Border Security

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Border Security Commerce No Compromise

• VC Kumar
• Manager, Government ID
• TI RFid Systems

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Agenda

• The issue and what needs to be resolved
• The parallel computing example
• The challenge
• The solution
• The future

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What are We Talking About?

• Border states and interaction with our neighbors
• 5,096 miles land border 2,381 miles water
• 790B goods trade with Canada and Mexico (2005)1
• 62 by trucks (4 CAGR)
• 15 by rail
• 1.1 million people cross border daily2
• Families
• Work
• Commerce
• 9/11 changed perception of border security

1 Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2006 2 CBP
fact sheet, 2007
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Texas and Mexico Stats

• More than1,240 miles of border
• 22 of 50 busiest land border ports in US
• 84.5B trade with Mexico (2006)1
• 12 separate industries in Texas export more than
  1B in goods and products to Mexico each year
• 66 million people crossings (2006)1
• Over119,000 OTM illegal aliens apprehended
  January-July 20052

1 Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2006 2
www. governor.state.tx.us
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Security at Our Borders

• SBI (2005)
• Patrol officers
• Illegal crossings
• Electronic sensors, night vision scopes, ground
  vehicles, aircraftand unmanned aerial vehicles
• At the ports of entry (legal points of entry)
• Air
• Water
• Land

photo by James R. Tourtellotte 1
photo by James Tourtellotte 1
1 http//www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom
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Need Resolution Ports at Entry Issue

• Enable security at the speed of business
• Increase security no compromise
• Dont impede commerce / business
• Dont increase processing time
• ? Augmenting security vs. increasing processing
  time
• Privacy issues
• Cost impact

Use technology to facilitate legitimate trade and
travel between Texas (and the US) and Mexico
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The Parallel Computing Parallel

• History
• Single processors not powerful, fast enough
• Parallel processors invented
• Philosophy of government ID security
• Layers of security address applicable threat
  scenarios
• Document (optical, material, chips)
• Back-end (database) hot lists
• Physical observation of trained inspectors

http//www.tsa.gov/approach/
http//www.sandia.gov/ASCI/TFLOP
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The Challenge

• Number of acceptable documents, formats
• Range of security features
• Old security features were only static
  signatures
• Proves document integrity
• Allows entry at borders based on what you have
• Document cloning, counterfeit documents

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How can Technology Help?

• Eliminate loopholes
• Add biometric angle to add the who you are
  dimension
• ? Enter chip based documents
• Add robust operational needs
• Remote, environmentally challenging locations
• ? Contactless technology

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The Solution

• Adding real time biometrics check
• Face
• Fingerprint?
• IRIS?
• Other?
• Todays technology
• Biographic and biometric data stored securely on
  chip
• Matches at reader/inspector station
• The appropriate technology is key
• Security to protect the holder

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Todays Technology

• FAST(cargo)
• NEXUS(Canada), SENTRI(Mexico)
• ePassports.
• Coming soon?
• WHTI for land borders
• Pilots with voluntary hi-tech drivers licenses

www.rfid-weblog.com/50226711/us_epassport_rule_pa
ssed.php
Biometrics, prescreening and contactless
technology
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The Future

• Biometric sensors and match on cards/document
  capability
• Eliminate concerns of privacy advocates
• No unauthorized eavesdropping
• Most secure
• Continue raising bar

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Texas A Technology Hub

• Proven security solutionsfor today
• Ready to meet tomorrows challenges

GOAL Protect our security and our economy
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Thank You
VC KumarManager, Government ID214.567.2484vcku
mar_at_ti.comTexas InstrumentsRFid
Systemswww.ti-rfid.com