If I may, Mr. Chair, on the biometric technologies that we are currently using, there are two included on the restricted area identification card. The first is a fingerprint biometric. We selected a pattern-based fingerprint technology that is developed by Bioscrypt. The second technology contained in the card is the iris identification. The patent for that technology is held by Iridian Technologies. The choice of the fingerprint was based on performance in international testing. Bioscrypt was found to be the best in false positives, the fastest, and the most effective. Those are the two technologies that we have used in the card.
As for complementary access control for the actual biometric authentication, we do synchronize that process with the legacy access control systems that are owned and operated by the airport authorities. We have integrated this biometric verification with the automated access rights afforded to non-passengers by the airport authority.
We have also, in the case of one of the airports in Kelowna, enhanced this ability through the introduction of a mantrap type of device that is developed in Canada by ADT using a technology developed by Newton Security Inc. The person enters the area to authenticate the biometric. Once the authentication is done and there is a match between the biometric template stored in the card and the live sample provided by the non-passenger, there is then a scan of the area done to ensure that there is only one person present in that area. And at that point, the exit door is unlocked and the non-passenger can access the restricted area. That also is backed up by a video surveillance system.
In all other instances, the airport authority has a guard on site to ensure that there is nobody tailgating or allowing an unauthorized person to gain access. It is a technology that is used in partnership with the airport authority and it is integrated with their existing legacy access control systems.