DKE
This morning I’m on the way to Frankfurt for ICS – Informatik Consulting Systems participating at a DKE security working group meeting regarding standardisation of railway security.

This morning I’m on the way to Frankfurt for ICS – Informatik Consulting Systems participating at a DKE security working group meeting regarding standardisation of railway security.

For me, yesterday was the last day of InnoTrans for this year. Now I have to rest my feet (of course in our red socks!). During this week, I’ve walked countless miles, talked to incredibly interesting people and once again experienced the wide range of products and services necessary to make our railway system work….
The German BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) and TÜV-Verband conducted a survey among German companies to assess the status of cybersecurity in the private sector. Some worrying results from my point of view are: 🌐 Link to the study: BSI – Presse – TÜV-Studie zur Cybersicherheit der deutschen Wirtschaft: Bedrohungslage steigt, Unternehmen wiegen sich…
Today I attended the CNA e.V. railway technology forum 2024 in Nuremberg for ICS GmbH. The title of the conference was “Unlocking the opportunities of railtech”, which is both necessary and possible with the help of digital systems such as ETCS, ATO and CTMS – if it’s done in the right way. Cybersecurity plays a vital role in…
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…
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Cybersecurity in public transport: The operator of Hannover’s public transport was hacked. According to the linked article, it seems to be a ransomware attack. Bus and railway operation are not affected, but different systems such as the displays at the stations or the ticketing platform for the new “Deutschlandticket”. https://www.csoonline.com/de/a/cyberattacke-auf-hannoversche-verkehrsbetriebe,3674537