Having the technology available to recognize possible terror threats in real time is crucial and there is no room for error. Therefore, the installation and use of security cameras that utilize advanced video analytics permits the security personnel to identify terrorist threats and individuals that the federal government law enforcement agencies and Homeland Security have placed on a watch list. The other addition to this technological arsenal is the ability of these intelligent cameras to zero in and detect objects that have been left unattended, unusual movement through marked check points or even a car that has been engaging in unusual patterns of movement around the airport.

A terrorist act can occur in any section of the airport and therefore the entire airport and surrounding parking lots, baggage areas, and airplane hangars are treated as one single surveillance priority. This means that a passenger who is parking their car, or perhaps is dropping a package off at a loading warehouse on the premises of the airport will still be under surveillance at all times. This real time surveillance by the airport security system enables the travelling public to feel secure even when they are conducting non-travelling business, or seeing a loved one off. In addition, the security personnel have the flexibility to monitor security video from anywhere in the airport on PC workstations.

Checkpoints inside the airport terminal are important and outside the terminal are airport areas that are just as crucial to monitor. In many instances, criminal activity and not terrorism may be the issue that triggers the need for enhanced security monitoring efforts. For instance, some of the parking areas are located at the airport are far from the terminal. Many breaking and entering of cars and other types of destructive and vandalism activities occur in these parking lots, and effective security monitoring systems have to be utilized. The trams that are used to transport passengers from one section of the airport to another section also must be monitored by security systems in order to prevent criminal or other nefarious activity from occurring.