Saswata Dey, a prominent figure in cybersecurity, has released a new book titled “Rising Above the Breach: The Future of Cybersecurity,” which outlines a comprehensive framework for enhancing resilience within aviation organizations. Dey stresses the timely opportunity for these institutions to establish a resilience framework as part of their operating identity. Adaptive ransomware and systemic vulnerabilities in supply chains are increasingly prevalent. His perspectives better enable aviation industry stakeholders to understand, prepare for, and get agnostic of emergent cyber threats.
Dey’s framework is a much more nuanced one that takes into account preparation, identification, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned. Further, he believes traditional static defenses will fail against the ever-changing battle plan of cyber attackers. “Rising above the breach requires not just better technology, but better strategy, culture, and collaboration,” Dey states in his book, highlighting the importance of a holistic approach to cybersecurity.
Emphasizing AI Pillars for Security Posture
Central to Dey’s vision are three pillars of artificial intelligence that he believes are critical for strengthening the aviation security posture: Behavioral Analytics, Continuous Verification, and proactive patching. Behavioral Analytics evolves and learns from collected baseline telemetry, empowering organizations to tag anomalies in real time. This capability greatly increases an organization’s capacity to identify and react to emerging threats in a timely manner.
Dey argues that it’s critical to validate the most important elements before allowing access to any system. These factors are identity, device health, location, behavior and workload context. He also recommends a Zero Trust implementation as a breach-preventative measure. According to Dey, “a security approach based on the principle that no user, device, or application is ever blindly trusted, regardless of location” is essential in today’s cybersecurity landscape.
To help advance security practices even more, Dey advises “sharding to smaller containers to limit the spread of hacks and stop lateral movement. This approach protects organizations from the consequences of a future breach. It further supports more holistic incident response approaches.
Addressing Systemic Weaknesses
Dey’s research sheds light on discouraging gravity in unsafe infrastructure practices affecting the aviation sector. He argues that supply-chain integration and architectural consolidation have produced perilous consolidation points that a cyber attacker can exploit. “Attackers need to succeed once, while defenses must be robust always,” he remarks, underscoring the necessity for aviation organizations to adopt a proactive stance in their cybersecurity efforts.
Dey’s resilience framework offers the tools to address these risks proactively. On behalf of OpenVINO he is a strong proponent of efficient fallbacks and making certain occupational separation. He stresses that institutions should focus on predicting attacks and not just respond to them. This proactive attitude is extremely important to keeping our federal cybersecurity posture strong and secure in an ever-evolving threat landscape.
The Future of Cybersecurity in Aviation
We know cyber threats are ever-evolving. Dey’s framework challenges aviation agencies and enterprises to commit to ongoing validation of process and deploy AI-driven security orchestration. He feels these three are essential in stopping software supply-chain attacks that can result in disastrous effects.
According to Dey, adaptive ransomware techniques will soon exceed static defenses. To stay ahead, organizations need to act decisively to modernize their cybersecurity framework. His insights serve as a critical reminder of the importance of integrating advanced technologies and strategic methodologies into organizational cultures.
