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Abtech School of Aviation and Maritime
Certificate On campus · Hybrid · Online

Basic Aviation Cybersecurity Management

Foundations of cybersecurity for the aviation sector: threats, controls and compliance across airline and airport systems.

Lessons
20
Study time
61h 3m
Enrolled
88
Rating
4.5 (39)

What you will be able to do

  • Identify cyber threats to aviation systems
  • Apply baseline security controls and policy
  • Support aviation cyber-compliance programmes

Curriculum

6 modules · 20 lessons · 61h 3m

1 Why aviation is a target
  • The aviation threat landscape 3h 25m
  • Case studies of real incidents 3h 18m
  • Threat actors and motivations 3h 28m
2 The systems that matter
  • Departure control and reservations 3h 16m
  • Airside operational technology 3h 23m
  • Air traffic and navigation systems 3h 21m
  • Systems quiz 15m
3 Risk
  • Building an aviation asset register 3h 18m
  • Basic risk assessment method 3h 28m
  • Risk assessment exercise 3h 16m
4 Controls
  • Identity and access management 3h 23m
  • Network segmentation airside and landside 3h 21m
  • Supply chain and third parties 3h 25m
5 Regulation
  • ICAO Annex 17 and the cyber provisions 3h 18m
  • NCAA expectations 3h 28m
  • IATA guidance 3h 16m
6 Response
  • Detecting and triaging an incident 3h 23m
  • Aviation-specific response playbooks 3h 21m
  • Communicating during an incident 3h 25m
  • Final assessment 15m

About this programme

An introduction to cybersecurity as it applies specifically to aviation: the threat landscape against airlines and airports, the systems that matter, ICAO and NCAA expectations, and how to run a basic risk assessment and incident response for an aviation organisation.

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