SEMINAR OBJECTIVES
Despite the huge advances that have been made in the development of security technologies, that can now identify a host of different threat substances contained in passengers’ baggage and on their person, Green Light believes that the most important technology in our protective arsenal is the human brain.
Granted that terrorists and criminals are using ever-more creative ways of infiltrating prohibited items onto aircraft, it is incumbent upon us to match their resourcefulness by using a defensive tactic that is based primarily on common sense and the identification of ill intent.
Regulators have been wary of overtly supporting a security regime based on subjective profiling, and many in the industry fear the potential of being accused of selecting passengers for further screening on the grounds of race, religion, ethnic origin or nationality. So, this three day interactive workshop aims to demystify the issue of profiling and demonstrate how decisions can and should be taken on the grounds of appearance, behaviour and the degree to which a passenger meets our expectations.
Profiling, or passenger risk assessment, has been proven to work in the prevention of attacks against aviation and, on a daily basis around the globe, other airport-based security agencies successfully interdict passengers carrying fraudulent travel documentation or illicit goods using the techniques.
The Passenger Risk Assessment seminar offers regulators, airline and airport security management, and representatives of other transportation security entities the opportunity to meet, discuss, study and experience the controversial technique that brings common sense and added security back to the passenger screening process.
FACILITATORS
The lead facilitator of the programme is Philip Baum (left), the Managing Director of Green Light Limited and Editor of Aviation
Security International. Philip has been active in running and developing profiling-oriented programmes for almost twenty years and is an arch proponent of the technique both within the industry and in the media. Philip will be joined by Sagit Yehoshua (right), an applied criminologist, who specialises in the psychology of terrorism and terrorist profiling.
As with Green Light’s other seminars, Passenger Risk Assessment will be structured in such a way as to encourage delegate participation. We usually limit participation to a maximum of 25 delegates in order that there can be a free ex-change of ideas and concepts.
REGISTRATIONS
All participants must be employed by recognised transportation entitles, security regulators or security integrators. Green Light Ltd. reserves the right to reject applications without need for further explanation.
The seminar will only be confirmed as proceeding once 10 delegates have confirmed their participation. Accordingly, delegates are advised not to purchase non refund-able air tickets until confirmation has been received from Green Light that a sufficient number of delegates have registered for the seminar. The latest date by which delegates will be advised of any cancellation of the seminar due to insufficient registration is 27th February 2011.
Early Booking Rate (Payment in full received by 24th December 2011 ) GBP £675 + VAT*
Standard Rate GBP £800 + VAT*
*Only UK delegates and delegates from not-VAT registered EU companies are required to pay VAT at 20% on top of the amount stated. A VAT receipt will be supplied. VAT No. 674 9808 77
Cancellation Policy: All cancellations received less than 60 days before seminar will be liable for 50% of the seminar fee, 100% if the cancellation is within 14 days of the seminar commencement date, regardless of when the booking was made. By registering for this seminar you are accepting this cancellation policy. Any queries please contact admin@avsec.com
VENUE & ACCOMMODATION
The seminar will take place at the Radisson Blu hotel in central Krakow. Preferential delegate rates per room per night have been negotiated:
Single Room: PLN 250 - approximately GBP 48 / Euro 55
Double Room PLN 290 - approximately GBP 55 / Euro 64
Delegates are not obliged to stay at the Radisson but are strongly encouraged to do so for their own convenience and full enjoyment of the event.
PROGRAMME
DAY ONE: Tuesday 27th March
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Defining Profiling
We commence the seminar with an examination of the various forms of profiling systems in use by security services and consider the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. The emphasis of the session will be on highlighting how racial profiling is not only unethical but also detrimental to our security objectives and, more positively, how an examination of passengers’ appearance and behaviour can result in better facilitation and more effective security.
Expectations of Behaviour
The essence of profiling lies in understanding what ‘normal’ passengers do when they travel. We examine how to baseline behaviour, dress, baggage and accessories.
Terrorist Modus Operandi
Many security regulators and providers make the fundamental error of failing to try and consider aviation security from the terrorist’s perspective. This blinkered approach results in checkpoint security becoming a tick-box exercise rather than an effective tool in unmasking those passengers with ill in-tent. Delegates will participate in a group exercise that demonstrates the value of thinking outside the box and, more specifically, highlights how, by wearing the shoes of the terrorist, we can identify and address weaknesses not catered for by a technology-reliant security system.
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DAY TWO: Wednesday 28th March
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Biology of Fear
Understanding how the human body responds to stress is fundamental to effective passenger profiling. The day begins with a look at the autonomous nervous system and how we can decipher the visual clues it presents us with. We conclude the session with an examination of ‘positive stressors’, those being the causes of stress that, whilst uncomfortable for the passenger, mean that the passenger has a valid reason for travel and are of no concern to us from a security perspective.
Profiler Influences
Security screeners come from a range of backgrounds and are, quite naturally, influenced by their own upbringing, life experience and education. We look at some of the issues that might influence their decision-making processes and what steps need to be taken to ensure that they do not negatively influence the decision-making process.
Suspicious Signs
Different profiling systems call them by different phrases – suspicious signs, risk indicators, causes for concern. We show how any list of signs needs to be fluid in nature and will vary depending upon the route being screened. As a group exercise, we develop a list of suspicious signs to suit the majority of airline routes.
Psychological Profiling of Terrorists
Who becomes a terrorist and why? In order to develop an effective response system, we need to ensure that we understand who it is that we are looking for in the first place. Sagit Yehoshua, who specialises in terrorist profiling (characterisation) and the psychology of terrorism, paints a picture of the different types of terrorists, what drew them to their varying causes and evaluates their motivations and the nature of the organisations that they created.
Profiling Exercise
Participants will be divided into three groups, each of which will be assigned a different terrorist to profile and, following an analysis of documents pertaining to that individual and subsequent internal group appraisal, will then feedback their findings to the wider group.
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DAY THREE: Thursday 29th March
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Questioning Techniques
When screeners are faced with passengers who give some cause for concern, either due to their appearance and behaviour or due to dilemmas posed by their travel documents, they need to be able to engage them in a conversation that will elicit the facts. We study the phrasing of questions and how attention to detail can provide us with the maximum amount of pertinent information in the minimum amount of time.
Deception Indicators
Asking questions is one side of the equation; considering the answers is the other. This session addresses how the wording used and the associated facial expression might indicate the passenger is lying.
Baggage Profiling
Did you pack your bag? Has anybody given you anything? These are questions that are all too familiar at the airport check-in counter. We examine the intent of such baggage profiling questions and consider how the system can be improved to ensure that it is an effective tool rather than another tick-box exercise.
Courses of Action
What actions we can take should we perceive a passenger to be a potential threat to a flight, remembering that the fact we ‘perceived’ the passenger to be a threat does not mean we ‘proved’ they were?
Role Play Demonstration
The rest of our final day will be spent on the portrayal of a range of different passenger scenarios. All delegates are encouraged to actively participate, playing the roles of passengers and, if willing, security screeners.
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*This programme is subject to modification
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