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Digital Airport Platform mitigates risks of cyber attacks at airports

In this blog, learn more about DDoS attacks on airports and how our Digital Airport Platform can help.
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Impact of DDoS attacks on airports

DDoS attacks can cause significant operational and financial damage to the airport. When vital systems such as flight information, security checks and baggage handling become disrupted, it results in long waiting times and chaos in the terminal. All this can have a negative effect on the airport's image, leading to loss of trust among travelers and partners. In addition, central infrastructure can be targeted, affecting overall operational efficiency. Financially, attacks can result in losses. Consider missed revenue from online bookings such as parking reservations. Finally, system recovery after an attack also involves significant costs.

Digital Airport Platform

Airports have an interest in a digital infrastructure that defends them against such attacks and mitigates their impact. Leading U.S. airports are therefore using Move's Digital Airport Platform (DAP). The platform enables numerous flight-related and operational data streams to be brought together and shared with travelers, airport staff and other audiences through all desired channels. To ensure the availability of this information, the platform is equipped with high-level protection against DDoS attacks. In fact, DAP works with a:

  • Modular design that ensures data flows remain strictly separated, ensuring access to the digital front end does not pose a risk to other sensitive systems.
  • Optimized Display Performance (thanks to static pages). This has the added benefit of making the website resistant to DDoS attacks because very little code is used to display the site. Only dynamic content is loaded on demand.
  • DDoS protection in the form of AWS Shield, which provides standard protection against DDoS attacks. Optionally, AWS Shield Advanced can be deployed for even more robust defense.‍
  • Globally distributed Content Delivery Network (CDN) that distributes hosting globally, providing additional protection and ensuring faster connections.

Want to know more about DAP and DDoS protection?

Download the brochure here or contact Stefan Smit (Digital Consultant) at the bottom of this page.

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