Turning security data chaos into aviation safety insights

As the leading trade association for the world's airlines, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is committed to supporting safe, secure, and sustainable air travel. When they came to us in 2020, they were drowning in security data but starving for actionable insights that could actually help their member airlines keep crews and passengers safe.

01 The Challenge

IATA wanted to improve both the quality and dissemination of security data to help airlines address risks more effectively. The problem was that manual, outdated methods of sharing intelligence made it nearly impossible for airlines to efficiently interpret threats and respond appropriately.

Airlines were receiving fragmented security information from multiple sources \- government alerts, industry reports, airport notices, media coverage \- but had no way to see the bigger picture or understand how these various threats connected to their specific routes and operations. IATA needed to modernise their approach by centralising data sources and delivering real-time, actionable information to members.

02 How We Approached It

We designed what we called the 'SRIP' \- the Security Risk Intelligence Portal \- a first-of-its-kind solution in the aviation industry. The challenge was taking vast amounts of complex security data and presenting it in a way that airline security teams could actually use to make decisions quickly.

We created dynamic dashboards where information updates in real-time based on the latest intelligence shared by airlines and airports. This information is augmented by open-source data including government guidelines, official notices, and media reports. Users can view global, regional, and country-specific security landscapes, with the ability to drill down to specific airports and airspaces that matter to their operations.

03 What Made It Special

This wasn't just another data visualisation project. We created the aviation industry's first comprehensive security intelligence platform that could synthesise information from thousands of sources and present it in a format that security professionals could act on immediately.

The system doesn't just show what's happening \- it helps airlines understand what it means for their specific routes, aircraft, and operations. By consolidating everything into one platform, we eliminated the need for security teams to manually correlate information from dozens of different sources.

04 The Reality

We created a portal that fundamentally changed how the aviation industry approaches security risk management, delivering unprecedented visibility into global security threats.

• 1,000+ monitored regions providing comprehensive global security coverage

• 8,000+ airports actively monitored and connected to the intelligence network

• 6.8 million data sources consolidated into SRIP for comprehensive threat assessment

The timing proved essential too. SRIP became an invaluable resource that helped IATA members safely navigate the pandemic and its unprecedented security challenges.