Flying Safely in the Digital Age: Cybersecurity Threats and Solutions for the Aviation Industry – an Interactive Discussion at Embry-Riddle
As aircraft and the air traffic systems that support them get “smarter,” the threat of cyberattacks increases. Experts say aviation cybersecurity is the key to safeguarding the nation’s airspace and its air travelers. But according to a 2015 U.S. Government Accountability Office report, the industry is behind the curve when it comes to protecting itself from cyber breaches.
Join Embry-Riddle Faculty and Alumni Subject-Matter Experts April 12 for Lift, Off The Page, a Lively Interactive Discussion and In-Depth Examination of Aviation Cybersecurity
As aircraft and the air traffic systems that support them get “smarter,” the threat of cyberattacks increases. Experts say aviation cybersecurity is the key to safeguarding the nation’s airspace and its air travelers. But according to a 2015 U.S. Government Accountability Office report, the industry is behind the curve when it comes to protecting itself from cyber breaches.
Interconnected technologies developed for the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) are replacing radar-based air traffic control systems—and they are rife with cybersecurity vulnerabilities, according to the report.
Jon Haass
“NextGen will all be computer-to-computer communications,” says Dr. Jon Haass, associate professor of cyber intelligence and security at Embry-Riddle. “Guess what they forgot? They forgot cybersecurity.”
The largest and oldest aviation university in the world, Embry-Riddle is at the forefront of aviation cybersecurity research.
A panel of subject-matter experts, including Haass, will discuss the cyber threats and specific challenges facing the aviation industry and what can be done to protect the nation’s airspace.
Free and open to the public, the panel discussion will be held Tuesday, April 12, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Willie Miller Instructional Center auditorium at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.
Map of the Daytona Beach campus.
The event will include an interactive question-and-answer session moderated by James Roddey, director of communications at Embry-Riddle. The event will also be livestreamed. Learn more and register to attend online at alumni.erau.edu/LiftTalks.
Distinguished panelists include:
- Dr. Jon Haass, associate professor of cyber intelligence and security in the College of Security & Intelligence at Embry-Riddle’s Prescott, Ariz., campus and an advisor for the Arizona Cyber Threat Response Board.
- Carl W. Herberger, vice president of security systems for Radware, a global provider of application delivery and cybersecurity solutions. A 1991 alumnus of Embry-Riddle, Herberger is a former U.S. Air Force captain and a national advisory board member for SecureWorld Expo.
- Dr. Gary Kessler, professor of cybersecurity and chair of the Security Studies & International Affairs Department at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus. Kessler is also a member of the editorial board and past editor-in-chief of the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law and is an independent consultant and practitioner in computer and network security, TCP/IP and the Internet, and communications protocols and standards.
- Dr. Remzi Seker, professor of computer science and the M.S. and Ph.D. program coordinator with the Electrical, Computer, Software & Systems Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus and director of the CyBASE Research Center in Daytona Beach.