Regulatory officials from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) discussed some of their latest cybersecurity policy initiatives and upcoming regulatory updates during the first day of the Global Connected Aircraft Summit’s second “Cabin Chats” web series.
During the first day of the Global Connected Aircraft Summit’s second “Cabin Chats” web series, cybersecurity experts from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) came together to discuss risk management and upcoming policy changes for stakeholders across the connected aircraft ecosystem.
Peter Skaves, Advanced Avionics Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor (CSTA) at FAA, said the biggest threat from the standpoint of the FAA is access points via public networks. The FAA’s assessment is that the cybersecurity risks for the e-enabled architecture and infrastructure of the aircraft cannot physically be hacked while flying.
Slide pulled from a presentation by Peter Skaves, Advanced Avionics CSTA at FAA, during the Global Connected Aircraft Summit.
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