Assessing and Proposing Countermeasures for Cyber-Security Attacks

Abstract

Cyber-attacks on IT domain infrastructure directly affect the security of businesses' operational processes, potentially leading to system failure. Some industries have a high risk than others due to the sensitivity of their data, including the transportation industry, which has recently moved from traditional data management to digitalization. This study aims to identify the main cyber threats in the transportation sector by analyzing related works and highlighting the main countermeasures used to respond to such threats as well as enhance overall cybersecurity. This paper presents a comprehensive cybersecurity risk assessment for the transportation companies, identifying the most common attacks and proposing methods to minimize risk as much as possible. A risk assessment analysis was prepared by industry experts that included previous cyberattack scenarios. The results of our paper identified the most critical attacks on the transportation company's booking system and recommended suitable countermeasures to minimize the risk of those attacks.