The growing trend in cyberattacks against the aviation industry [Q&A]

Towards the end of last year the American Airlines pilot union was hit with a ransomware attack. This is just one of a growing number of attacks targeting the aviation sector. What makes the aviation industry such an attractive target and how can it protect itself? We spoke to Marty Edwards, deputy CTO for OT/IoT at Tenable, to find out. BN: Why is the the aviation sector such an attractive target? ME: Cyberattacks on our nation's critical infrastructure are on the rise, and the aviation sector is garnering growing interest among cyber criminals. The industry is heavily reliant on interconnected… [Continue Reading]