ICAO CYBER-SECURITY DECLARATION CALLS FOR OUTLAWING OF WEB ATTACKS ON CIVIL AVIATION

A FORMAL International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) ‘Dubai Declaration’ on boosting cyber-security in civil aviation has been approved at an inaugural Cyber Summit and Exhibition staged by the UN agency in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The declaration says that member states should outlaw cyber-threats targeted at civil aviation. They should actively combat cyber-threats against the sector, while ensure that their aviation-linked internet capabilities should be used only for peaceful aims. It said member states and the industry should work together to ...


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