Shift5’s Webinar with RailwayAge: TSA Regulations and Rail Cybersecurity in 2022

By November 2021, 37% of rail organizations were recruiting for cybersecurity talent, an increase from the year before, according to GlobalData. This increasing demand for talent may be indicative of greater focus on cybersecurity, following a year marked by digital attacks such as those targeting New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, CSX, and global railroads.

Six Cybersecurity Predictions for Air, Rail, and Defense in 2022

In the past 12 months, a series of high-stakes cyber-physical attacks targeted U.S. critical infrastructure. Breaches of the Colonial Pipeline, New York Metropolitan Transportation Agency, JBS Meat Processing Plant, and a Florida city’s water system exposed the vulnerability of US critical infrastructure, as digital attacks triggered cascading consequences in the physical world.