requirements and tradeoffs “securing and growing aviation”

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Requirements and Tradeoffs“Securing and Growing Aviation”

Amr ElSawyTom Berry

Greg Nelson

Center for Advanced Aviation System DevelopmentThe MITRE Corporation

ATC Maastricht Conference 2005


The Events of 9/11 Changed the Aviation World

“What is new is the range, scale, and intensity of the threat”

– Kofi Anon, 2 Dec 2004, The Economist


Working to Make Air Transportation More Secure

Prevent

React

Protect


But Where Has That Left the Passenger?

Source: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Jan-13-Tue-2004/photos/airport.jpg


Imbedding Security in Every Element of The System – Use Time

and Space

ATM

Pilots

Aircraft

Travel Services

Passengers

Airlines

Hotels, Ground Transport

Schedules, Delays, fares, market offers

Schedules, Delays, cancellations

Schedule, status

Status, Conditions, Fuel, etc.

Flight Data, Instructions

ETMS, ATC Software

OAG/CRS, marketing info

Type, status

Services Provided

status

Itineraries


Aviation Security Must Serve the Traveling Public

• Complement, not dominate the experience

• Avoid Stove Pipes

• Manage Flows

• Use Space and Time

• Continuous Sensing

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Active, Alert, Aware, Fast, Resilient, Responsive, Comprehensive ?

DOJ

DoD/Northcom

Intelligence

Community

General & Biz Aviation

Airlines

AirportsProfitable, manageable

travel

Freight Forwarders

Local Law Enforcement

TSAProtect transportation systems, ensure freedom of movement

for people and commerce

DHS CBP

DoT

FAA

DHS IA&IP

Manufacturers & Shippers

Aircraft Manufacturers

NTSB

Aviation Training Orgs

Travel agents & GDSs

Risk Assessment

Providers

CDC

DOS

Public/IndustryPublic/Industry

GovernmentGovernment

DHS S&T

NASA

Travelers

DHS EPR


Limited Choice is Accompanied by Information Asymmetries

?? Hmm?Hmm?


DOJ

DoD/Northcom

Intelligence

Community

Local Law Enforcement

TSA

DHS CBP

DoT

FAA

DHS IA&IP

NTSB

CDC

DOS

GovernmentGovernment

DHS S&T

NASA

DHS EPR

Traditional Systems and Organizations Limit Information Choice

General & Biz Aviation

Airlines

Airports

Freight Forwarders

Manufacturers & Shippers

Aircraft ManufacturersAviation

Training Orgs

Travel agents & GDSs

Risk Assessment

Providers

Public/IndustryPublic/Industry

Travelers

If we knew all of the connections, we could build a roadmap to a more secure transportation environment


Richness vs. Reach

A very rich exchange of detailed information but

limited to a very few

VS.Alert Alert Level Level

YellowYellow

A very broad exchange of information but with little

detail or context

Traditional systems and structures require a tradeoff between…


But there is another way…Connect


It’s a Matter of Putting the …


Imagine A World…

SwiftTravel.Com

Video File


Behind the Scenes, the Security System Makes Flights More Secure

SwiftTravel.Com

Video File


Architecture Principles for the “New System”

• Efficient Flow in all segments of system• Multi-layered security enclaves using space and time• Early detection and correlation of events• Increase automation decision aids• Avoid/protect single points of failure• Provide common inter-organization situational

awareness• Construct self-healing information/decision networks• Distributed/mobile command and control• Manage the “soft inside”


Important Challenges

• Aligning policies, regulations and institutional relationships

• Distributed Training and Scenario Execution

• Privacy v. Anonymity

• Investment choices and timing to implement capabilities

• Asymmetric and Distributed Threats


“Move Anyone or Anything, Anywhere,

Anytime, On Time

AND

Know Almost Anything about

Almost Everything in Almost Real Time”

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