Hirsch Electronics, a security systems manufacturer and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. announces Lars Suneborn, Director of the Government Program Group for Hirsch, will lead the RTCA (Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics) Subcommittee SC 224 effort to update the RTCA DO230 Integrated Security System Standard for Airport Access Control.
A thirty‐year veteran of the identity management and access control industries, Suneborn will lead the RTCA subcommittee through a complete overhaul and revision of physical access control system performance standards for the U.S. air transport industry. Last updated in February 2008, these standards provide guidance to airports nationwide on the implementation of airport staff security systems including identity management and credentials, physical access control, intrusion detection and video surveillance. The official standards advisory council will meet several times over the next 16 months.
Suneborn stated, “The justification for the rewrite reflects the emergence of new smart cards, identity management and credential technology along with the impact modern technologies and innovations have on physical access control systems. Technology improvements have been so significant the most effective approach is a comprehensive redraft of the standards.”
Along with the committee’s security industry experts, key personnel from FAA, TSA, AAAE, ACC, ACI, DHS and additional industry‐associated individuals will be invited to attend and observe. The presence of influential aviation decision‐makers allows for complete, comprehensive understanding of the new access control standards as they are developed, easing future implementation of the guidelines by the aviation industry. “The idea here,” Suneborn explained, “is to provide uniformity of standards across the industry so that the federal funding process for critical access control improvements can be streamlined.” The new policies can be used by both commercial and private airports, airstrips, landing fields and other industryrelated facilities.
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