Addressing Security in the ATM Environment: From Identification to Validation of Security Countermeasures with Introduction of New Security Capabilities in the ATM System Context

Montefusco, Patrizia; Casar, Rosana; Koelle, Rainer; Stelkens-Kobsch, Tim H.

doi:10.1109/ares.2016.67

Cited by 7 publications

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“…The authors of [53] discussed the changes in the user experience that occur with the introduction of formal security requirements into an ATC system and investigated whether ADS-B position reports should be utilized as an aircraft' s main location source. The authors of [54] summarized the risk and requirement analysis carried out via the ATM system utilizing VHF communication. Creating rules and procedures aids in the enhancement of aviation communication security; they are far easier to implement in practice than implementing new systems and technological adjustments to existing technology.…”

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Aviation attacks based on ILS and VOR vulnerabilities

Choudhary¹,

Sihag²,

Gupta³

et al. 2022

J Surveill Secur Saf

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Aim: As the aviation industry grows more digital and reliant on wireless technology, it has grown more appealing to cyber criminals, including nation-state actors and terrorists. Vulnerabilities in a wide range of networked devices and (sub)systems, as well as their implementations and design defects, can be used to carry out malicious operations. The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive survey threats on aviation communication models. Methods: We describe an overview of aviation threat model and attacks. A detailed taxonomy predicated on security vulnerability is presented. Further, this paper discusses the research aspects and challenges to be taken care of in aviation security and communication Finally, we conclude with a summary of the current state of threats and their consequences for widely-used aviation models. Results: The main findings of this study is to introduce fundamental security vulnerabilities of aviation model and classify into categories to efficiently analyze them. Vulnerabilities of VOR, ILS systems and their impact are also discussed. Moreover, we describe and assess mitigation systems to defense these attacks. Conclusion: We conclude that the aviation system is still exposed to various attacks. We examine key technological challenges that have been serving as a deterrent to adopting more secure alternative approaches, as well as research avenues where further progress is needed.

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Section: Defense Methodsmentioning

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Aviation attacks based on ILS and VOR vulnerabilities

Choudhary¹,

Sihag²,

Gupta³

et al. 2022

J Surveill Secur Saf

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“…The German project Air Traffic Resilience (ARIEL) [10], based on the research results of the European SESAR project, provides an overall risk assessment of potential cyber attack threats to the critical infrastructure of the aviation system. At the same time, with the help of air traffic simulators, a scenario-oriented approach is used to analyze the risk of different cyber attack scenarios and ultimately achieve the goal of improving flight safety.…”

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Information Security Architecture Design for Cyber-Physical Integration System of Air Traffic Management

Dong

Wang

et al. 2023

Electronics

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With the continuous expansion of air traffic flow, the increasingly serious aviation network security threats have a significant and far-reaching impact on the safe operation of the aviation industry. The networked air traffic management (ATM) system is an integrated space–air–ground network integrating communication, network, satellite, and data chain technology, which adopts a network-centric structure to provide network-enabled services and applications for the air transportation system. In view of the serious network threats faced by networked ATM, this paper studies the basic theories and key technologies of ATM information security assurance and designs a credible security architecture to provide comprehensive and systematic security assurance for networked ATM. Starting from the problems and development trend of ATM security assurance, this paper investigates the dynamic and complex data processing process of ATM system, analyzes the complex interaction between its cyber and physical system, and then constructs the networked ATM cyber–physical fusion system model and threat model. Furthermore, the causal relationship between ATM security threat alert information is mapped into a Bayesian network, and the game model of networked ATM is proposed using Bayesian Nash equilibrium strategy. At last, the information security assurance architecture of networked ATM system based on blockchain technology is formed by establishing a distributed co-trust mechanism and multi-chain storage structure. We expect this paper to bring some inspiration to the related research in academia and aviation so as to provide useful reference for the construction of ATM safety and security system and the development of technology.

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