Publication

Security Assurance for IT Infrastructure Supporting Airplane Production, Maintenance, and Operation

U.S. National Workshop on Aviation Software Systems: Design for Certifiably Dependable Systems (NITRD HCSS-AS), 4-5 Oct 2006, Alexandria, VA

Author(s): Scott Lintelman, Richard Robinson, Mingyan Li, David von Oheimb, Radha Poovendran, Krishna Sampigethaya
Year: 2006
Publisher: (online)
Editors: Jonathan Sprinkle
Keywords: Airplane software, information technology, infrastructure, software engineering, safety, security, certification
Abstract: The present paper seeks to motivate interest in a Boeing-led workshop session on the security evaluation of IT infrastructure supporting aircraft, with focus on issues that arise when flight-critical software and related data are distributed among suppliers, manufacturers, airlines, and maintenance organizations via open information networks. We would like to share our pioneering experiences in developing security requirements for an airplane asset distribution system, and to receive feedback from other parties involved with aircraft IT infrastructure. We propose to collaboratively develop guidelines for system certification requirements and to identify directions for future research.

BibTeX entry:

@inproceedings{HCSS-AS-Boeing-Siemens-UW, author = {Scott Lintelman and Richard Robinson and Mingyan Li and Oheimb, David von and Radha Poovendran and Krishna Sampigethaya}, title = {Security Assurance for IT Infrastructure Supporting Airplane Production, Maintenance, and Operation}, booktitle = {Proc.\ U.S. National Workshop on Aviation Software Systems: Design for Certifiably Dependable Systems (NITRD HCSS-AS), 4-5 Oct 2006, Alexandria, VA}, editor = {Jonathan Sprinkle}, year = 2006, note = {Available from \url{http://ddvo.net/papers/HCSS-AS.html}}, abstract = { The present paper seeks to motivate interest in a Boeing-led workshop session on the security evaluation of IT infrastructure supporting aircraft, with focus on issues that arise when flight-critical software and related data are distributed among suppliers, manufacturers, airlines, and maintenance organizations via open information networks. We would like to share our pioneering experiences in developing security requirements for an airplane asset distribution system, and to receive feedback from other parties involved with aircraft IT infrastructure. We propose to collaboratively develop guidelines for system certification requirements and to identify directions for future research. } }