Homeland Security Today (on line edition) has featured a story on Suspect Detection Systems and SDB Partners, written by David Silverberg.
Story follows:
http://www.hstoday.us/briefings/industry-news/single-article/new-screening-system-seeks-to-determine-subjects-intentions/4d35154a40abad56b8222c22edde0268.html
By: David Silverberg
Suspect Detection Systems Inc., Shoham, Israel, is introducing its Cogito line of automated screening systems to the United States through a strategic alliance with SDB Partners LLC, Washington, DC.
The system is intended to narrow screening by identifying suspects even if they are not carrying weapons, explosives or drugs.
?For the first time, with automated tools we can find the intentions of a person or persons who might be a threat,? Stephen Bryen, president of SDB Partners, told Homeland Security Today. ?All of our screening, like at airports, is based on a suspect?s carrying things — guns, knives, bombs. The 9/11 terrorists weren?t carrying anything. I think this overcomes the 9/11 problem.?
The system consists of two layers. First, potential suspects are rapidly identified among a crowd using a proprietary remote ?intention scanning? technology.
Flagged suspects then enter a booth, sit in front of a computer screen, put on earphones for voice commands and run their credential through a reader. The subject then places his or her hand in a palm reader and answers five questions while sensors in the booth measure a variety of indicators that include biometric verification.
According to the company, its intention scanning system has an 85 percent accuracy rate and booth screening raises that to 95 percent. It is a passive system that uses neither X-rays or microwaves, and is compatible with existing scanning systems and magnetometers. It comes in three configurations, for individual screening as at border checkpoints, for repetitive screening, as in workplaces and for military screening and mobile setup.
Additionally, the company states that the system can be set up in two hours and operated by anyone with basic computer skills.
The system is already deployed and operational in five countries around the world.
?What it does is narrow the focus,? Bryen pointed out. ?It?s designed for the secretive intruder who means you harm.?
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