Visual Defense, partly owned by investors
from Canada, has established video surveillance networks that could link
thousands of cameras into an effective command and control station.
The sources said Visual Defense has been presenting a video surveillance
network for airports. The New York City subway system was said to already
employ a similar network to monitor stations and tracks.
The Israeli technology was also said to include intelligence digital
monitoring, designed to alert operators to threats monitored by thousands of
cameras. A Tel Aviv company, Vigilant, has worked with a U.S. firm, Pelco,
to install its Video Surveillance Center at several leading airports in the
United States, Middle East Newsline reported.
BellSecure has also been employing former officers from Unit 8200. A
startup by three Israelis, BellSecure has developed a platform, linked to a
range of sources, that provides alerts of suspicious passengers and cargo.
Executives said the system could acquire data from no-fly lists from foreign
countries as well as Interpol.
Another Israeli company has sought to use psychological warfare
techniques developed by military intelligence. WeCU has developed a system
meant to intimidate suspected insurgents from boarding airlines. One
technique has been to impose images of members of a suspect's family on the
wall of an airport.
"This company has an algorithm that in some countries would be viewed as
an invasion of privacy," Israeli security consultant Rafi Sela said.
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