Air travel put to the test by cyber-risks

"Cyber security takes malicious intent into account, whether the attacker is an ordinary hacker or a mafia or state organisation. The impact of an attack can be dramatic, as the media coverage of the attacks on hospitals has shown. In the air transport sector, malicious attacks can affect not only the aircraft itself, but also the entire airport infrastructure", explains Éric Dehais, Managing Director of Oppida, which is involved both upstream in identifying risks and the measures to be implemented (Security by Design), and in carrying out audits, notably as part of the French Military Planning Act. The aim is to continue working to make air travel safer.

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Information security is a new challenge for aviation safety. Part IS, a new European regulation, defines information security as "the preservation of the confidentiality, integrity, authenticity and availability of networks and information systems".

The obligation to comply with these new regulations before the end of 2025 has led OSAC and Oppida to sign a partnership in the field of airworthiness. The aim is twofold: to enable OSAC to carry out surveillance in a relevant manner by upgrading the skills of its staff, and to support its customers in understanding these new regulatory requirements and achieving compliance. The subject goes beyond cybersecurity, which aims to prevent organisations from being attacked. The purpose of the Information Systems Management System (ISMS) is to ensure that, in the event of an attack, the said system can continue to function, even in degraded mode.