Israel's top 10 airport security technologies, I

as a lie detector to monitor the psychological and physiological fear of a terror suspect and to assuage Americans’ fears of being “profiled.” The test works like a robot, searching for cues that only terror suspects are likely to radiate.

3. BellSecure — consolidating data . Kloosterman notes that BellSecure is an Israeli security company that is so high up on the security chain, that it is impossible to locate its Web site. The new security platform, according to Sela, facilitates real time communication and alerts for both travelers and cargo. The start-up company developed by three Israeli entrepreneurs is now being promoted in both Israel and Canada.

Created by former soldiers in the prestigious 8200 IDF Intelligence Corp group, the platform provides the missing link between the identification and verification of people and cargo at the airport with local and worldwide authorities. With many systems in different countries, most of which are incompatible, the BellSecure solution can help to identity a secure and reliable no-fly list that derives data in real time from a multitude of sources.

Sela says that it manages security in a way that the $14 billion system bought by U.S. security officials will never do. Currently looking for a pilot airport for a test run, BellSecure connects DHS, Interpol data, pictures, voice, and video to create a unified database that can be managed worldwide.

4. Smart Camera Systems — watching the cameras. With Israeli-made Smart Camera Systems there is no need to hire hundreds of security personnel to watch endless, mostly boring video with their own human eyes. Smart Camera Systems, a software-activated video and surveillance system, monitors and profiles “suspicious” passengers and employees and sends real-time alerts to officials monitoring the airport floor.

The company’s premiere product, WebVR, is a platform designed to intelligently manage, store, and distribute video content over various IP networks. Using it, security staff can see and review recorded and live footage captured by IP, web and analog cameras over a PC, a mobile phone or a PDA.

5. Eltel — monitoring the monitors. Eltel, a subsidiary of Elul Group, provides logistics support to Israeli armed forces and government agencies. Eltel has developed a “smart” computerized training system that helps airport personnel deal swiftly and competently with security risks. This is a unified training system.

“This company owns a very unique competency program, which it can verify at the scanners as to how well a security person is performing,” explains Sela. “You need to know they feel and how well they are doing when they are monitoring scans. This company provides a continuous competency check program. Nobody else in the world has it. Not only could it help tell managers when staff need a break to rest their eyes, it could create standards on how security personnel are managed and monitored,” he predicts. The training system not only provides reports, but monitors those standards on a continuous basis.

Tomorrow: WeCU, “Biometric VIP” card, MagShoe, Vigilant, and Briefcam