TDK Systems Group, Inc. was one of three co-founding, managing member companies of Secure Work Access Consortium (SWAC). SWAC, originally established to meet the specific requirements of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Personnel Assurance Program, is a unique cooperative security program that enables the effective and efficient screening of individuals who require access to critical infrastructures and/or confidential information.

SWAC was designed to meet the challenges of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) for contracted workers helping ensure they are known, well trained, and have a threat-free history in accordance with federal standards.

Although no longer involved with SWAC or the Personal Assurance Program, during TDK's 10 plus year involvement (2007 thru 2018), public agencies, private corporations, labor organizations and contractors were able to strategically partner in SWAC to mitigate risk and develop a SWAC Trusted Community cooperatively improving regional and national security. The largest transportation agencies in the New York metro area including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), and New Jersey Transit (NJT) adopted SWAC as the regional standard for access control to sensitive facilities, critical infrastructures, and key national resources.

SWAC background screening reflected similar criteria to that provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) list of Disqualifying Criminal Offenses. The program allowed for the secure information sharing amongst disconnected facilities on a strictly need-to-know basis allowing prescreened members' personal information, certifications, credentials and access rights to be verified by security professionals.

                       SWAC at Ground Zero  

During ground breaking at the new One World Trade Center construction site, TDK’s President & CEO Todd Dieterly, Sr. (R) stands with the PANYNJ’s Personnel Assurance Program Project Manager and Author of From the Inside Out (Harrowing Escapes from the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center) Erik Ronningen (C).

             SWAC Around the Country

SWAC’s recognition continued to grow both regionally and nationally. During a 2014 business trip to Oregon to attend Planar certification training, Todd Jr. took a photo of a proud SWAC credential holder and Todd Sr.