Secure
Pre-Pass

Secure Pre-Pass is a system for secure base access by vehicles on-the-move. Users request access via an app on their phone after taking a selfie, entering a PIN, and selecting a location. The phone adds its own unique identifier and sends an access request to a server, which verifies the user by facial recognition, PIN, and phone identifier (3-factor authentication). If the user is authorized access, the server returns a confirmation secret displayed on the phone as a QR code (in 3 seconds or less). At the gate, confirmed users are recognized via RFID code or a message sent by the user’s phone and directed into a “fast lane” by signal lights. All vehicles in the fast lane are confirmed, and violators are stopped by a red light and/or boom gate while guards are audibly alerted.

Confirmations are valid for a limited time window, which is established by base policy and may be adjusted to support current threat conditions. Users may set an estimated time of arrival, and they can also cancel or make new requests at any time. The QR code representing a confirmation is displayed on the phone and may be used directly, in place of RFID, for pedestrian access.

Security benefits include 3-factor authentication, automated assistance for access decisions, early knowledge about who is expected at the gate, and faster response to new information. In addition, there are no more problematic traffic jams outside the gate because “fast lane” throughput is 5 times greater than a lane using manual ID card checks. Security personnel can now focus on real threats.