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EDITORIAL 

3 rd World BORDERPOL Congress 

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Connecting and Protecting 

The World BORDERPOL Congress is the only multi-jurisdictional transnational 

platform where the border protection, management and security industry policymakers 

and practitioners convene annually to discuss the international challenges 

faced in protecting not only one’s own country’s borders, but those of neighbours and 

friends. 

The 3rd World BORDERPOL Congress will provide a platform for the world’s border 

protection forces and agencies to discuss and debate the current and future issues 

and challenges facing the border management, security and migration management 

sectors. 

We look forward to welcoming you to the wonderful city of Budapest, Hungary 

in December 2014 for the next gathering of border and migration management 

professionals. 

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When your staff are 

travelling, have you taken 

“all reasonable care” of their 

safety and security? 

Since the last issue of WSR was published, 

I am pleased to say we have launched 

our latest event, Personnel Protection and 

Safety Europe. The reason being, whilst 

governments around the world, quite rightly, 

spend a great deal of time, effort and money 

focussing on keeping the travelling public 

safe from attacks by terrorists, the simple 

truth is that when travelling we are far more 

likely to come to harm as a victim of crime, an 

accident or some sort of health emergency! 

In fact, if you travel enough, whether it is for 

business or pleasure, you are likely to have been 

a victim of one or the other, or like me, all three! 

I am amazed at how many companies routinely send their personnel off all 

over the world without giving their safety a second thought. It concerned me 

so much, that back in the day when I ran an international sales department, 

I took it upon myself to run travel safety awareness training sessions for my 

own staff, which promptly stopped when I left. 

What makes it more surprising is that all companies are aware of their ‘Duty 

of Care’ to their employees, yet when their staff travel and are at their most 

vulnerable, little is done in terms of systems, procedures, equipment or 

training to prepare them for what, for some of them at least, is inevitable. 

In the litigious world we live in, with the “no win no fee” lawyers, the legal 

and financial consequences of not taking “all reasonable care” could be 

considerable and for smaller companies potentially disastrous! 

So what is “all reasonable care”? 

Well that’s something the courts will ultimately decide but at the very least 

there should be procedures in place to assess travel risks and to deal with 

an emergency when it arises. Over and above that, it could be argued that 

some sort of training should be given routinely to staff that travel regularly 

and that smart phones and apps offer all sorts of possibilities for tracking 

employees movements, provide alerts, emergency panic numbers at 

“reasonable” cost! For bigger companies, more comprehensive measures 

may be deemed “reasonable”! 

What is sure is that companies that do not take “all reasonable care”, do so 

at their own risk! 

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The 

importance 

of the 

Internet 

infrastructure 

for every day 

life. 

Every day we read about the single digital market, the importance of a free and open Internet and the need of 

trust and security in electronic communications networks. The Internet is an assumed, and for specific services 

critical, component of everyday life but yet we still have to develop methodologies to fully assess what are the most 

important components from a national and international perspective and how they are structured. This is important 

not only in the short term to understand our dependencies on network connectivity but also in the long term to 

properly focus efforts for enhancing the resilience of data communication networks. 

The Internet infrastructure 

is the backbone of the 

information society but as 

it has become clear in the recent 

news, different threats, both 

technical and geopolitical, can 

hamper its availability. Citizens 

expect national authorities and 

operators to be fully aware of the 

possible interdependencies and 

put in place all possible measures 

to ensure the security and 

resilience of their communications. 

To build trust and secure the 

future of the information society, 

answering the following questions 

is becoming increasingly 

important: 

• What is the Internet today, 

how is it organized, what can 

we understand from its current 

structure, which are the most 

important components of it? 

• What is a critical service, network 

or component in today Internet 

infrastructure and how can we 

define what is national and what is 

cross-border? 

• What assets and services are 

vulnerable and what happens 

to critical services if they are 

disrupted? 

• How can we enhance security 

and resilience of the Internet 

interconnections? 

Understanding the complexity 

of the most complex network 

humanity created is a challenging 

task. The Internet in 30 years 

has changed the way we work, 

communicate and interact as 

a society and we are still at the 

very beginning of this societal 

revolution. 

It is essential that we are fully 

aware of our dependency on 

the infrastructure and how it is 

organized in each country. This can 

also be useful to understand if part 

of the assets, belonging to Critical 

Infrastructure (CIs), should be 

treated with higher requirements 

of security and resilience and 

the role they play for the global 

coherence of the Internet. Any 

assessment should be done 

from a Critical Information 

Infrastructure Protection 

(CIIP) perspective and should 

involve the Internet operational 

community in fostering the 

security and resilience of public 

communication networks and 

in general for the benefit of the 

entire Internet. Moreover having 

such an understanding could help 

every country in establishing a 

constructive dialogue with Internet 

operators and participate in the 

multi-stakeholder discussion on 

how to maintain the Internet 

globally secure and resilient. 

1 Challenges 

Every component of the Internet 

layers has its own vulnerabilities 

and represents a topic of study. 

For example 

• Physical infrastructure – cable 

systems and submarine cables are 

critical as well as the dependency 

on power supply 1 . Moreover 

communications can be tapped or 

targeted by specific attacks. 

• Hardware – In all the incidents 

regarding availability reported to 

ENISA in 2012 2 , hardware failure 

was the most common cause. 

• Software and Protocols – bugs 

in protocol implementation and 

exploitation of vulnerabilities 

as in traffic hijacks are realistic 

scenarios. 

Looking at the different 

components of the infrastructure, 

both at physical and at logical 

level, the following lists can be 

considered as an example 

of an initial set of threats that 

should be covered in an all 

hazard approach (Table 2): 

In recent times there have 

been several incidents that 

can be used as an example 

of the threats to which the 

infrastructure is vulnerable 

(see list below). While these 

incidents didn’t affect the 

Internet at a global scale 

or European scale, the 

effects on a local scale 

were rather noticeable or 

underline the persistence of 

known vulnerabilities. They 

therefore serve as a reminder 

that while the Internet at global 

level can be considered resilient, 

it cannot be taken for granted 

that this is also true for the local 

part of the Internet infrastructure 

serving a particular region, or 

country or involved in a targeted 

attack. Even disputes between 

private, non-State actors can have 

important effects on the local 

Internet infrastructure. 

Different causes of incidents can 

affect the different components: 

• Natural disasters and cable 

Table 2 – Threats to the physical and logical infrastructure 

cuts can affect the connectivity to 

specific areas 3 : 

• Attempts to block one country’s 

connectivity via physical 4 and 

network 5 disruption can have 

cascading consequences for 

Internet users even in another 

country due to the cross border 

nature of interconnections 

• Misconfigurations 6 can cause 

temporary and involuntary traffic 

reroutes 

• Large attacks 7 to specific services 

can have repercussions and create 

congestion 

• BGP hijacks or man in the 

middle attacks 8 and attacks to the 

DNS infrastructure 9 can be used to 

transparently reroute and intercept 

traffic or black hole it for a certain 

destination 10 

2 ENISA Efforts for the security 

and resilience of communication 

networks 

ENISA, the European Union 

Agency for Network and 

Information Security has studied 

the resilience of Internet 

infrastructure in Europe since 

2010, paying attention to both 

the technical and organizational 

components. The goal is to 

provide Member States with 

frameworks and resources to 

better secure and ensure the 

resilience of their networks. The 

“Inter-X: Resilience of the Internet 

Interconnection Ecosystem 11 “ 

study was the first step ENISA 

took towards studying this area in 

2010. In 2011, it was followed up 

with a study assessing technical 

(e.g. logical, physical, application 

layers, replication and diversity of 

services and data, data centres), 

peering and transit e.g. Service 

Level Agreements (SLAs), as well 

as market, policy and regulatory 

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issues. 

In 2013, ENISA released 

“Understanding the importance 

of the Internet Infrastructure 

in Europe” 12 continuing 

further its work in this area. 

The goal of this report is to 

foster security and resilience 

of the Internet infrastructure in 

Europe with particular attention 

to critical assets and cross 

border interdependencies 

and work together with 

Internet operational actors to 

maintain the Internet globally 

coherent, secure and resilient. 

The report contains several 

recommendations for Member 

States, providers of critical 

services and European Internet 

operational actors: 

• Member States should develop 

a national overview of the Internet 

infrastructure - Using the step by 

step guidelines proposed in the 

study, Member States are invited 

to develop an insight of the 

current infrastructure, the Critical 

Infrastructure interdependencies 

and have a baseline for future 

developments. 

• Member States should adopt 

a standardized methodology 

for the identification of Critical 

Information Infrastructure assets 

and services - In order to correctly 

assess the criticality of specific 

assets and services, Member 

States should be able to adopt 

a common methodology for 

the identification of Critical 

Information Infrastructures. 

• Member States should adopt 

specific physical infrastructure 

guidelines - Any research should 

always take under consideration 

the physical component and 

provide a holistic overview of 

the system. When looking at 

the physical infrastructure more 

specific guidelines should be also 

developed. 

• Critical services providers should 

develop requirements 

for high availability 

interconnections 

for critical services 

- During the 

discussion with 

operators, it was 

underlined that if 

providers of critical 

services consider 

some connectivity 

relationships as 

critical, they should 

require for these 

interconnections 

higher level 

of availability, 

integrity and confidentiality 

in order to enhance the 

security and resilience of these 

communications. 

• National and European 

bodies and cyber security 

agencies should engage the 

Internet community - Due to 

the multi-stakeholder nature 

of the Internet, we propose 

national and European 

bodies and cyber security 

agencies (active in the area 

of security and resilience of 

communication networks) to 

engage in a dialogue with 

the Internet community and the 

private sector. 

• European Commission and 

Member States should foster 

research on infrastructure security 

and resilience - The more we rely 

on electronic communication 

networks to build the future 

European information society, 

the more EU and Member State 

should foster research in this 

field. Moreover more research 

on vulnerabilities of the core 

components of the global Internet 

Infrastructure such as DNS and 

BGP is needed. 

• European Internet operational 

actors should share information 

about incidents affecting physical 

and logical infrastructure - 

European Internet operational 

actors are invited to share 

information on incident affecting 

physical and logical infrastructure 

and use it to develop good 

practices for the benefit of the 

entire community. 

In 2014 ENISA will follow up the 

2013 report with the following 

actions: 

• focusing on the identification 

of CIIs assets and services, 

physical and logical infrastructure 

vulnerabilities, procurement 

guidelines for CIIs operators and 

cross border cooperation 

• developing a threat landscape 

of the physical and logical layer of 

the Internet infrastructure 

• fostering the ENISA’s Internet 

infrastructure security and 

resilience reference group 

which aims to gather subject 

matter experts 

from the Internet 

operators’ community, 

Cybersecurity 

agencies, NRAs, 

contingency agencies 

and infrastructure 

security and resilience 

experts. 

The goal is to develop 

infrastructure security 

and resilience not 

only for securing 

European citizens but 

also the entire Internet. 

The Internet is an 

ordinary component 

of everyday life and 

considering news regarding 

recent threats, it is important to 

assess the current situation and 

ensure the security and resilience 

of citizens’ communications. 

Moreover, future scenarios 

such as the Internet of Things 13 , 

Interconnected Mobility 14 and 

Smart city 15 are at their very 

beginning and are built on 

these same communication 

networks. In this respect, every 

citizen is a potential Internet 

user as far as a service relies 

on an Internet connection. For 

these reasons ENISA believes 

that is important to investigate 

how the interconnections are 

structured and understand what 

is critical in order to focus efforts. 

Communication networks are the 

building blocks of the information 

society and it is clear that the 

absence of knowledge regarding 

the underlying infrastructure could 

severely hamper not only securing 

current communications but also 

the preparing for future threat 

scenarios. 

1 

ENISA (2013), Power Supply Dependencies in the Electronic Communications Sector 

2 

ENISA (2013), Annual Incident Reports 2012 - Analysis of Article 13a annual incident reports, 2013 

3 

Massive Flooding Damages Several NYC Data Centers http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/30/majorflooding-nyc-data-centers/ 

4 

Mediterranean Cable Disruption as Seen in RIPEstat https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/mediterranean-cable-disruption-asseen-in-ripestat 

5 

Dainotti, A., Squarcella, C., Aben, E., Claffy, K. C., Chiesa, M., Russo, M., & Pescapé, A. (2011). ‘Analysis of country-wide Internet 

outages caused by censorship’. In Proceedings of the 2011 ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet measurement conference (pp. 

1-18). ACM 

6 

YouTube Hijacking: A RIPE NCC RIS case study http://www.ripe.net/Internet-coordination/news/industry-developments/youtubehijacking-a-ripe-ncc-ris-case-study 

7 

ENISA (2014) Large scale UDP attacks: the 2014 trend and how to face it https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/flash-notes/ 

large-scale-udp-attacks-the-2014-trend-and-how-to-face-it 

8 

Cowie, J, (2013) The New Threat: Targeted Internet Traffic Misdirection http://www.renesys.com/2013/11/mitm-Internet-hijacking/ 

9 

Google’s Public DNS intercepted in Turkey http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.in/2014/03/googles-public-dns-intercepted-inturkey.html 

10 

Toonk, A. (2013) Accidentally Stealing the Internet http://www.bgpmon.net/accidentally-stealing-the-Internet/ 

11 

ENISA (2010) https://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/Resilience-and-CIIP/critical-infrastructure-and-services/inter-x/interx/report 

12 

ENISA (2013) Understanding the importance of the Internet Infrastructure in Europe - Guidelines for enhancing the Resilience of 

eCommunication Networks http://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/Resilience-and-CIIP/critical-infrastructure-and-services/inter-x/ 

guidelines-for-enhancing-the-resilience-of-ecommunication-networks 

13 

Digital agenda for Europe http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/internet-things 

14 

Vision of an interconnected Europe http://ec.europa.eu/news/transport/110328_en.htm 

15 

Smart Cities and Communities http://ec.europa.eu/eip/smartcities/ 



PORT SECURITY 

PORT SECURITY 

Port 

Security: 

The Front 

Line 

Once upon a time commercial ports only had to deal with three key threats on a daily basis - theft, damage to goods 

and stowaways all of which have the potential to cause considerable financial damage to stakeholders but were 

identifiable and manageable. The contemporary port is subject to a far wider range of threats including the possibility 

of terrorist attack and has to respond accordingly while managing and responding to a plethora of local, national 

and international legislative requirements. The diversity of responses, systems and processes to tackle each separate 

threat combined with the demands of compliancy has made the job of the Port Facility Security Officer (PFSO) 

onerous to the point of breaking. 

Security expert and former Chairman of the Security Development Board Rotterdam Port, Henk van Unnik, explains 

how a lack of cohesion has resulted in the current scenario and that a solution to the problem has been developed 

through the Security UPgrade for PORTs (SUPPORT) research & development project which is part-funded by the 

European Commision’s FP7 Security Research Programme. He explains how the appropriate management of 

resources can be co-ordinated and deployed to improve efficiency, effectiveness and port security. 

With 90% of EU’s 

external trade and 

40% of internal 

trade transported by ship, the 

contemporary sea port is a vital 

cog in the massive machine 

that is 21st Century commerce. 

Unsurprisingly, port infrastructure 

and the 3.5 billion tonnes of 

freight that flows through EU 

facilities are vital to maintaining 

both global and individual 

countries’ economic wellbeing. 

The potential threats to port 

security come on many different 

levels from a range of groups 

and individuals with very different 

aims and objectives. Theft, fraud, 

corruption, drugs trafficking and 

people trafficking are all major 

issues for port security, especially 

when their motivation can be 

traced back to organised crime or 

terrorist groups. The combination 

of sophisticated organised crime, 

the heightened risk of terrorist 

activity and the ongoing threat 

of low level crime ensures that 

ports are under threat 24 hours 

per day, 365 days per year. Well 

Henk van 

Unnik, 

Chairman, 

Security 

Development 

Board 

Rotterdam 

Port 

organised criminal gangs now 

have access to enough money, 

knowledge and skills to develop 

considerably more complex 

modus operandi. Where in the 

past, criminal organisations would 

use bribery or extortion to secure 

access, information or control of 

a particular shipment, recently 

there has been a move to bypass 

the human element and hijack 

the technology. Recent events 

at a Northern European port 

have demonstrated how easily 

a fully automated logistics chain 

can be manipulated if security is 

breached. Rather than having to 

run the risk of ‘stealing’ a container 

and getting through port security, 

or leaving a trail of names or 

addresses that can be followed up 

by law-enforcement agencies later, 

cybercrime ensures that all the 

key physical checks appear 100% 

legitimate at the dock gate, but 

can be wiped clean electronically, 

removing all trace. Faced with 

such innovative and complex 

criminal activity, port security 

needs to raise its game. 

While the baseline level of port 

security has certainly improved 

since the relaxation of border 

security between mainland- 

European countries in 1995, there 

are still major variations between 

different facilities. Some of this can 

be attributed to experience, some 

is driven by national or regional 

culture but some is due to the way 

legislation has been applied. 

The legislation that defines 

port security is the International 

Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) 

International Ship and Port facility 

Security code (ISPS) which, in turn, 

is part of the Safety of Life at Sea 

(SOLAS) regulations. Developed 

in the aftermath of the September 

11th terrorist attacks, the ISPS 

regulates security on-board 

ships, as well as inside ports and 

terminals which receive seagoing 

vessels on international voyages. 

The ethos of the ISPS code is 

very preventive and includes a 

requirement for both vulnerability 

SUPPORT 

integrates 

legacy port 

systems 

with new 

surveillance 

and 

information 

management 

systems 

and threat assessments to 

be carried out. Risks and 

vulnerabilities are very different 

when considering a container, 

bulk or passenger terminal and so 

all assessments must be specific 

and bespoke. The ISPS code 

also specifies a basic security 

framework including monitoring 

and controlling access, monitoring 

the activities of people and cargo, 

the preparation of specific ship 

and Port Facility Security Plans 

and the appointment of Ship 

Security Officers and a Port Facility 

Security Officer (PFSO). 

Across the European Union (EU), 

the ISPS code is supported by 

European Commission Directive 

725. While identical to the ISPS 

code in content and a mandatory 

piece of pan-European legislation, 

Directive 725 only requires 

member states to achieve a 

particular result without dictating 

the means of achieving that 

outcome. Consequently, the 

ISPS code was implemented 

by 21 EU countries, each in 

a different way without any 

homogenisation of approach 

or standardisation. Although 

the European Maritime Safety 

Agency (EMSA), FRONTEX and 

EUROPOL all touch upon port 

security, they have no executive 

powers and there is currently no 

Europe-wide framework. Without 

a Pan-European Federal Agency 

like the U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security, the European 

Union has no power to compel 

member states to work together 

or to follow prescriptive guidelines 

and individual ports work in 

isolation with commercially-driven 

secrecy, thwarting the sharing of 

intelligence or best-practice. 

Although responsibility rests with 

a variety of ministries or other 

government agencies across 

Europe, the burden of compliance 

and implementation of the ISPS 

code has been passed down to 

the individual terminal operators. 

This produces an interesting 

paradox as commercial companies 

whose aim is to make a profit to 

serve their board or shareholders 

are being made responsible for an 

activity that does not necessarily 

deliver any business benefit. Not 

surprisingly, enhanced security 

beyond that required to protect 

day to day business operations 

are often not high on Terminal 

Operator’s agendas, especially 

when national authorities do not 

have the power to force them to 

invest in such security measures. 

Despite the best efforts of 

regularity authorities, port security 

too often promises much and 

delivers little. 

Because of the very nature of a 

port facility with huge volumes 

of vehicle and cargo movements 

in and out each day, the level of 

security that can be physically 

implemented will always be 

a balance between risk and 

commercial reality. In this context 

the role of the Port Facility Security 

Officer (PFSO) is key to ensuring 

this fine balance is maintained. 

Providing a framework to assist 



PORT SECURITY 

PORT SECURITY 

the PFSO is a major element 

of the EU’s Security UPgrade 

for PORTs (SUPPORT) project 

(www.supportproject.info) 

which is part-funded by the EC’s 

FP7 Research & Technological 

Development Programme. It is a 

collaboration of twenty European 

organisations whose focus is to 

raise the current level of port 

security. The SUPPORT project’s 

main objectives are to deliver 

‘validated’ generic port security 

management models (capturing 

reusable state-of-the-art and best 

practices) that can be customised 

for specific ports; and training and 

open standards based tools to aid 

security upgrade in EU ports. 

SUPPORT integrates legacy port 

systems with new surveillance 

and information management 

systems. It efficiently supports 

the complexity of a real port 

environment though an 

integrated, holistic approach. 

This ensures an improved level 

of security, while reducing the 

associated administrative burden 

on the port. 

Amongst the partners are a 

number of ports that have been 

selected to represent typical, but 

different operations. Starting from 

the perspective of the partner 

port operations, the project has 

identified key security gaps and 

has produced generic models 

describing measures to maintain 

or augment the efficient and 

secure operation of these ports. 

Communication and decision 

support tools incorporating 

semantic technologies have been 

developed, accessible to all the 

port security stakeholders. 

Full scale demonstrators have 

been organised in representative 

EU ports (Gothenburg, Lisbon and 

Piraeus) and augmented with a 

broader evaluation programme 

by members of a European 

Ports Security Forum. SUPPORT 

solutions include policy and 

standardisations proposals and 

training that can be used by any 

EU port to efficiently enhance its 

security level. 

One of SUPPORT’s key outputs 

is the Port Security Management 

System (PSMS) (www.mypsms. 

com). The PSMS is designed to 

help PFSOs to upgrade their 

security systems by empowering 

them with knowledge. It 

provides information, skills and 

methodologies that enable 

them to maintain, evaluate and 

upgrade their security measures 

and create security awareness 

without major investment. The 

PSMS also delivers outputs in the 

form of graphics that can be used 

to reinforce security threats and 

potential mitigation measures 

in presentations to managers or 

boards of directors. 

The whole PSMS package 

comprises five elements including 

a maturity module designed to 

enable security professionals 

to review and upgrade security 

plans to address terrorist threats; a 

corporate security module which 

addresses crime risks such as 

loss events, related to corporate 

processes and procedures; 

an e-learning education and 

examination module based on 

best practices of ISPS related 

maritime security educations 

including drills and exercises; a 

sharing and decision support 

module which enables security 

professionals to supervise 

facilities via the internet and to 

collaborate on a local, national or 

global scale and an Authorised 

Economic Operator (AEO) 

security self-assessment module 

which provides a system to reach 

compliancy and submit AEO 

application. 

The pressure of balancing 

commercial realities and security 

threats will certainly persist as 

long as current legislation remains 

placing the burden of investment 

and compliance on terminal 

operators. There is a school of 

thought that suggests the status 

quo will remain until a major 

terrorist incident takes place in a 

European port facility. However, 

with access to SUPPORT’s Port 

Security Management System 

(PSMS), PFSOs now have the tools 

to assess the situation, advise their 

management team and make 

the right decision, whatever the 

security threat might be. 

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The ever changing nature of threats, whether natural through 

climate change, or man-made through terrorism activities, either 

physical or cyber attacks, means the need to continually review 

and update policies, practices and technologies to meet these 

growing demands. 

The European Union is developing its policy on critical 

infrastructures in relation to the European Programme for Critical 

Infrastructure Protection (“EPCIP”) which considers measures 

that will enhance, where necessary, the level of protection of 

certain infrastructures against external threats. 

Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Europe brings 

together leading stakeholders from industry, operators, agencies 

and governments to debate and collaborate on securing Europe’s 

critical infrastructure. 

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TRANSPORT SECURITY 


Threat 

Detection 

and 

Recognition 

Trucks, trains, ships and oil rigs are all potential targets for criminal organisations 

Organisations that own, use or transport high value assets recognise the need to protect their goods and employees, 

especially when they are at their most vulnerable - when in remote or isolated situations, at night and when operating 

alone. By their very nature, trucks, trains, ships and oil rigs are all potential targets for criminal organisations. 

Furthermore, monitoring systems, early warning and deterrent technology have not been available to address this 

need at a remotely affordable cost. As a result, there has been an uneasy acceptance that in certain parts of the world, 

piracy, hijacking or theft are facts of commercial life. However, a refusal to accept this situation has helped to push this 

issue to the top of the EU agenda. 

Maria Andersson, at FOI, the Swedish Defence Research Agency and Technical Co-ordinator for ARENA explains the 

challenges in protecting high value assets on both land and at sea. She describes how the basis for a solution to the 

problem has been developed through the ARENA (Architecture for Recognition of thrEats to mobile assets using 

Networks of Affordable sensors) research & development project which is part-funded by the European Commission’s 

FP7 Security Research Programme. Dr. Andersson explains how the generic surveillance system that has been 

developed could provide robust, proactive threat detection and recognition, while being able to differentiate between 

real threats and false alarms across a range of environments using an affordable system of sensors. 

Pirates, highwaymen and train 

robbers may all sound faintly 

quaint and old fashioned, but 

anyone involved in the transport 

industry will tell you that their 

modern counterparts are as 

big a threat as they ever were. 

There is every sign that they will 

remain so, as long as goods 

and vehicles remain vulnerable 

when on the move and isolated. 

While the threat looms large, the 

technology installed on vehicles to 

detect potential security breaches 

remains crude in comparison to 

that now becoming available for 

static deployment. 

A ship, a lorry or a train is often 

highly secure while in a port or 

depot, being physically protected 

and under close surveillance, but 

once outside they are a relatively 

soft target for bands of organised 

and often dangerous criminals. 

The theft of high value, high risk 

products in transit cost businesses 

over €8.2 billion a year, according 

to recent European Union figures. 

Since the terrorist attacks on New 

York on September 11th 2001 the 

threat of terrorism has also loomed 

large over the transport sector. 

Oil rigs’ isolation means they face 

similar threats. 

Terror organisations may engage 

in theft to fund their operations or 

they may see it as an end in itself, 

potentially disrupting, destroying 

or capturing vehicles containing 

hazardous or dangerous materials 

such as chemical liquids, gas, 

or radioactive material. After 

the September 11th attacks the 

United Nations agreed proposals 

to enhance the security of 

dangerous goods in transport. 

Terror organisations have 

demonstrated their willingness 

to target mass transportation 

networks along with other areas of 

critical infrastructure. 

Over 70 per cent of all goods 

transported in the EU are 

transported using road haulage, a 

transport method which carries 

one of the highest risks of being 

victim of criminal activity. Truck 

thieves generally steal the whole 

vehicle or break into trailers to 

take the contents, sometimes 

cutting panels and causing other 

costly damage to gain access. 

Drivers too are vulnerable to 

attack and theft. The most 

common place for a truck to 

be attacked is at an unguarded 

parking lot while the driver is 

asleep. Large cities, like London 

and Madrid are the biggest hot 

spots, but countries like Belgium 

also have a problem. In the UK 

alone, 324,000 crimes were 

recorded against the transport 

and storage sector in 2012. 

The threat is equally pressing at 

sea as it is on land. Modern day 

piracy has presented a significant 

challenge since civil war broke 

out in Somalia in the early 1990s 

with an upsurge in recent years 

posing a threat to critical maritime 

infrastructure. There were no 

fewer than 49 piracy incidents in 

the first quarter of 2014 according 

to the International Maritime 

Bureau (IMB), an offshoot of 

the International Chamber of 

Commerce focussed on fighting 

maritime crime. Two of these 

vessels were hijacked, 37 boarded 

and five fired on board. Five more 

attempted attacks were reported. 

There were 12 reports off the 

Africa’s west 

coast, including 

the hijacking of 

two vessels with 

39 crew taken 

hostage and two 

kidnapped. 

Security on the 

move 

The impossibility 

of securing all 

main roads, rivers 

and open seas means the ships, 

trucks and trains they convey need 

to be equipped to detect threats 

themselves. Advance warning 

offers the chance to evade, deter 

or repel an intruder. 

A European Commissionbacked 

research project called 

ARENA, short for Architecture 

for Recognition of thrEats to 

mobile assets using Networks of 

Affordable sensors, has attempted 

to deliver a solution which could 

work in a wide range of transport 

scenarios. There are currently 

no affordable early warning or 

deterrent technologies to address 

the threat. 

FOI, the Swedish Defence 

Research Agency, co-ordinated 

the seven-strong research 

partnership drawn from five EU 

countries. FOI’s partners were: 

Leading international maritime 

design and engineering company, 

BMT Group; ITTI, an IT company 

from Poland; hi-tech firm SAFRAN 

Sagem Défense Sécurité of 

France; electronic security 

company SAFRAN MORPHO, 

the Netherlands Organisation for 

Applied Scientific Research (TNO); 

and the University of Reading, in 

the UK. 

The project is coming to a close 

next month at the end of its threeyear 

lifespan. Over that time the 

project sought to investigate a 

system applicable to a range of 

different deployments: stationary 

platforms relative to the land, such 

as a truck or train stop; stationary 

platforms relative to the sea, such 

as ships in port or oil rigs; mobile 

platforms relative to land, such 

as trucks or trains in transit; and 

mobile platforms relative to the 

sea, such as ships at sea or oil rig 

support vessels. 

Its research built on existing 

work on the surveillance of 

public spaces. No new sensor 

development was done. Instead, 

the team focussed on exploiting 

existing, low-cost sensor 

technologies like visual and 

infra-red video, acoustic sensors, 

seismic sensors and radar. It also 

built on other work, such as the 

Integrated Mobile Security Kit 

where a multi-sensor surveillance 

system is installed in a van 

which can be brought to public 

space when needed. Another 

contributing technology, known as 

ADABTS (Automatic Detection of 

Abnormal Behaviour and Threats 

in crowded Spaces), addresses 

automatic detection of abnormal 

human behaviour that might 

signal crime is afoot. And another, 

called SECTRONIC, is a 24-hour 

small area surveillance system for 

maritime application. 

ARENA also aimed to minimise 

nuisance the system might 

cause if it were to go off for no 

reason. Humans are naturally 

good at putting together lots 

of fragmentary information and 




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signals and spotting what is a 

threat and what is not. Machines 

on the other hand are not. 

The ARENA system combined 

complementary sensors to reduce 

false alarm rates. The threatdetection 

task was also broken 

down into four interconnected 

steps: object detection, object 

tracking; event recognition; and 

threat recognition. The fewer the 

bystanders to the vehicle, the 

easier the system could interpret 

what is going on, meaning that it 

would be easier to detect a threat 

in a quiet railway siding than when 

standing by a busy platform. For 

the same reason, trains may, on 

the whole, prove easier to protect 

than trucks, which often park in 

places where there is innocent 

foot traffic. 

The project also tackled the 

sensitive legal and ethical issues 

involved in surveillance and 

electronic security, particularly 

those revolving around privacy. It 

will be crucial to have the consent 

of the driver for any camera 

system which secures a vehicle 

on the basis of facial recognition. 

Facial recognition cameras were 

only used in the cab of a vehicle, 

so presented no challenge in 

respect of the privacy of passersby. 

ARENA’s innovative combination 

of existing surveillance technology 

provides autonomous monitoring 

The Homeland Defense and Security Database 

and situational awareness of the 

environment surrounding critical 

mobile assets, alerting personnel 

to threats. In achieving this goal 

it has the potential to fill the 

yawning security gap between 

harbours, depots and garages, 

currently a cash cow for criminals 

and potentially a loophole 

exploited by terrorists. 

There has been an uneasy 

acceptance that piracy, hijacking 

and thefts are facts of commercial 

life, particularly when trading in 

some parts of the world. But a 

growing refusal to accept this 

situation has helped to put the 

issue to the top of the EU agenda. 

ARENA may signal the beginning 

of a fundamental shift in the 

balance of power away from 

criminals, improving the safety of 

transport personnel and ultimately, 

cutting costs for everyone. 

Delta R Detection – Is this the magic bullet for airport security screening? 

In the aftermath of 911 

increasingly rigorous 

screening procedures 

have struggled to keep 

with the high demand at 

airport security and parcel 

screening checkpoints. 

What was needed was an 

automated high speed 

detection technologies that 

can process large volumes 

and be implemented with 

little or no need for human 

intervention. 

Working with experts in 

materials and computer 

science from the University 

of Florida Delta R 

Detection has developed a 

highly adaptable detection 

platform for sensing 

dangerous chemicals on 

the surface of objects. This 

technology has successfully 

been applied to rapidly 

scan baggage and cargo 

for explosives. 

This fully automated, high 

speed system solves the 

“needle in the haystack” 

problem of detecting 

explosives for the air 

transportation, parcel 

and cargo industries. The 

combination of sensitivity 

and high throughput 

makes the system ideal 

for baggage and parcel 

screening. 

The Delta R Detection 

automated carry-on 

baggage scanner can 

be placed directly in line 

with any existing x-ray 

machines. It uses a non 

invasive optical sampling 

technique to detect trace 

quantities of explosives. 

Luggage is simply placed 

on to the conveyer belt 

the way it would be at 

an existing checkpoint 

but it is simultaneously 

scanned for microscopic 

amounts of explosive. It 

plugs directly into existing 

infrastructure with no need 

for an additional operator 

and scans every carry-on 

bag for trace quantities of a 

broad range of explosives 

with a low false positive 

rate without increasing 

wait time at security check 

points 

Dr. Thierry Dubroca, 

CEO Delta R Detection 

said, “We have used the 

scientific discovery from 

the University of Florida 

to build a fully functioning 

prototype (currently 

being demonstrated at 

Schipol Airport, in The 

Netherlands). Using 

ultra violet spectroscopy 

we can now identify 

unique signatures of 

explosives. For example 

we can now detect sub 

microns grams of TNT 

on the surface of bags 

and parcels. Our current 

ODSecurity sells 3 SOTER Through-Body Scanners to Hong Kong 

Correctional Services 

prototype automatically 

detects explosives thanks 

to a custom designed 

software.” 

Dr Esen Yuksel, Research 

Scientist, University of 

California said, “We 

have designed a unique 

software for this low level 

of detection. With our 

high speed computing 

techniques and state of the 

art classification algorithms 

we are able to provide very 

low false alarm rates at very 

high speeds. We will have 

the ability to upgrade our 

software to detect future 

terrorist threats. 

Delta R Detection plan 

to turn the prototype to 

a product by bringing 

the hardware sensor and 

optical component to meet 

larger customers needs, 

such as higher sensitivity, 

and speed. 

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security manufacturer, 

ODSecurity has sold 3 

units of the SOTER RS 

Through Body Scanner 

to the Hong Kong 

Correctional Services, 

CSD (Correctional Services 

Department) for use in 

drug interdiction within a 

number of high security 

custodial establishments. 

The use of Through 

Body Scanners in prisons 

is regarded as the 

most effective way of 


countering the smuggling 

of items such as drugs, 

mobile phones, weapons 

and other contraband 

material without 

subjecting inmates and 

visitors to intrusive body 

searchers. 

The SOTER RS is a low 

dosage full body scanner 

which combines ultra low 

radiation with maximum 

visibility, for use at airports 

and prisons. Within 

seconds the SOTER RS 

reveals hidden items, such 

as weapons or narcotics, 

diamonds, or any stolen 

or smuggled goods. It 

doesn’t even have to be 

metal. The SOTER shows 

a clear difference between 

human tissue and other 

materials, even ingested 

or camouflaged items will 

be shown. 

The scanners will increase 

the level of security 

operations previously 

possible through the use 

of conventional metal 

detectors. Non metallic 

objects hidden under 

clothes, in natural cavities 

or within the human 

body cannot be detected 

by conventional metal 

detectors and typically, 

these non-detectable 

items, such as narcotics, 

explosives, precious 

stones, plastic weapons, 

or other contraband, 

can only otherwise be 

detected by highly 

intrusive total body 

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Smiths Detection Wins USD 17.6 (SAR 

65.9) Million Order from Key Saudi 

Arabian Security Establishment 

Smiths Detection has won a 

USD 17.6 (SAR 65.9) million 

contract to supply a range 

of advanced equipment to 

one of the key Government 

security institutions in Saudi 

Arabia. 

The order includes 

HCVG high energy cargo 

screening system; CIP 300 

Car Inspection Portal; HI- 

SCAN 6040aTix explosives 

detection X-ray system; 

and IONSCAN 500DT and 

SABRE 5000 explosive 

and trace detection 

systems. Smiths Detection 

will also train the Saudi 

entity’s staff as part of the 

agreement. The identity 

of the institution cannot 

be revealed for security 

Ophir Optics launches two new products for Homeland Security 

At this year’s Eurosatory 

exhibition, Ophir 

Optics launched two 

new infrared imaging 

optics for homeland 

security and defence 

applications. 

The SupIR 15-60 mm 

is a super-compact, 

motorized, continuous 

zoom lens designed 

especially for lightweight 

reasons. 

Edward Christie, Managing 

Director - Smiths Detection 

Middle East, said: “Saudi 

Arabia is a key market 

for us in the Middle East 

and we are thrilled to start 

our collaboration with a 

key Government entity. 

This is an exceptional 

opportunity to demonstrate 

the effectiveness of Smiths 

Detection products for 

critical premises. It shows 

that wherever there is 

the need for identifying a 

combination of chemical, 

biological, radiological, 

nuclear and explosives 

threats, we can provide 

the complete solution and 

training.” 

BAE Systems joins ‘big data’ 

research to boost Australia’s 

national security 

BAE Systems has become 

an industry partner of 

the $88 million ‘big data’ 

Cooperative Research 

Centre (CRC). 

The Data to Decisions 

CRC will start 1 July 2014 

to research and develop 

tools that seek to maximise 

the benefits of ‘big data’ 

for Australia’s defence and 

national security sector. 

BAE Systems will 

contribute $1 million and 

in-kind support over the life 

of the five-year program. 

Mr Kim Scott, BAE 

Systems Australia Director 

– Business Development 

and Land & Integrated 

Systems, said “investing in 

the latest technology will 

be necessary to provide 

timely and accurate 

intelligence in the future”. 

“Big data comes from 

many sources at an 

alarming velocity, volume 

and variety, which makes 

it difficult to analyse using 

current technologies. Large 

amounts of text, images 

systems like minicopters 

and micro 

UAVs. The diffractionlimited 

optical design 

is optimized for 

LWIR sensors up to 

640x480 pixels and 

resolution down to 

17 micron pixel size. 

It has a ruggedized 

structure to assure 

performance is 

maintained in 

and audio are rapidly 

generated all the time 

through digital processes 

and social media,” said Mr 

Scott. 

Advances in technology 

allow BAE Systems to 

piece together disparate 

data and present it in an 

easy-to-use format for 

decision makers. 

The Data to Decisions 

CRC’s research will inform 

the Company’s integrated 

systems and software 

development programs to 

deliver data analytics, highspeed 

distribution and 

secure sharing for Defence 

and security customers. 

The CRC is funded partly 

by the Commonwealth 

through a grant, and 

partly through cash and 

in-kind contributions from 

defence, industry and 

university participants. The 

national headquarters is in 

South Australia with teams 

in Victoria and New South 

Wales. 

harsh environmental 

conditions and high shock 

environments. 

The SupIR 2.6mm is ideal 

for situational awareness 

and surveillance 

applications. These highperformance 

lenses can 

support LWIR sensors up 

to 1024x768 pixels, with 

resolution down to 12 

micron pixels. 

Stratech’s iVACS to deploy 30 more systems to the Middle East 

Singapore company 

Stratech Systems has 

announced that it is to 

deploy another 30 or more 

of its iVACS® intelligent 

Vehicle Access Control 

Systems in the Middle East. 

At least 25 iVACS will be 

deployed in a Smart City 

Project for one of the 

prominent capital cities in 

the Middle East. It will be 

part of a Security Program 

designed to establish a 

fully integrated security 

solution for a diversity 

of onshore, coastal and 

offshore critical assets 

across the customer’s 

mainland. 

This coincides with the 

worldwide trend of 

increasing take up rates 

for such systems. Previous 

orders for iVACS used to 

involve just a handful of 

units each, but nowadays, 

relatively large orders such 

as this are becoming more 

common. 

A new tool in the fight against the VBIED 

British company e2v 

have developed the 

RF Safe Stop system, 

a vehicle immobilising 

system designed to bring 

vehicles of all types to a 

halt using a blast of high 

power magnetrons. It uses 

the pulse to disrupt the 

electronics of the target 

vehicle to stop the 

engine. 

The system can 

be mounted 

on vehicles, 

such as an 

SUV, or in fixed 

installations, 

such as vehicle 

checkpoints 

at critical 


buildings and 

facilities. 

Combined with traffic 

management barriers the 

system would an invaluable 

tool in the battle to prevent 

Vehicle Bourne Improvised 

Explosive Devices (VBIED’s). 

One of the most deadly 

and effective tools in the 

terrorist arsenal! 

e2v have developed 

iVACS® screens vehicle 

undercarriages for 

potential security threats 

such as IEDs – improvised 

explosive devices. Stratech 

under vehicle surveillance 

system, is capable of 

“intelligent” inspection 

of vehicle undercarriages, 

demonstration hardware 

with proven effects for 

engine stopping and 

disruption by utilising 

e2v’s patented switching 

products in conjunction with 

high power magnetrons, 

and carefully packaging 

these with appropriate 

antennas. This design 

and provides alerts when 

suspicious foreign objects 

or abnormalities are 

detected. iVACS® also 

performs identification 

screening for the driver and 

passengers in the vehicle 

using biometrics providing 

a comprehensive solution 

at screening checkpoints. 

The system is also Network 

enabled, which is very 

useful for large, networked 

deployments such as Smart 

City Projects or secure 

facilities with multiple 

entrances and exits. 

Networking the system 

means that multiple secure 

facilities and command 

and control of these secure 

facilities can share their 

databases. 

approach has resulted in a 

flexible solution which can 

be rapidly adapted to suit 

specific customer needs 

and achieve optimum 

performance. 

The system is also being 

trialled for boats and even 

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New innovations in physical 

protection from Technocover 

Technocover has 

introduced a series of 

innovations across its 

UltraSecure range of 

LPCB approved security 

equipment, billed as 

the next generation 

of intelligent physical 

protection. 

The company has been 

working with clients and 

technology suppliers to 

advance the functionality 

of its high security doors, 

enclosures, access covers 

and associated products to 

support strategic security 

and operational efficiency 

on the critical national 

infrastructure (CNI) site. 

New state-of-the-art access 

control offers scope to 

integrate UltraSecure 

equipment with central 

access management of 

multiple sites. Options 

include fob, keypad 

and radio-frequency 

identification (RFID) 

activated locks, with 

features such as personnel 

ID and hierarchical access 

control, failsafe or failsecure 

functions, and timed access 

features. 

Also new is an 8 point 

wheel lock for UltraSecure 

Sentinel doors, plus LCD 

privacy glass viewing 

panels, switching from 

frosted to clear. An 

innovative padlock 

with solenoid control is 

now available on new 

UltraSecure doors or for 

retrofitting to existing units. 

Simplifying sitework and 

project management 

is a new generation 

of UltraSecure kiosks, 

delivered ready-assembled 

and fitted out with M&E 

services for fast installation 

and easy connection to 

mains power. They come 

with factory-fitted access 

control data exchanges, 

vision panels, lighting, 

heating and ventilation 

services, plus an aesthetic 

new lining made from 

environmentally friendly, 

premium recycled HDPE 

plastic (also available 

on other UltraSecure 

products). 

Advances in horizontal 

access include an 

UltraSecure roof access 

hatch with remote control 

of opening/closing via 

a motorised actuator. 

The latest UltraSecure 

flush fitting access cover 

incorporates a 

3-tier design 

with inspection 

hatch, fall 

arrest system 

and anticontamination 

features for 

underground 

tanks and 

storage. 

ADANI launches new integrated 

door access full body scanner 

ADANI has officially 

launched the new Conpass 

DA integrated double door 

access full body scanner. 

The Conpass DA (Door 

Access) offers an integrated 

access control solution 

which has the capacity 

to detect a wide range 

of organic and inorganic 

objects concealed under 

clothing, in bags or hidden 

in the anatomical cavities 

of inspected individuals. 

The product is one of 

the latest and most 

advanced versions of the 

internationally successful 

ADANI Conpass full body 

scanner. The Conpass 

DA has the following 

unique features which 

highlight its advantages 

as a tool for enhancing 

security: Discrete selective 

scanning of visitors and 

staff; Opportunity to 

hold a suspect inside the 

booth; Remote operation; 

Bulletproof construction 

option; Integrated 2 

way communication and 

internal CCTV option 

The system can be 

integrated into existing 

entrance infrastructure 

and access control system. 

Therefore providing 

maximum effectiveness 

and improving efficiency 

of operational procedures 

of the security checkpoint. 

This model of full body 

scanner is designed to 

be used at VIP facilities, 

military bases, critical 

infrastructure sites and any 

other applications where 

there is a need for the 

highest level of security 

and visitor inspection. 

The advanced technology 

used in Conpass 

makes screening 

safe for operators 

and individuals 

being scanned. All 

Conpass systems 

are compliant with 

ANSI 43.17-2009 

regulations and that 

justifies its use for 

general public. 

Simon Lyster, 

Managing Director, ADANI 

Limited said ”The demand 

for more complete 

personnel screening 

solutions is increasing in 

a variety of markets as a 

result of a mixture of events 

and the realization by the 

enforcement agencies 

that the technology exists 

to safely screen for a 

wide range of banned 

and dangerous items. 

The ADANI Conpass DA 

offers a unique capability 

for discreetly scanning 

individuals entering sites 

where there is an issue of 

contraband smuggling or 

a constant security threat. 

At ADANI, we have always 

been proud of the fact 

that we offer a flexible 

approach to meeting the 

customer’s needs.” 

Axis announces full-featured fixed 

network cameras with WDR in HDTV 

1080p 

Axis Communications 

introduces new additions 

to its successful AXIS Q16 

Series. The latest cameras 

offer a number of new 

capabilities including 

wide dynamic range (Axis’ 

WDR-Forensic Capture*), 

Lightfinder, HDTV 1080p 

resolution, electronic image 

stabilization and shock 

detection. 

“Airport, train station, 

government and perimeter 

protection are some 

examples of situations 

where image quality 

is critical to minimize 

investigation times and 

to protect assets – even 

if the lighting situation is 

extremely difficult,” says 

Erik Frännlid, Axis’ Director 

of Product Management. 

”The new AXIS Q1615 

cameras not only offer full 

HD resolution but also 

automatically switch settings 

between high dynamic 

scenes and Lightfinder 

mode, ensuring all details 

are captured in dark and 

bright areas at the same 

time. The new cameras are 

also our first fixed cameras 

to provide 50/60 frames per 

seconds in HDTV 1080p 

resolution. This is twice the 

normal frame rate, which 

allows the cameras to even 

better record smooth video 

when people or vehicles are 

moving fast.” 

In addition to the ability 

to seamlessly transition 

between WDR, Forensic 

Capture and Lightfinder 

mode, the indoor AXIS 

Q1615 and the outdoorready 

AXIS Q1615-E 

offer several image 

processing features to 

enhance image usability, 

such as barrel distortion 

correction, electronic image 

stabilization for steady 

images in an environment 

with tough vibrations. In 

addition, the fixed cameras 

also support high profile in 

H.264 and enhanced Max 

Bit Rate controllers which 

assure that the bandwidth 

remains within the defined 

limits. 

International Procurement Services 

announce the completion of contract 

to an unspecified European Police 

Force, with a total contract worth in 

excess of 500,000 GBP 

The contract to supply 

a complete range 

of countermeasure 

equipment and training 

includes OSCOR Green, 

ORION 2.4 NLJD and 

TALAN. 

The OSCOR GREEN 

Spectrum Analyser can 

detect illicit eavesdropping 

signals, perform site 

surveys for communication 

systems, conduct radio 

frequency emissions 

analysis and investigate 

misuse of the RF spectrum. 

It can be connected to 

remotely, enabling the 

operator to monitor away 

from the equipment and 

data files collected can be 

saved to external devices 

offering the ability to 

export data and produce 

reports on activity. 

The ORION 2.4 Non 

Linear Junction Detector 

is latest completely 

new lightweight version 

weighing just 1.4kg (3lbs) 

will detect the presence of 

electronics as small as SIM 

cards or mobile phones, 

regardless of whether 

the electronics target is 

radiating, 

hard wired, 

or even 

turned off. 

The Talan 

Telephone 

Line 

Analyser is 

the most 

recent 

state-ofthe-art 

Digital 

Telephone 

Line 

Analyser. It 

has been 

designed 

to detect 

illicit taps and bugs on 

either analogue or digital 

telephone lines. With new 

enhancements built into 

the software interface, 

users can also now test 

internet protocols (IP) 

packet traffic on voice-over 

Internet Protocol (VoIP) 

phones and systems, 

define advanced filtering 

options, and data can now 

be stored and exported to 

USB or Flash as data files 

for analysis or reporting 

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Real-Time HD Video Stabiliser: Taming a harsh visual environment 

Real-time video stabilisers 

are critical for applications 

such as UAV guidance and 

surveillance, where camera 

shake from an unsteady 

platform would otherwise 

render the video unusable. 

The traditional mechanical 

approach of stabilising 

video, by physically moving 

the optics or the sensor, is 

expensive and bulky with 

performance deteriorating 

as image magnification 

increases. In contrast, 

digital electronic stabilisers 

are much smaller, lighter, 

considerably more power 

efficient and operate 

robustly, irrespective of 

magnification. 

Saab signs contract to provide maintenance support for the electronic security 

system for the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre 

Defence and security 

company Saab has 

received a contract to 

provide the planned and 

corrective maintenance 

and capital expenditure 

works for the electronic 

security system for 

the 300 bed Southern 

Truly high performance, 

high-definition (HD) realtime 

video stabilisation 

has been an elusive 

technology because, until 

recently, it has required 

the processing power of 

a small super computer 

to implement. The 

market needs a single chip 

solution that can operate 

robustly in extremely harsh 

environments using only a 

few watts of power. 

RFEL has created a 

solution in the form of an 

electronic video stabiliser 

that continuously processes 

over a billion bits of 

information every second 

and tracks the movements 

of several hundred 

independent image 

regions every video frame. 

This software also includes 

intelligent processing to 

Queensland Correctional 

Centre. The contract has 

a total value of MSEK 

166. 

Located near Gatton 

in the Lockyer Valley 

and opened in January 

2012, the 300-bed 

counter poor illumination, 

bland scene content and 

extraneous movements, 

such as the swaying 

of trees, which would 

otherwise compromise 

robustness. 

This state-of-the-art, 

real-time, HD video 

stabiliser IP is suitable for 

compact, lightweight, 

and low power hardware 

platforms. The solution 

is capable of adapting 

to its environment and 

can be optimised to 

the application, while 

supporting a diverse range 

of cameras. It can be 

implemented into a range 

of low power hardware 

platforms, including RFEL 

products, which have 

been proven in a range 

Southern Queensland 

Correctional Centre is 

the State’s newest prison. 

The electronic security 

system was originally 

installed by Saab in the 

centre and has been 

under comprehensive 

maintenance since the 

of demanding real world 

applications. 

This Video Processing 

Solution can be combined 

with other IP and run on 

RFEL’s HALO platform, 

which can combine 

several key functions that 

add value to the user, 

including, video scaling, 

image stabilisation, fusion, 

contrast enhancement, 

Picture in Picture overlay 

and correction of lens 

distortion. 

One core functionality, 

providing image fusion 

between two sensors is 

completely different from 

simple image blending. 

RFEL’s state-of-the-art 

fusion algorithm processes 

the images captured by 

two sensors, generally 

from different wavelengths, 

and is able to maintain 

the best attributes from 

both input images for the 

resulting output. This, in 

combination with image 

stabilisation, provides the 

user with the best view 

possible for informed 

decisions. 

facility opened. The 

system provides an 

integrated surveillance 

picture and total control 

of security sensors and 

locks within the prison 

environment. 

Operation Henry to be rolled out across 9 regions of England 

Operation Henry is a 

campaign to crack down 

on the supply of illicit 

tobacco in nine regions in 

England. 

In a partnership between 

the Trading Standards 

Institute (TSI) HM Revenue 

and Customs (HMRC local 

council authorities and 

Wagtail UK, a substantial 

amount genuine tobacco 

and cigarettes, counterfeit 

tobacco and cigarettes and 

Shisha tobacco. 

Operation Henry, runs from 

April through September 

2014, and aims to crack 

down on the supply of 

illicit tobacco across nine 

regions in England. Each 

region receives eight days 

of dog detection provided 

by Wagtail UK and funded 

by the Department of 

Health. The Operation is 

managed TSI. 

This partnership allows 

The new HoverMast-100 from Sky Sapience, in Israel, could prove a real 

winner with border guards, CIP and security personnel the world over. 

The HoverMast-100 is 

a tethered Unmanned 

Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 

which means it 

combines all the obvious 

advantages of a UAV 

without the associated 

problems, such as civil 

certification, launch, 

recovery and training. 

It is simply launched at 

the press of a button, 

deploys to a height of 50 

meters and is recovered 

in the same way. 

It can be installed 

and launched from 

trading standards officers 

to identify illicit tobacco 

‘hot spots’ by combining 

intelligence from HMRC 

and trading standards. 

Leon Livermore, chief 

executive of TSI, said: “This 

partnership is one more 

example of how trading 

standards works with the 

private and public sector 

to protect consumers and 

support legal business 

practices. Through this 

partnership, trading 

standards has a unique 

opportunity to share 

information and develop 

intelligence with the aim of 

taking illicit tobacco off the 

streets.” 

‘HMRC works closely 

with other enforcement 

agencies to crack down 

on illicit tobacco in 

the UK,’ said Richard 

Las, deputy director of 

Criminal Investigation 

for the HMRC. ‘Seizing 

illicit product is only one 

most small service 

vehicles, such as 

pick-up trucks, UGVs, 

even boats. The 

HoverMast is ideal 

for border patrol, 

homeland security 

and civilian security 

missions. 

The system is 

comprised of an 

aerial platform, base 

unit, and external 

power source, all of 

which are compact 

and lightweight. The 

aerodynamic platform 

is produced from 

of the tools used; the 

focus is on using a range 

of interventions, from 

penalties to prosecutions, 

to encourage compliance 

and maximise deterrent. 

Partnership working with 

Trading Standards is vital in 

order to share intelligence 

and collaborate on 

joint exercises such as 

Operation Henry to 

target those areas with 

the highest levels of illicit 

tobacco activity.’ 

“Those involved in dealing 

in illegal tobacco may 

be encouraging people, 

including children to smoke 

by providing a cheap 

source. The detection 

dogs can find tobacco 

and cigarettes even if 

hidden in the most unlikely 

places. Offenders need 

to know that they will 

face consequences if they 

choose to deal in these 

illegal products.” 

advanced composite 

materials impregnable 

to water and dust. 

In fact, the entire 

system complies with 

international standard 

IP65. It hovers 50 meters 

above the host vehicle 

with the help of two main 

rotors that give it its main 

thrust and four smaller 

side rotors, used for 

guidance and additional 

thrust. 

Its stability in winds of 

up to 25 kn is achieved 

by the use of separate 

subsystems working >> 



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The aerial platform is 

secured to the base unit 

via a cable which serves as 

a power supply and data 

link. A silenced generator 

powers the system 

enabling continuous 24/7 

operation. The machine 

itself is relatively quiet 

and passive; emitting 

no electronic signals. It 

should be emphasized 

again that as the 

HoverMast is tethered, it 

is not bound by any of the 

air control regulations that 

bind standard unmanned 

vehicles. 

The system can host a 

wide range of payloads. 

It can host any payload 

weighing up to 6 kg, 

including CCD/IR cameras, 

radars, laser designators, 

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relays, cellular antennas, 

and hyperspectral 

sensors. Additionally, it 

can receive COMINT and 

ELINT. With the ability 

to operate on land and 

at sea, even while the 

vehicle is in motion, the 

HoverMast-100 enables 

target detection, location, 

and identification as well 

as autonomous tracking. 

Target coordinates 

and video images 

are transmitted within 

seconds and without the 

need of an experienced 

operator via its wide 

band communication link, 

relaying critical data to 

selected recipients in real 

time. 

The HoverMast is already 

in operation with the Israeli 

Defense Force. 

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or works abroad, are you aware of the legal implications surrounding duty of care for 

travelling personnel? 

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Police in Chennai have implemented 

‘Face Recognition’ in a Crowd 

system 

The Police in Chennai have 

positioned themselves 

at the forefront of Smart 

City Surveillance having 

implemented iOmniscient’s 

Face Recognition in a 

Crowd system in a part of 

this city, the sixth largest in 

India. 

The system installed in the 

T. Nagar Market enables 

the police to recognize 

people of interest outdoors 

in a totally uncontrolled 

environment and to track 

them as they show up on 

different cameras. 

Mr. Senthil 

Manickavasagam, M.D. 

Supporting Organisations: 

of Mars Electronics 

who implemented the 

system said, “The main 

requirement from the 

electronic surveillance 

used for public safety 

was that it must function 

in a difficult outdoor 

environment. We faced 

a big problem with this. 

The many technologies 

we tried from Russia, USA 

and Europe worked well 

when used in a controlled 

setting indoors, but in the 

practical crowded scene 

of an Indian marketplace, 

nothing worked. Then we 

implemented iOmniscient’s 

system.” 

Defendec releases HD Camera for situational awareness platform Smartdec 

Defendec have released a 

new high capability camera 

module for situational 

awareness platform 

Smartdec at Eurosatory 

2014, bringing significant 

improvements to its system 

for users in the field. 

Smartdec, the defense 

and security company’s 

flagship product, uses a 

network of small wireless 

cameras linked to motion 

sensors that send visual 

confirmation to end users 

in a matter of seconds. 

The system upgrades 

provide a HD picture 

with a HDR capability, 

increase the speed of 

image transmission and 

alarm arrival time and 

increase the distance of 

the detectors from the 

main bridge enhancing 

the system’s overall 

effectiveness. 

The Smartdec system 

consists of a series of small, 

lightweight, and easily 

camouflaged detectors 

that are equipped with a 

camera and long-lasting 

batteries, a communication 

base unit, and the control 

center. When movement is 

sensed, the detector sends 

a visual confirmation to the 

control center. There the 

image can be analyzed, 

and border patrols can 

determine whether or not 

to send patrols to inspect 

the area. 

Smartdec can be up and 

running in just two minutes 

without any additional 

training needed. The 

cameras are designed to 

be deployed in remote 

and rugged terrain where 

it is difficult to conduct foot 

patrols. The cameras are 

programmed to 

only recognize 

human 

and vehicle 

infiltrations. 

False alarms 

for wild animals 

have been 

eliminated. 

This feature 

prevents from 

wasting time on 

nuisance calls. The system 

can be operational for 

years with only one battery 

charge cycle making it 

almost maintenance free. 

Smartdec’s equipment 

is completely wireless so 

additional infrastructure 

investments are 

unnecessary. 

The detectors are 

connected to the GSM 

phone network, which 

means that most major 

towns and cities are 

covered. In countries where 

GSM coverage is spotty, a 

local radio network bridge 

can be set up to connect 

the cameras to the control 

center. 

“Smartdec offers border 

guard and critical 


companies 

struggling 

with limited 

personnel 

and budget 

resources 

an effective 

situational 

awareness 

platform 

solution to put an end 

to vandalism, human 

trafficking, narcotics 

smuggling, and other 

nefarious activities,” said 

Jaanus Tamm, CEO of 

Defendec Ltd. “Smartdec 

is truly a unique product 

that is operational around 

the world, and it is 

improving remote areas 

security every day.” 

Since the initial rollout 

of the system in 2010, 

Smartdec has been 

securing borders along 

the European Union’s 

eastern front, Asia and the 

Caribbean. The system has 

been proven to help stop 

international smuggling, 

illegal trafficking, and 

acts of sabotage making 

it the technology of 

choice among border 

guards around the 

world. Smartdec is also 

operational in the critical 

infrastructure sector 

making the protection 

of assets in remote areas 

much easier. 

Morpho Upgrades Dutch ID 

Documents for Greater Security 

Working closely with 

the Dutch government, 

Morpho (Safran) 

leveraged its experience 

and expertise to develop 

highly secure biometric 

travel documents and 

identity cards integrating 

cutting-edge technology. 

With new, innovative 

security features and 

a validity of 10 years, 

the latest generation 

identification documents 

will provide greater 

protection against 

document fraud. 

The ID card and travel 

document datapage 

now feature Morpho’s 

patented Stereo Laser 

Image (SLI® technology, 

a three-dimensional 

image reproducing 

the document holder’s 

portrait). Designed to 

check the authenticity 

of the primary image, 

this innovative security 

feature helps prevent 

photo falsification. For 

additional security, a laser 

perforated number (TLN 

- Tilted Laser Number), 

visible when tilted against 

the light, will be located 

on the primary image of 

each document. 



EVENT CALENDAR 

July 2014 

14-20 

Farnborough Airshow, UK 

www.farnborough.com 

16-18 

Asia Defence & Security, Manila, Philippines 

www.adas.ph 

22-23 

RSA Conference Asia Pacific & Japan, Singapore 

www.rsaconference.com/events/ap14 

August 2014 

20-22 

Secutech Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 

www.secutechvietnam.com/ 

27-29 

Safety & Security Asia, Singapore 

www.safetysecurityasia.com.sg 

September 2014 

9-11 

General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference 

(GPEC), Leipzig, Germany 

gpec.de 

22-25 

SPIE Security + Defence, Amsterdam, Netherlands 

spie.org 

24-25 

Emergency Services Show, UK 

www.emergencyuk.com 

29-2 Oct 

ASIS International, USA 

www.asisonline.org 

October 2014 

8-9 

Cyber Security Expo, London, UK 

www.ipexpo.co.uk/ 

9-10 

World Cities Conference, London, UK 

www.worldcitiesconference.com 

21 

SC Congress, New York, USA 

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November 2014 

4-6 

14th Annual AAAE/TSA/DHS Aviation Security 

Summit, USA 

www.aaae.org 

9-12 

3rd Homeland Security Show 2014, USA 

December 2014 

9-11 

3rd World BORDERPOL Congress, Hungary 


January 2015 

18-20 

Intersec Middle East, Dubai 

www.intersecexpo.com 

March 2015 

4-5 

Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience 

Europe, The Hague, Netherlands 


4-5 

Personnel Protection & Safety Europe, The Hague, 

Netherlands 

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