Demand for Aviation Cyber security Increases with Wider Espionage Campaign Targeting US Government Agencies and Private Companies
Computer security, or cyber security, is the prevention of computer crimes and other information system breaches by malicious intruders, disrupting or misdirecting the services they offer. Aviation cyber security deals with maintaining safe, secure, and resilient operations. The demand for cyber security has increased in the recent past, owing to cyber-attacks on large corporations, critical infrastructures of all kinds, governments and SMEs with different levels of sophistication and diverse severity in their impact. For instance, according to Kaspersky, smart DDoS attacks that were focused on the application layer increased by 73% in Q3 2019 compared to those in Q4 2019. Recently, in March 2021, SITA, an air transport communications and information technology provider, confirmed it was victim of a cyber-attack in February 2021. Such cyber-attacks increase the demand for aviation cyber security solutions. Today, there are more sophisticated cyber threats than ever before. From p