Border Security Focusing on Identity Management

23:22 | Dan Verton | Apr 17th, 2007 12:01am |

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency is relying on technology to balance the needs of homeland security with the needs of legitimate trade and business. To do this, the agency is increasingly turning to information technology as a means of verifying the identity of the 1.1 million travellers who enter the U.S. every year.

And according to Robert Jacksta, the agency’s executive director of passenger security and facilitation, the CBP’s massive technology infrastructure has already proven its ability to identify criminals and terrorists who have attempted to enter the U.S. using fraudulent travel documents.

This is an edited version of Jacksta’s presentation to the Smart Cards in Government Conference on April 11.

Tags: homeland security, information technology, Robert Jacksta, Smart Cards

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