Airport Business

OCT 2014

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FINAL ANALYSIS 42 airportbusiness October 2014 FINAL ANALYSIS $445 BILLION THE LIKELY ANNUAL COST OF CYBER CRIME AND ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE TO THE WORLD ECONOMY. CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 240 The average number of days it takes to discover a cyber attack. MIAMI INTERNATIONAL COVERS AIRPORT WITH BEACONS Miami International Airport recently became the first airport in the world to have a complete and open deployment of beacons. The beacons cover entrances, check-in, gates, baggage claim and valet parking zones throughout the airport. Each beacon broadcasts its identifier in the zone and this can be used by airlines, retailers and other partners' apps to trig- ger useful content to passengers or staff. Miami Airport's beacon zones are in operation throughout the terminals, skytrain and car parks to allow wayfinding to be offered on passenger's phones. SITA Lab, the research team at SITA, has already tested the beacons with mapping technology which has proved hugely successful. "Aviation and aerospace engineering sectors have been the target of cyber espionage with nexus to China as well as Iran." U.S. COMPUTER EMERGENCY READINESS TEAM, AUGUST 17 "America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyber attacks. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, and our air traffic control systems." PRESIDENT OBAMA, 2013 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HIS CYBER SECURITY ORDER "We are seeing unprecedented growth in cyber incidents and that trend will only increase as we move more of our personal and professional lives online." WILLIAM PELGRIN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, CENTER FOR INTERNET SECURITY TODD BAUMGARTNER New senior partner, FBO Partners LLC "Mainstream cyber security measures are often focused on the traditional elements of an IT network and will therefore fall short of fully understanding the cyber security needs of an airport. In my view, a more holistic approach is needed that encompasses wider elements of the airport's infrastructure." JOHN MCCARTHY, CYBER RESEARCH FELLOW, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY SUE RALSTON New show director, AviationProsLIVE

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