Next Stop: Fulda
On the way to the Verband Deutscher Eisenbahn-Ingenieure e.V. (VDEI) conference about railway cybersecurity where I’ll be speaking tomorrow… of course by train!

On the way to the Verband Deutscher Eisenbahn-Ingenieure e.V. (VDEI) conference about railway cybersecurity where I’ll be speaking tomorrow… of course by train!

Patric Birr and I published an article in SIGNAL+DRAHT, the leading international medium for control and safety technology plus communication and information technology in the railway sector. In the article we propose automating Security Risk Assessments by using digital twins. These allow attack trees to be derived automatically enabling a systematic analysis of potential attack…
The Polish Press Agency (PAP) reports a cyber attack on the Polish rail network in the north-west of the country in Szczecin. A BBC article reports: “Hackers broke into railway frequencies to disrupt traffic in the north-west of the country overnight, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported on Saturday.The signals were interspersed with recording of…
In this post, I delve into the most relevant standards that secure our railway systems. Using Europe and Germany as a case study for the local and national level of standards, the following infographics provides a comprehensive overview of the most relevant standards helping to increase security on the tracks. 📄 Download infographics as pdf:…
This excellent talk from RSA Conference 2023 tries to answer this question with what is currently known regarding: A clear recommendation to watch this presentation by Jason Kramer and Dr. Ulrich Lang, CEO to anyone in the OT/ICS industry.
We are already seeing real-world applications of artificial intelligence in the rail sector. Deutsche Bahn is using artificial intelligence to reduce delays on its network. My prediction: This is just the beginning of ML/AI applications in our sector. We will see machine learning and AI algorithms becoming more and more widespread in the coming years….
Maximilian Hedrich – Post | LinkedIn An example of what AI already is able to deliver today. We will need to deal with the issue of authenticity of voice and video in a AI driven future in a different way, than we did up to now. It’s not a question of “Will this technology be…