Monday, October 6, 2014

Industry voice: Risk scoring: How analytics can improve UK border security

Industry voice: Risk scoring: How analytics can improve UK border security   Border management agencies are faced with a constant balancing act between security, convenience and cost. They need to decide whether to carry out checks on huge numbers of travellers, resulting in long delays and inconvenience or – if they scale down the checks – risk letting in travellers and cargo that are illegal or pose a threat.Attempts to categorise travellers are often ineffective and can be seen as discriminatory if they aren't based on relevant facts. Accurately identifying factors linked to risk is difficult. Read more >