Telos Corporation (NASDAQ: TLS) shares gain Tuesday, as the company, a leading provider of cyber, cloud, identity and enterprise security solutions for the world’s most security-conscious organizations, announced that the Maryland Aviation Administration has contracted with Telos to provide the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)-approved Designated Aviation Channeling (DAC) service for processing worker background checks at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).
Telos’ DAC service improves data integrity, increases the efficiency of credentialing operations and reduces costs. The DAC service enables submissions of workers’ biographic and biometric data to conduct background checks for individuals working in secure areas of U.S. commercial airports.
“The DAC service deployment at BWI Marshall Airport is notable for its integration with BWI’s Identity Management System, enabling efficient biographic and biometric transmissions,” said one company high official.
“We have streamlined the TSA-required aviation worker background check process, while upholding the high security and customer service standards at BWI.”
Telos’ aviation channeling service meets the TSA and Department of Homeland Security requirements for the transmission and protection of biographic and biometric data.
Telos applies this TSA-accredited software-as-a-service platform to enable airports, air carriers, cargo carriers, and general aviation to perform identity and biometric-based background checks that mitigate insider threats to our nation’s aviation transportation infrastructure.
TLS shares took on 14 cents, or 1.4%, soon out of the gate at $10.39.
