Airbus takes charge of system to protect military against cyber-attack
A system designed to verify and mitigate cyber attacks on military assets is being developed by Airbus Group Innovations.
Airbus Group Innovations will lead a 16-month study following the award of £1.4m from Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to develop the Virtual Cyber Centre of Operations, which is part of Dstl’s Cyber Situational Awareness research project.
“Cyber situational awareness (CSA) is a very difficult problem because, in the modern era, we have very complex digital systems that are interconnected,” said Dr Kevin Jones, research team leader - Cyber Operations, Airbus Group Innovations. “I’m not just talking about information, I’m taking about assets - UAVs and ISTAR (intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance) assets.
“Because they are interconnected and highly complex we have to be able to understand the whole domain, all of those assets within that domain and the types of attack that people are going to put against those types of assets.
“So, we’re not just necessarily talking about information, although that is a key part. What we’re talking about is the effect of the impact on military missions from cyber events and cyber attacks.
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