Protecting Traffic Systems from Cyber-Attack

 

For compelling economic reasons, everything is moving toward the Internet ... including advanced traffic management system (ATMS) design. However, the associated adoption of open standards is providing a smorgasbord of familiar targets for would-be hackers.

Intersection signal controllers, traffic cameras, and variable message signs (VMS) are all vulnerable. Traditionally, traffic-system safety has focused on performance, reliability, and safety, leaving the overall network prone to system-resource manipulation and cyber-attack. Now that traffic-management systems are becoming part of integrated critical infrastructure, the consequences of unauthorized access have become potentially even more severe.

StrongPoint™ Trusted-Device Network

StrongPoint, developed in partnership with Econolite, was designed specifically with transportation engineers and municipal IT staff in mind.

It provides a simple, hardened and extraordinarily secure way to protect traffic management field controls from cyber attack on any infrastructure - wireless, public Internet or open standards. ... More Info