Airports are building more resilient security infrastructure: Experts tell Global Airport Leaders' Forum

• Published date: 19 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

Airport authorities have been building more resilient security infrastructure that is able to monitor a large number of passenger movements as security threat is rising, with new data driven technologies and significant passenger growth, experts and officials said at the Airport Security conference at the Global Airport Leaders' Forum.

Brigadier Humooda Mohammed Selayem Alameri, Deputy Director of General Department of Airport Security, Dubai Police, in his keynote address, said, "As security threats get more advance, the airport security are enhancing technology-based end-to-end solutions to detect and mitigate security challenges before they occur. Security organisations around the world are expanding security solutions and taking measures based on different technologies to detect terrorist acts or smuggling ahead of time."

He also highlighted the importance of establishing secure infrastructure to help mitigate any threat, as planning is a key role to make more secure measures.

"Technology is reshaping the airport security with tools like CT scanning, 3D imaging, AI and other means for the security of passengers as well as cargo," he added.

Brigadier Alameri said, "technology and old methods like K9 are playing key role in security and detection of explosives or drugs around the airports. Dubai Police is merging the latest technology with old methods and the results are much satisfactory. Besides tools like biometric and fingerprints and facial scanning, Artificial Intelligence is the future of airport security."

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