Speaker Biograghy: Jonathan has over 36 years of engineering and management experience in the aviation domain. His experience covers the development of policy and procedures used in the design of data and telecommunications systems, enterprise network security designs, enterprise architecture formulation, and systems engineering. He has experience designing systems for airlines and airports throughout the world, and is a member of RTCA Special Committee 224 (SC-224) working on the development of guidelines for airport security access control systems. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and holds a BSc in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, and an MSc in System Engineering and a PhD in Systems Engineering from The George Washington University. His research interests include investigating the effects of systems engineering and the use of systems dynamics models for airport security access control system designs and the insider threat.


Day 2 - 15 March
Session: Aviation Security, Border Control & Facilitation

15:30 - 16:00 - Maximizing your Access Control System to mitigate the insider threat
Synopsis: Airport Operators, Airlines, and Security personnel focus continues to be on the enhancing the passenger experience while making the journey from curbside to aircraft as comfortable as possible. The lack of employee focus has resulted in breaches as insider threat occurrences resulting from disgruntled employees malicious acts rises. This presentation focuses on warning signs that airport operators and tenants can glean from the access control system to mitigate threats. It also looks at the evolving guidelines from RTCA Special Committee 224 for Airport Security Access Control Systems.

Audience will learn:

• Insider threat overview and how to identify various threats
• How access controls detect the warning signs of insider threat and possible malicious activities
• How to utilise external systems to identify disgruntled employees while staying within privacy laws
• Guidance under development by RTCA SC-224