The ACI EUROPE Security Summit Conference

Keynote Address covering:

• How the threat is evolving and changing – the use of EU Risk Assessment tool to keep security up-to-date and relevant.
• Cross sector work on cyber threats, insiders, drones and other initiatives taken by DG MOVE.
• EU Aviation Security Strategy – how it is developing.
• How to future proof aviation security and move away from reactive measures (develop technology and support to industry through EU research projects).
• Close cooperation with industry and the roles that regulators and industry play together.
• What is expected to be the big takeaways from the ICAO Assembly

The TSA Aviation Security Strategy and Future Initiatives

El Al benchmarks and provides its own security at airports across the world. Where are the centres of excellence – and why? What new security ideas is El Al working on?

An overview & analysis of the terrorist threat, its likely evolution and how the EU & DG HOME is gearing to address this multi-facet challenge

Drones in Airports – Friends or Foes? Rather than a threat, autonomous drones can be integrated into airport security operations, to reduce cost, risk, and minimise business disruption.

IAA claims that Hold Baggage Screening at its airports is based on “the strictest international standards and state-of-the-art technological capabilities. So what claims does it now make for the “Next Generation of Hold Baggage Screening Systems”?

Strategy for the future: The new Schiphol Security Experience was implemented in 2015, providing “a new benchmark for airport security”. Almost five years on, how does the security experience need to further evolve to meet the objective of delivering “security as a service”?

ACI’s Smart Security strategy focuses on “defining the future of passenger and cabin baggage screening.” With the current improvements to the checkpoint, what else needs to be achieved to revolutionise airport security by 2040?

How can airports combine biometric solutions with big data analytics to process travellers more efficiently?

The walkthrough passenger screening archway as a game changer in future checkpoints

What are the results of the Brussels Airport trials using X-ray screeners with Autism Spectrum Disorder?

The time has come for the aviation business to re-focus on the human element of security – to develop a strong security culture.

AI & object recognition: the role of deep learning in security screening. Artificial intelligence is quickly changing the airport security landscape, how should it be appropriately leveraged?

How significant is The Insider Threat to airports? Where should we focus continuous improvements?

“Human versus Machine”
Research on the Human Factor in Aviation Security

Airports may inherently be more vulnerable, but are they an especial target for cyber-attacks compared to hospitals, power stations and other businesses? Do cyber-attacks have anything to do with terrorism?

“What practical steps can you take to manage cybersecurity risks? What are the building blocks for successful cooperation between the airport security management and the CISO?”

SMS, SeMS and ISMS: synergies and differences from an airport perspective. How do the different management systems for safety, security, and information security, interact? Where are the possible synergies, and how far can these be integrated?

Israel will be one of the five cyber powers in the world”: What are the anticipated future cybersecurity challenges facing aviation? How is Israel’s recently-formed National Cyber Directorate responding? How will friendly aviation countries benefit?

A national cybersecurity Agency view: how can it help the civil aviation sector and airports to step up with the management of information security risks pertaining to aviation security? What are some of the challenges to overcome? How should collaboration between the civil aviation authority responsible for aviation security and the national cybersecurity agency look? How much is the threat of cyber-attacks on airports from terrorism (as opposed to criminals and malicious hackers)?

Airport cyber security begins with secure IoT devices. Airport IoT devices are inherently vulnerable to hackers. The speaker will demonstrate how a cyber-attack on a single IoT device could severely impact airport security and airside operational safety, and also present a solution which is about to be deployed in a major international airport

The 22 March 2016 Brussels Airport landside bombings: What has been the major response in the landside space at Brussels and across other European airports?

Special briefing on Securing the Airport Community

If the 2016 Brussels Attack was a “wake-up call for European airports”, have they indeed woken-up to these kind of threats?

Extending the airport security boundary: “Security should no longer be confined to the limits of the security check-point but become embedded in the entire passenger process beginning from home. This forms the true profiling of the passenger.”

Exercise Raptor: What are the lessons learned from this major exercise involving firearms, military, hostage negotiators, dogs, Heathrow staff, and hundreds of others?

“40 years after I took part in the Entebbe Raid, in what ways do I believe we can reduce the cycle of violence which has made aviation a central target of the terrorists?”