Airport Security Access Solutions



Helping airport authorities significantly increase the security of their terminals and associated infrastructure to protect the millions of passengers who fly every year.


In 2006, passengers took over 2 billion journeys on scheduled airline flights worldwide. Their safety depends not only on carefully controlled security screening procedures at passenger check points but on ensuring that the employees conducting those inspections, handling baggage and entering restricted areas at airports have themselves passed security clearance checks.

Airport employees often go through background security checks. Once they are cleared, however, it is vital to verify their identity each and every time they enter a restricted area. Airports must ensure that each employee is indeed who he or she claims to be — that the employee is the individual who is authorized to be there and who has been carefully vetted by airport authorities.

It is critical that no one else get hold of an employee’s identity credentials in order to gain access to restricted areas at an airport. This is why airports are increasingly turning to biometrics to authenticate employees. Biometrics are unique to an individual, which increases security while at the same time keeps the access control process simple for employees.

L-1 Enterprise Access Solutions

L-1 fingerprint reader solutions use the company’s industry leading fingerprint matching algorithm in order to authenticate users in under a second. The fingerprint readers can be used in conjunction with smart cards and/or PINs for two- or multi-factor authentication.

L-1 fingerprint readers are already a trusted solution used at more than 50 airports around the world, including the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, Domodedovo International Airport in Russia, Dubai International Airport, Little Rock National Airport, Martin State Airport and Mexico City International Airport.

In addition, the V-Station MIFARE V9.50 has been placed on the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s “Biometrics for Access Control” Qualified Products List (QPL) after undergoing rigorous tests. Products placed on the QPL can be used by airports to authenticate employees for applications such as securing access to restricted areas.

L-1 fingerprint reader solutions can also help airports meet the RTCA (Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics) DO-230A Standards for Airport Security Access Control Systems which require airports to use a biometric solution for access control.

L-1 also offers a minutiae-based fingerprint reader designed to help government organizations meet the needs of the U.S. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) which mandates that all federal employees and contractors authenticate themselves using two fingerprints and a smart card. The Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) 201-compliant PIV-Station- was the first fixed biometric reader to be certified as a contact and contactless Card Holder Unique Identifier (CHUID) reader. The PIV-Station supports multi-factor authentication and can make accurate matches in under a second.

L-1 3D face reader solutions are another unique product found only at L-1. The 3D face readers offer convenient, hands-free access control as employees need to only pause in front of the face reader in order to authenticate themselves.

The face reader’s structured light approach allows it to make a match even in poor lighting conditions. L-1 readers also support smart cards and PINs for two- or multi-factor authentication.

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Our solutions are designed specifically for physical access control and offer a quick and easy way to verify the identity of employees at restricted areas. With L-1 enterprise access solutions, airports can strengthen security without introducing complicated access control procedures. Employees need only their face or fingerprint to prove who they are before airports let them enter highly vulnerable areas, such as the baggage area and fuelling stations. Because L-1’s biometric readers can authenticate users in under a second, hundreds of workers can begin a shift by authenticating themselves quickly without creating bottlenecks or sacrificing security for the sake of convenience.

L-1 fingerprint and 3D face reader solutions can support existing access control card infrastructure, ensuring that employees can no longer exchange or use lost cards that have not been cancelled.

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