This page contains a Flash digital edition of a book.
TECH TALK The heart of this scandal is how trust has been shaken


by many who did not expect to be monitored in such a manner (for good reason), and this shaken trust will have far-reaching and long-term effects upon U.S. industry.


INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS MIGHT BE REVISITED One of the many potential actions which might occur is having the international community revisit existing bilateral agreements pertaining to security issues upon which aviation and aerospace depend to facilitate business across borders. Such actions could result in either hampering perceived data gathering efforts or in segregating communications to avoid unwarranted surveillance. Non-U.S. airlines, operators, OEMs/suppliers and MRO


facilities might have reservations about having the NSA track their communications when they are not operating (or the products that they are supporting) outside of U.S. borders. It can be argued that most anyone who is involved with computer networking or communications is already aware of how many governments already have access to most aircraft operations information, but the general media has now made the international public aware of the extent of this surveillance. The perception of privacy was probably more acute to those in corporate jets. Traveling executives in foreign countries assumed that they had some degree of privacy in the cabin of a Gulfstream V; they now have to take increased measures to either limit sensitive communications while in


flight (as they would when speaking over a cellphone on the ground). The reality is that there was little or no privacy to begin with, but this illusion has been shattered. This might have negative implications to U.S.-based


service providers who supply in-flight communications services and avionics products as well, due to the suspicion that these firms would be forced to cooperate with government authorities. While this might have always been the case, this is clearly more understood by the entire global customer base now. Hopefully any effects of this will only be short term. The FAA and U.S. aviation/aerospace industry groups will undoubtedly have to deal this in the coming years, and these conversations will not be pleasant ones.


WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER


The assumption is that if the NSA is performing such surveillance that many other countries are also doing the same already. How this affects the broadband services for aircraft remains to be seen. The newer communications service providers are combining voice and data over Internet protocol (IP) which is a widely understood mechanism for the cyber surveillance community. The use of IP creates easier opportunities to monitor aircraft communications by more entities (even encrypted data streams). Most satellite and cellular feeds are managed by data centers which use broadband telecommunications


01.02 2014


33


DOMmagazine.com


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64