Methods and systems for use in identifying cyber-security threats in an aviation platform
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJohn Eric Bush, Arun Ayyagari, Winfeng Li, Shawn W. Lorimer, Matthew L. Benson, Steven J. Bates, John A. Craig
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for use in identifying cyber-security threats for an aircraft are provided. The method includes storing parts information relating to each hardware and software component used on the aircraft in an aircraft parts database, receiving, by a computing device, a cyber-security threat, and determining, by the computing device, a threat is relevant to the aircraft by comparing the received threats to the stored parts information.
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A method for use in identifying cyber-security threats for an aircraft, said method comprising:
- storing parts information relating to at least some hardware and software components used on the aircraft, including a map of how each hardware and software component is connected together within the aircraft;
- receiving, by a first computing device, a cyber-security threat;
- determining, based at least in part on the map, a potential path of the cyber-security threat to a targeted system of the aircraft;
- determining a number of components in the potential path between an entry point of the threat and the targeted system;
- and
- adjusting a threat priority in inverse proportion to the number of components in the potential path.
A system for use in identifying cyber-security threats for an aircraft, said system comprising:
- a storage device that stores part information relating to at least some hardware and software components used on the aircraft, including a map of how each hardware and software component is connected together within the aircraft;
- a communications unit configured to receive at least one cyber-security threat;
- and
- a processor unit coupled to said storage device and said communications unit, wherein said processor unit is programmed to:
- determine, based at least on the map, a potential path of the cyber-security threat to a targeted system of the aircraft;
- determine a number of components in the potential path between an entry point of the threat and the targeted system;
- and
- adjust a threat priority in inverse proportion to the number of components in the potential path.
One or more non-transitory computer readable media having computer-executable components, said components comprising:
- a communications component that when executed by at least one processor unit in a first computing device causes the at least one processor unit to:
- receive a cyber-security threat;
- and
- store part information relating to at least one hardware and software component used on an aircraft, including a map of how each hardware and software component is connected together within the aircraft;
- a threat evaluation component that when executed by the at least one processor unit causes the at least one processor unit to:
- determine, based at least in part on the map, a potential path of the cyber-security threat to a targeted system of the aircraft;
- determine a number of components in the potential path between an entry point of the threat and the targeted system;
- and
- adjust a threat priority in inverse proportion to the number of components in the potential path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.