Lack of data leaves ATM in the dark on cybersecurity vulnerability

A lack of relevant data is hindering efforts to determine and address the level of the air traffic management system’s vulnerability to cyberattacks, Eurocontrol DG Frank Brenner said at the IATA Ops Conference this week. “Is cybersecurity actually an issue for ATM?” Brenner asked. “The truth is that we in the ATM world don’t really know because there is no common platform to exchange information on cyberattacks. What we know so far from attacks that are known, where the victims have shared information, is that the volume of attacks is probably limited. But we need to dig further and the lack of data is not helping us in our analysis.” Brenner said the apparent limited impact on the ATM system at the moment could be “a lot to do with the way our ATM system is currently structured.” <br/>