World Border Security Congress, co-hosted by the Ministry of Interior of Morocco & the Director of Migration and Border Surveillance, is a multidisciplinary meeting of the world’s senior policy makers, practitioners and players. Securiport is proudly joining this year’s forum that will discuss and debate the current and future issues facing the border management, security and migration management sector.

Securiport, a global leader in the civil aviation and passenger security systems, reported that it has recently presented its intelligent analytics-driven solutions and conceptual management approach for improved integrated immigration control at the Frontex Workshop on innovative technologies, applications, and products for border security. The mission of Frontex – the European Border and Coast Guard Agency – is to promote, coordinate and develop European border management in line with the EU fundamental rights charter and the concept of Integrated Border Management. While the responsibility for the management of the external borders remains primarily with the Member States, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency supports border control at land, air and sea borders by reinforcing, assessing and coordinating actions of member states at the external borders of the European Union. It coordinates the deployment of technical equipment (vessels, helicopters and boats) and specialized border guards to those EU countries which face an increased migratory pressure.

The workshop, which was held for high-level European security officials was led by Securiport’s Dr. Attila Freska, COO, and Mr. Nathan Carpenter, Chief Software Architect, who showcased the need to leverage a combination of current best practices and emerging 21^st century technologies such as machine learning, pattern detection, and advanced threat modeling to ensure the safety of arriving and departing passengers at airports and predictively forecast local and transnational criminal activities, including generating profiles on potential offenders. Securiport shared the approaches that its researchers and engineers are using to develop big data solutions for advanced near-real-time threat modeling, detection, assessment, and remediation.

Securiport discussed how its Integrated Immigration Control System (IICS) provides tools in support of current best practices, enabling decision support for the immigration officer driven by travel document validation, identity fraud detection, checking against Interpol and local watchlists, and multi-modal traveler biometric analysis. Immigration officers and supervisors are presented with a cohesive picture of all travelers moving across the border, whether through manned posts or through Securiport’s Automated Border Control eGates. Securiport maximizes traveler experience while providing the officers with warnings when a possible threat is detected.

Securiport showcased how its Intelligent Information Management System (IIMS) enables expert-driven threat detection, allowing integration of immigration, governmental, open source, and unstructured data into virtual data sets that create a basis for analysis. Experts can create rules-driven profiles against these virtual data sets to analyze and identify Persons of Interest (POIs). These rules then inform the authorities when POIs are traveling and provide additional decision support information to the officers monitoring the immigration or border control system. A small number of experts can, therefore, support a large number of immigration officers – a 21^st century solution.

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Securiport is pleased to announce Dr. Enrique Segura’s participation on the Steering Committee of BORDERPOL. Securiport, the global leader in travel safety and border security, and BORDERPOL, the creator of new products and technologies used by border security agencies, look forward to sharing knowledge and expertise on border control systems.

Effective border management is an essential instrument for maintaining peace and security around the world. Dr. Segura brings knowledge which can help progressive border services enhance their own border-security procedures, and to integrate their efforts to standards that are known and understood by other border security, travel/migration management organizations.

The role of this Steering Committee is unique to BORDERPOL in that it was approved by the Management Board in December 2014 to “review, comment and promote the organization within the spheres of government and industry.” Dr. Segura will join the three current group members: Ambassador Rodney Irwin [Ret] – Chairman, Stans Energy Corp. (Canada), Admiral Ami Ayalon Senior Fellow, Israel Democracy Institute, and Commissioner Emmanuel Farrugia [Ret] Former Head, French Police Anti-Gang Unit & Counter-Terrorism Office.

The Steering Committee established officially in June of this year by Mr. Louis-Lyonel Voiron, Director of Strategic Development and General Secretariat. Since then Mr. Peter S. Vincent has joined the BORDERPOL management board as Director Counselor International Policies. Both these officials of BORDERPOL will have a working relationship with the Steering Committee in the weeks and months ahead. The Steering Committee will advise the General Secretariat independently from the Common Council in support of BORDERPOL’s strategic plan approved in 2014 which is to transform it from a non-profit organization to an intergovernmental border security, traveler/migration management body by the year 2020.

Given Securiport’s recent partnership with BORDERPOL, Dr. Segura’s participation within BORDERPOL’S organization is warmly welcomed.