SITA and Airbus unveil new cyber security services for the air transport industry

SITA and Airbus have come together to launch a new Security Operations Center Services which will provide airlines, airports and other air transport industry stakeholders with information about unusual cyber activity that may impact their businesses.

This services will help airlines and airports identify, detect and react to cyber threats while protecting their company assets from attack.

SITA and Airbus together can provide the most advanced cyber security solution for the air transport industry.

Almost every airline and airport in the world is a customer of SITA and it delivers solutions for the world’s most extensive communications network. Airbus works with companies, critical national infrastructures, governments and defense organizations to detect, analyze and counter increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks.

Together they will use their expertize to detect cyber activity relevant to airlines and airports. When requested, the joint Security Operations Center Services will provide appropriate containment and remedial action ensuring that a company’s digital assets are safe from attack.

François Lavaste, Head of Airbus Cyber Security, said, “Our standard solution mainly combines real-time monitoring services for applications and communications dedicated to air transport and incident response services.”

SITA’s Airline IT Trends Survey 2016 shows that 91% of airlines plan to invest in cyber security programs over the next three years.

Barbara Dalibard, CEO of SITA, said: “As an industry we need to move faster in developing new cyber security solutions that mitigate the risk of ever-changing threats. This requires constant collaboration and innovation. With SITA and Airbus Cyber Security uniquely placed at the heart of the air transport industry, we can facilitate innovation and information-sharing through services such as the Security Operations Center Service, providing solutions our customers demand and need.”