Transport Cybersecurity

Abstract

A feature of the digital transformation of the transport industry is the trend to increased number of cyberattacks that are among the information threats. Transport cybersecurity is a broader phenomenon compared to cyberattacks and information security. It includes organisational security and other types of security that are not found purely in the information field. The relevance of transport cybersecurity is additionally due to the widespread use of information and computer networks and information space. Cyberspace in the transport sector can be interpreted as an aggregate of networks, information space, communication and real environment. The inclusion of real environment in transport cyberspace is a distinctive feature of transport cyberspace. The growth of information threats occurs regardless of development of transport cyberspace. It is due to digitalisation of society, including the transport sector. Cyberspace creates the preconditions for cyberthreats of a new quality, and for new cyberthreats, previous methods of information security become ineffective. The emergence of information threats is dictated not so much by digitalisation, but rather by the openness of information and communication technology. Multimodal transportation as a relationship between many organisations also contributes to the growth of cyberthreats and a decrease in information security. The article provides an analysis of the state and approaches used in transport cybersecurity based on the review of publications on the topic, suggests a taxonomy of threats and risks to transport cybersecurity, introduces the concepts of «railway information» and «transport information», describes the vulnerabilities of transport cyberspace.