Protecting the Borders

How a layered security model helped efficiently secure the infrastructure of one of the globe's most advanced border security initiatives

Homeland security projects — both domestic and abroad — are of utmost importance in today's world of heightened awareness. The world's governments continue to develop innovative methods to leverage technology to secure borders, identify travelers and authenticate identification documents.

An ongoing border security initiative is a prime example of this movement. One of the top-10 e-governments in the world initiated a project that will proactively protect the country from unwelcome visitors, but do so in a manner that also will protect identity-related information about passengers and travelers across its borders.

Many contractors, sub-contractors and vendors serve as key support members of this ongoing project, which includes an open environment where a variety of government agencies, officials and travel vendors will require access.

Initially just a pilot program for border control, upon completion in the next few years it will serve as a fully flexible, scalable and robust advanced border control and security program. As part of the initiative, employees of this government, as well as travel partners around the world, will be empowered to access the border system in a secure fashion leveraging three key solutions from a proven layered security model.

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As a whole, the system will collect and analyze passenger and crew data — provided by air, sea and rail carriers — for all transportation to and from the country in advance of their travel. This will support an intelligence-led approach to operating border controls by identifying those involved in abuse of the country's immigration laws, organized crime and terrorism.

The core of this project required a security infrastructure that could seamlessly authenticate authorized users from any number of agencies and automatically secure sensitive information. But how did this country properly implement this trusted environment? By deploying a layered security approach from Entrust, who currently secures nine of the top-10 global e-governments.