World's Airlines Navigate The Cybersecurity Storm

airport IT disruption

Although it was not the result of a cyberattack, the recent global IT outage illustrated how supply chain vulnerabilities can result in considerable and cascading effects.

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As industry reliance on complex technologies grows, so do concerns around cybersecurity. By utilizing a multitude of digital systems and outside vendors, airlines worldwide are trying to protect themselves better from an ever-evolving threat. In the U.S., carriers began disclosing cybersecurity risk...
Christine Boynton

Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.

Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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