MRTD REPORT ICAOINTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION Coordinated Assistance Reviewing the intensified levels of cooperation being implemented by ICAO SFP and partnering bodies as the Organization continues to provide more effective guidance and resources to its Member States Also in this issue: The ‘HII’ point in our future? • ICAO PKD Update Tom Kinneging: Simplifying ePassports and the PKD MRTD Glossary of terms Vol. 4, No 1 Contents Editor's note: Mauricio Siciliano . 3 COVER STORY More effective partnerships ICAO’s Aviation Security and Facilitation Policy (SFP) Section continues to function as an invaluable instigator and “hub” for more coordinated international action in ICAO MRTD REPORT VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1, 2009 the global pursuit of more effective border control and identity management . 4 Editorial Interview: 2008 PKD Board Chairman Dr. Eckart Brauer MRTD Programme—Aviation Security and Facilitation Policy Section As more and more States seek to benefit from the restructuring of global facilitation Editor-in-Chief: Mauricio Siciliano infrastructures as a result of recent ePassport implementations, and with a newly- Tel: +1 (514) 954-8219 ext. 7068 E-mail : [email protected] signed operational contract providing clearer guidelines related to the ICAO Public Key Directory’s technical, financial and operational objectives, this unique ICAO Content Development instrument stands poised to assume the full range of its harmonized international Anthony Philbin Communications 14 Senior Editor: Anthony Philbin verification and validation responsibilities . Tel: +01 (514) 886-7746 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.philbin.ca The HII-Point in our future Given the rapid development of information and communication technologies, in Production and Design tandem with the rising trend toward automated border control systems, a new Bang Marketing “HII” concept that leverages Hi-tech deployments (H), Intelligent systems (I) and Stéphanie Kennan Tel: +01 (514) 849-2264 Integrated border management (I) is now being contemplated . 17 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.bang-marketing.com Certificates of authority Advertising In this recap of his presentation to the 2008 MRTD Symposium, Tom Kinneging, FCM Communications Inc. Project Manager at Sagem Identification and Task Forces 2 and 5 Leader at the Yves Allard Tel: +01 (450) 677-3535 International Organization for Standardization, discusses the ICAO Public Key Fax: +01 (450) 677-4445 Infrastructure, certificate chains, certificate distribution mechanisms, as well as the E-mail: [email protected] effective use of keys and certificates in the travel document inspection process . 24 Submissions The MRTD Report encourages submissions from MRTD Glossary of Terms . 32 interested individuals, organizations and States wishing to share updates, perspectives or analysis related to global civil aviation. For further information on submission deadlines and planned issue topics for future editions of the MRTD Report, please contact Mauricio Siciliano, managing editor at: [email protected] Opinions expressed in signed articles or in advertisements appearing in the ICAO MRTD Report represent the author’s or advertiser’s opinion and do not necessarily reflect the views of ICAO. The mention of specific companies or products in articles or advertisements does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by ICAO in preference to others of a similar nature which are not mentioned or advertised. The publishers extend their thanks to the companies, organizations and photographers who graciously supplied photographs for this issue. Published by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 999 University Street Montréal, Québec Canada H3C 5H7 The objective of the ICAO MRTD Report is to provide a comprehensive account of new developments, trends, innovations and applications in the field of MRTDs to the Contracting States of ICAO and the international aeronautical and security communities. Copyright © 2009 International Civil Aviation Organization PRINTED BY ICAO MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR ICAO: the global fulcrum of coordinated MRTD assistance This issue of the MRTD Report is a special one for me in bodies. UN partners include the Counter-Terrorism Committee that it highlights the types of advances that regulators, Executive Directorate (UN CTED—the more practical arm of States and associated international bodies continuously work the Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee), while toward, and yet which often go un-noticed by the millions of key non-UN stakeholders have been comprised of the travellers who benefit from them every time they take an International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Interpol, aircraft or pass through a border check-point. To my mind, the Airports Council International (ACI), the International Air it's specifically the seamless and unobtrusive nature of the Transport Association (IATA), and more lately the Organization implementation of these improvements, as well as the of American States’ (OAS) Secretariat of the Inter-American satisfaction of the passengers themselves that are our most Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), the Organization for important benchmarks in measuring MRTD success. Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). More than this, this issue serves to bring to the forefront the manner in which international cooperation is beginning to In every case, these organizations, as well as the individuals reach a truly new and exciting threshold of organization and in them who are constantly working to move cooperation effectiveness. This is an ambition that has driven regulators forward, have made invaluable contributions to the new and at the international level for decades, and we definitely stand more effective global conditions we now find ourselves in. on the shoulders of those who have come before us when we The increased level of communication now being enjoyed is look upon our recent accomplishments. As I write to you today leading to less duplication of efforts and a far more harmo - I am keenly aware that on a technological, bureaucratic and nized approach to the security and facilitation challenges even a personal level, a truly “global” awareness has begun facing world States and world travellers. to take hold and is now manifesting itself in tangible, practical solutions to worldwide challenges. Also included in this edition are some excellent perspectives from the likes of Raymond Wong and Tom Kinneging, which I’m In all the areas of international cooperation under discussion sure readers will find useful as they consider the current here, the officials involved could likely point to a key deve - situation at hand and the directions and capabilities that new lopment or event in their domains that revealed itself as a and converging technologies are now beginning to reveal to us. turning point in regard to this new level of cooperative effectiveness. In the area of travel documents and facilitation, Last but far from least, there is also an excellent review of I personally look upon the development of the Implementation the status of ICAO’s important work in the area of Document and Capacity Building Working Group (ICBWG) as our own Signer Certificates and the Public Key Directory which turning point. Over recent months the ICBWG has revealed distributes these to States. This interview with Dr. Eckhart itself to be the organizational tool that has permitted the UN Brauer is required reading for State officials who are now and its partners in this area to be able to provide a much preparing to sign on to what is essentially the security MRTD Report – Number 1 – 2009 higher level of coordinated assistance and guidance to the backbone of the global ePassport effort. States and, ultimately, the citizens that we serve. Happy reading. I need to stress here that this has truly been a cooperative effort. The recent advances in State assistance that have Mauricio Siciliano been witnessed were only possible through the determined Editor efforts of ICAO in conjunction with other UN and non-UN 3 ASSISTANCE TO STATES Effective partnerships As more and more passengers today find themselves travelling through multiple national border control and facilitation systems in the course of just a single business or leisure trip, much of the technological and regulatory backbone that has permitted this highly-effective travel environment to develop and flourish remains, perhaps appropriately, under- It may seem remarkable to some that the significant changes recognized and under-appreciated. to (and ongoing synchronization of) the standards and systems underlying today’s border control experience have occurred during a period that has simultaneously witnessed Though many felt that the aftermath of the greatest increase in security-related measures since the 9/11 would evolve into a more-or-less dawning of international air transport. permanent condition of longer passenger wait times and increased difficulties and ICAO has contributed in this area primarily through the work delays for all travellers and citizens at of its Aviation Security and Facilitation Policy (SFP) Section, customs and border control checkpoints, which is responsible for the management of the ICAO Aviation the tremendous efforts of ICAO and several Security (AVSEC) Programme and the Facilitation and Machine key international partnering bodies has Readable Travel Documents (MRTD) Programmes. permitted