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<p>Commercial aviation is vital to the economic health of the global economy. Commercial aviation as a global entity should be an international critical infrastructure that constantly safeguards and protects from malicious threats, including cybersecurity threat actors (Nobles, 2019). The international aviation industry needs a comprehensive cybersecurity defense plan to prevent cyber-based threats from negatively impacting civil aviation. Critical components of the global aviation systems consist of airport operations, air traffic management, ground operations, airline operations, unmanned systems, operations (Kessler, Craiger, &amp; Haass, 2018), aviation maintenance, airport security (physical security), and cargo and logistics. The existing aviation infrastructure was designed, engineered, and implemented without forbearance on cybersecurity (Kessler, Craiger, &amp; Haass, 2018). The lack of international cyber governance impedes the enforcement of cybersecurity policies; therefore, requiring a global-based alliance to create standards and best practices for evaluating and managing cybersecurity risks (Urban, 2017), especially in commercial aviation.</p>
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Commercial aviation is vital to the economic health of the global economy. Commercial aviation as a global entity should be an international critical infrastructure that constantly safeguards and protects from malicious threats, including cybersecurity threat actors (Nobles, 2019). The international aviation industry needs a comprehensive cybersecurity defense plan to prevent cyber-based threats from negatively impacting civil aviation. Critical components of the global aviation systems consist of airport operations, air traffic management, ground operations, airline operations, unmanned systems, operations (Kessler, Craiger, & Haass, 2018), aviation maintenance, airport security (physical security), and cargo and logistics. The existing aviation infrastructure was designed, engineered, and implemented without forbearance on cybersecurity (Kessler, Craiger, & Haass, 2018). The lack of international cyber governance impedes the enforcement of cybersecurity policies; therefore, requiring a global-based alliance to create standards and best practices for evaluating and managing cybersecurity risks (Urban, 2017), especially in commercial aviation.

The Need for a Global Aviation Cybersecurity Defense Policy

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Commercial aviation is vital to the economic health of the global economy. Commercial aviation as a global entity should be an international critical...

The Need for a Global Aviation Cybersecurity Defense Policy

Data publikacji: 12 mar 2022

Zakres stron: 19 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2022-0003

Słowa kluczowe
aviation, civil aviation, cybersecurity, globalization, hyperconnectivity, policy, technology

© 2022 Calvin Nobles et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Need for a Global Aviation Cybersecurity Defense Policy

Data publikacji: 12 mar 2022

Zakres stron: 19 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2022-0003

Słowa kluczoweaviation, civil aviation, cybersecurity, globalization, hyperconnectivity, policy, technology

© 2022 Calvin Nobles et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
aviation, civil aviation, cybersecurity, globalization, hyperconnectivity, policy, technology