The type of cyber attacks are diversifying with the looming threat of increased cybercrime and innovative threats being introduced in the cyber world. With the realm of harmful cyber activity embodying itself into all industries, the railway, transportation, and metro industry is increasingly being eyed as a hotspot for increasing cyber attacks and threat activity. The public transit industry withholds grave signalling traction systems, geographical information, train control systems, passenger information and data, and station infrastructure details, all of which require intrinsic protection.
Earlier an industry consisting of much safer systems, the newly emerging digital systems and continual technological developments being used in the controlling of our railway systems are leading to a major change in that reality. Today, the likelihood of them being compromised is higher due to the rise in cybercrime across industries. Cyber solutions purpose-built for our railway and transportation systems will not only leverage relief to public transit operators’ sense of security and public safety, but also ensure organisations in the industry that digital developments must be…
