Security architecture for the connected aircraft

A method comprising:

• receiving one or more signals from a device at one or more of a plurality of device ports, wherein each of one or more plurality of device ports is dedicated to a respective one of a plurality of avionics domains;
• identifying the one or more device ports that are receiving the one or more signals from the device;
• verifying whether the device has access to the respective one or more avionics domains that are dedicated to the one or more identified device ports;
• and
• forwarding the one or more signals to the one or more avionics domains that the device has access to.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of device network interface cards;
• an avionics server comprising a plurality of device ports and configured to process data received from the plurality of device network interface cards,
• wherein each of the plurality of device ports is coupled to one of the plurality of device network interface cards, and
• wherein each of the plurality of device ports is dedicated to a respective one of a plurality of avionics domains.