iBorders AdvancedManagement

The most advanced border management system available

Border security is a prime concern for government and border management agencies. They need fast and reliable systems to help them identify 'undesirable' travellers but also grant fast and trouble free entry to valid travellers.

Traditionally most governments have used a two-step process to secure their borders - issuing a visa or waiver for admissible foreign nationals, and then performing security checks at passenger arrival at international borders to identify high risk persons. More recently, however, a number of governments have implemented pre-departure screening of passenger data to determine whether to admit a passenger, for example through an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETAS/ESTA) or Advance Passenger Information (API) program (API or Advance Passenger Processing /API Quick Query). By making the decision whether to allow the passenger into the country before the passenger boards the plane, it allows the border management agencies to better allocate their resources at the point of arrival and focus on persons of interest.

An effective border management system needs to identify:

  • The small percentage of passengers who do not have proper travel documents or visas
  • The still smaller percentage who are illegal immigrants, drug traffickers, other criminals or potential terrorists

Overview

SITA iBorders AdvancedManagement can provide governments with the most advanced risk analysis system available. It offers a range of features to enhance security through improved detection, while at the same time facilitating rapid border-crossing of low-risk travellers. This includes simple data acquirement from airlines systems (Advance Passenger Data services) up to sophisticated tools that provide intelligent risk assessment in advance of a passenger's arrival, or even departure.

In addition, by combining SITA iBorders AdvancedManagement with SITA iBorders BioThenticate, biometrics can be matched in government watch lists to ascertain true identity, and biometric credentials can be used to automate the clearance process through automated gates.

SITA is a strong supporter of the development of international & industry standards for the transmission and processing of passenger data for border management applications. In particular, protecting the privacy of individual passengers is a key element of building sustainable international standards. When Governments adopt border management solutions, it is necessary that the appropriate legislation is in place. Access the latest EU developments about the subject.

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Benefits

SITA iBorders AdvancedManagement provides the following benefits:

  • Enhanced border security - allows sophisticated risk assessment to identify persons of interest who require further screening
  • Reduced number of ineligible passengers entering the country through passenger screening prior to flight departure
  • Strengthened policy enforcement by presenting multiple agencies with clear data to analyze and make collaborative decisions
  • Expedited passenger processing for the majority of low-risk travellers through pre-clearance and automation
  • Improved trade and tourism through operation of a world-class border management system

 

Features

SITA iBorders AdvancedManagement:

  • Performs biographic authentication of travel documents
  • Extends borders to the point of flight origin, allowing arrival government to prevent passengers from boarding aircraft
  • Performs sophisticated risk assessment of a variety of passenger data, target key persons of interest and take proactive actions. Tools include name matching, visual link analysis, profile analysis and situation displays. They can be combined to provide governments with a state of the art border control system.
  • When combined with SITA iBorders BioThenticate, provides a person-centric system of risk assessment through the integration of biometrics and biographic passenger data, and allows for automated border control.

iBorders AdvancedManagement is applicable to arrival, departure and transfer passengers.

Implementation of iBorders AdvancedManagement

SITA iBorders AdvancedManagement is composed of different features, which can be implemented as stand-alone modules, typically starting with passenger data acquisition and analysis services, or as part of an integrated offering. These features are:

  • iBorders AdvancedManagement APP: Advance Passenger Processing (APP) creates a standardized expected-movement record based on travel documentation. The record is then sent to a business rules engine that provides a boarding directive based on rules defined by the departure / arrival border management agencies. Any anomalies are reported to the agencies for investigation.
  • iBorders AdvancedManagement API: Advance Passenger Information (API) involves the capture of a passenger's biographic data contained in his or her passport. It is combined with details of the passenger's itinerary - for example, the flight and seat number - and then collated and transmitted in the form of batch flight manifests to border control agencies in the destination country after aircraft departure.
  • iBorders AdvancedManagement PNR: Passenger Name Record (PNR) is the complete set of booking data captured by airlines or their representatives - travel agents, GDSs, etc. A PNR contains the travel record of a passenger or a group of passengers travelling together. This includes ticket and itinerary data, frequent flyer numbers, special request information, and payment information.
  • iBorders AdvancedManagement Visa: SITA iBorders AdvancedManagement Visa is an electronic visa application and issuing service which manages visa applications at the point of sale or reservation.
  • iBorders AdvancedManagement ExitEntry: iBorders Exit/Entry integrates biometric and biographic verification systems to provide governments with a complete Entry Clearance System providing the ability to acquire and verify biometric and/or travel document data at the Primary Line, check against watch lists and record border movements issuing visas and permits if required.

SITA iBorders AdvancedManagement is uniquely positioned to help governments enhance security through improved detection and risk analysis, while improving processing of low-risk travellers.

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