NZ: Airways worried about the cyber-attack threat
Airways is worried about the threat of a cyber-attack on the air traffic control system and is searching around the world for ways to prevent it. As the enterprise moves towards more automated towers, its chief technology officer is overseas looking for ways of preventing its system being hacked. Any such hack could have catastrophic consequences. Head of strategy at Airways New Zealand, Trent Fulcher, said there had been increased focus on cyber security since the "WannaCry" ransomware attack that spread to more than 150 countries in May and dealt a crippling blow to Britain's national health system. "It's absolutely front and centre from our board down to management - how we make our business more resilient to those kind of attacks," he said. <br/>
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NZ: Airways worried about the cyber-attack threat
Airways is worried about the threat of a cyber-attack on the air traffic control system and is searching around the world for ways to prevent it. As the enterprise moves towards more automated towers, its chief technology officer is overseas looking for ways of preventing its system being hacked. Any such hack could have catastrophic consequences. Head of strategy at Airways New Zealand, Trent Fulcher, said there had been increased focus on cyber security since the "WannaCry" ransomware attack that spread to more than 150 countries in May and dealt a crippling blow to Britain's national health system. "It's absolutely front and centre from our board down to management - how we make our business more resilient to those kind of attacks," he said. <br/>
