To many observers, 2020 can be labeled as the “year the earth stood still.” But while the global population as a whole stayed home, that doesn’t mean we didn’t accomplish anything. Instead of doing business face-to-face, we switched our interactions to the internet.
From both a business or personal perspective, there’s almost nothing we collectively do today that doesn’t include interacting with a mobile app, website, or connected device of some sort. In fact, according to data firm Statista, the global internet population is now on the threshold of five billion people. It’s mindboggling that almost two-thirds of our world’s population has the capability to share all kinds of information with anyone instantly.
And that’s not counting the uncountable number of internet of things (IoT) machine connections there are today. The IoT has everything from smartwatches to cars to just about anything you can imagine sharing real-time information. Unfortunately, all that free-flowing information is just too tempting of a target for the rapidly growing business of data piracy. And like the internet itself, cybercrime is just going to keep expanding.
Welcome to the YOSC
Just how much of an issue is cybercrime for corporate and private aviation? Considering that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) designated 2020/2021 as the “Year of Security Culture” (YOSC), it’s a pretty pressing issue. In a statement, the coalition of aviation stakeholders and the ICAO Assembly called for a Cybersecurity Action Plan that, among other things, would work toward a common baseline for cybersecurity practices and make cybersecurity a part of aviation security and safety systems.
But what is cybersecurity in terms of business aviation? “Cybersecurity is the act of ensuring that data being transmitted from an aircraft to a prescribed network is protec ..
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