Abstract
Transportation systems are an often overlooked critical infrastructure component. These systems comprise a widely diverse elements whose operation impact all aspects of society today. This chapter introduces the key transportation sectors and illustrates the impacts that can result if their operation is disrupted. Two elements that are common to systems used in all sectors, and that are vulnerable to cyber attack, are discussed. Positive Train Control (PTC), used in the rail sector to prevent or mitigate the consequences of accidents and that makes extensive use of these elements, is discussed in detail as representative of the security issues.
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Hartong, M., Goel, R., Wijesekera, D. (2012). Transportation. In: Lopez, J., Setola, R., Wolthusen, S.D. (eds) Critical Infrastructure Protection. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7130. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28920-0_14
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