The honour of your company is requested at the joint Imperial College London and The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Annual Lecture in Transport Risk Management:
"Cyber safety in Europe’s transport system"
Professor Chris Johnson, University of Glasgow
Date: Wednesday 31 October 2012
Time: 17:30-18:30
Venue: Lecture Theatre 220, Mechanical Engineering Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ.
A drinks reception will take place after the lecture in the foyer of Mechanical Engineering.
In the Chair: Professor Nick Buenfeld, Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Vote of Thanks: Mr Keith Povey, Trustee of The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust
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ABSTRACT
Today’s transportation systems rely heavily on software components, but the commonality across European infrastructures means that a single piece of malicious code could bring down many systems. Such components include Voice Over Internet Protocol, operating systems such as Linux, network management systems and satellite navigation and timing applications. The new European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) was recently certified for use in applications affecting lives and is being trialled in air, rail and maritime systems.
The use of common software components raises significant security and safety concerns. A single attack could affect many different industries. We cannot simply hold a plane in the air if a flight data processing system is infected. Nor can we halt every train on a high-speed network while we conduct a forensic analysis of a signalling system. This lecture will explain the growing vulnerabilities and safety impact of malware on different modes of transportation, arguing that there is an urgent need for greater regulatory intervention to ensure the 'cyber safety' of our transportation infrastructures.
BIOGRAPHY
Chris Johnson is Professor of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow, where he heads a team of researchers who focus on the use of incident and accident reporting techniques and advanced simulation tools to support safety and security risk assessments in critical infrastructures.
He has an MA from the University of Cambridge and an MSc and PhD from the University of York. He chaired the Scientific Advisory Board for the European Commission’s SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) programme to modernise air traffic management.
He has held fellowships from NASA and the US Air Force, as well as grants in excess of €1 million from the European Commission, and UK and US funding agencies. He has worked on cyber security analysis for Global Navigation Satellite Systems infrastructures. He has acted as a consultant to organisations including the European Network and Information Security Agency, EUROCONTROL, the European Railway Agency and the US government.
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