How can airports improve safety, security and operational resilience?
Protecting Passengers, Operations, and Infrastructure
PROAVIA members protect passengers, aircraft, airport operations, critical systems and infrastructure through specialised safety, security and resilience solutions.
Safety aims to prevent accidents and control operational risks. Security protects aviation against malicious acts, prohibited items, intrusion and deliberate disruption. Operational resilience enables the airport to continue operating and recover when an incident occurs.
PROAVIA members cover cybersecurity for airport IT and operational technology, passenger and baggage screening, biometric identity, border control, emergency coordination, counter-UAV systems, wildlife risk, technical supervision and digital safety-management tools.
Safety, security & resilience challenges
What are the main airport safety, security and resilience challenges?
Addressing critical vulnerabilities across digital and physical aviation ecosystems.
- Cybersecurity (IT/OT): Safeguarding critical airport technology and infrastructure against cyber threats.
- Security Screening: Processing passengers, baggage, and cargo rapidly to maintain optimal terminal flows.
- Biometrics & Identity: Authenticating travellers securely while strictly protecting biometric data.
- Unified Emergency Alerting: Coordinating rapid crisis response without fragmented alert channels.
- Counter-UAV Defense: Detecting and managing unauthorized drones near perimeter zones.
- Airfield Risk Management: Mitigating wildlife hazards, bird strikes, and FOD risks on active runways.
- Safety Audits & Compliance: Centralizing safety reports, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
- Operational Continuity: Guaranteeing fast recovery and continuity during unexpected system failures.
EXPERT SOLUTIONS
How do PROAVIA members address these challenges?
Comprehensive technical expertise and field-proven technologies from French airport industry leaders.
Cybersecurity for airport IT & operational technology
PROAVIA members provide cyber-risk assessment, security audits, regulatory support, managed detection and response, security operations centres, incident preparation and protection adapted to the constraints of continuously operating airport systems.
Passenger, baggage & cargo security screening
Detection and screening specialists provide checkpoint scanners, explosive-detection systems, remote screening, open digital architectures and inspection technologies for baggage and cargo while maintaining optimal passenger flow.
Identity, biometrics & secure passenger processing
Biometric gates, identity credentials and border-control systems strengthen traveller authentication while reducing repeated document checks. Members seamlessly integrate these technologies into check-in, bag drop and boarding.
Emergency coordination & safety management
Unified alert systems connect control towers, fire services, security teams and operations centres. Digital Safety Management System (SMS) platforms consolidate reports, risks, audits and corrective actions for enhanced oversight.
Airfield & perimeter protection
PROAVIA expertise encompasses counter-UAV and drone-management systems, foreign-object debris (FOD) detection, wildlife-hazard management, bird detection and specialist training for airside operational teams.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between airport safety and airport security ?
Airport safety manages accidental and operational risks. Airport security protects civil aviation against malicious acts and deliberate threats. Both depend on resilient systems, trained teams and coordinated procedures.
Why must airport cybersecurity cover both IT and OT ?
Airport business applications and operational systems are interconnected. Protecting both environments is essential because a cyber incident can affect data, physical processes and operational continuity.