Emerging Security Threats
Emerging Cyber Attacks in the Aviation Industry One new emerging threat to the aviation industry which can be perpetrated by anyone in the world is cyber-attacks. In 2022, the United States lead the world in the most cyber-attacks in their aviation infrastructure ( Marks, P., 2011) . This includes Air Traffic Control, TSA, and Aircraft Data Systems. Recently, Russian hackers claimed responsibility for crashing a dozen websites associated to multiple airports key operations enterprise systems. Cyber-attacks are a real threat to aviation critical infrastructure. According to the current layers of security/TSA, there are no steps in place to enhance protection against cybersecurity threats. The current mitigation strategies in place focus on the physical presence of a person or an object. Since cyber-attacks can be accomplished outside of the TSA area of operations, it’s difficult to implement actions to prevent...