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Iris scanning to begin at orlando airport { May 11 2005 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.local6.com/news/4479554/detail.html http://www.local6.com/news/4479554/detail.html Iris Scanning To Begin At Orlando International Airport POSTED: 11:14 pm EDT May 11, 2005 UPDATED: 2:13 pm EDT May 12, 2005 ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida's busiest airport will begin using high-tech iris-scanning technology to filter out possible terrorists and add an additional layer of security, according to Local 6 News. Workers and other people at Orlando International Airport will have both irises scanned at special computers to determine their identity. "This will be an additional layer of information that is enrolled, which will be biometric information," OIA director of security Brigitte Rivera Goersch said. "Employees irises will be enrolled for the additional layer of security." The Airport Access Control Pilot Program or AACPP is a first of its kind, according to the report. A person would be required to stand in front of a special mirror and have both eyes scanned. "It has to verify both irises, not just one iris," Goersch. "Statistically it is very reliable. Iris scanners -- the technology of iris scanning -- is considered one of the most reliable biometric technologies." "You know just like we did with the airplanes with the cockpit doors and air marshals and all of that kind of stuff," federal security director Art Meinke said. It is just another step to try to figure out what can we do better." Local 6 News reported that the 90-day test could be expanded and eventually moved to airports throughout the nation. Watch Local 6 News for more on this story. Copyright 2005 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.

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