UAE Business: Airports building more resilient security infrastructure – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Airports building more resilient security infrastructure – Gulf Digital News

Airports have been building more resilient infrastructure that are able to monitor sizeable passenger movements even as the threat to security is rising with new data driven technologies and enhanced footfall.

This was the view of experts and officials at the Airport Security conference at the Global Airport Leaders’ Forum from May 17 to 19 in Dubai.

“As threats get more advanced, we at the airport security are enhancing technology-based end-to-end solutions to detect and mitigate security challenges before they occur. Organisations around the world are expanding security solutions and taking measures based on different technologies to detect terrorist acts or smuggling ahead of time,” said Brigadier Humooda Mohammed Selayem Alameri, Deputy Director of General Department of Airport Security, Dubai Police, in his keynote address on ‘Developing intelligent, end-to-end control of entire airport infrastructure to meet future security challenges’.

Mitigating threat

He also stressed the need to make secure infrastructure to help mitigate any threat as planning is a key element in security.

“Technology is reshaping airport security with tools such as CT scanning, 3D imaging, AI and other means,” he said.

Brigadier Alameri said: “Technology and old methods like K9 are playing a key role in security and the detection of explosives or drugs around