From runways to railways | The new frontiers of transportation cybersecurity
The Data Chronicles
2025/10/27
From runways to railways | The new frontiers of transportation cybersecurity
From runways to railways | The new frontiers of transportation cybersecurity
The Data Chronicles
2025/10/27
Shownote
Shownote
In this episode of The Data Chronicles, host Scott Loughlin welcomes Adam Smith, Regulatory Lead – Cybersecurity at Southwest Airlines, to explore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity in the transportation sector. Together, they fly through the real-wo...
Highlights
Highlights
In this episode, host Scott Loughlin sits down with Adam Smith, Southwest Airlines’ Regulatory Lead for Cybersecurity, to dive into the high-stakes world of transportation cybersecurity. The conversation navigates the complex intersection of technology, policy, and public safety, highlighting how cyber threats in aviation extend far beyond data breaches—they can directly endanger lives.
Chapters
Chapters
How Cyber Threats in Aviation Put Lives at Risk
00:00Why No One Is Fully in Charge of Transportation Cybersecurity
10:56When Must a Company Report a Cyber Incident—And Who Decides?
18:08Who Needs to Communicate During a Cyber Crisis—and How?
25:39Can Global Standards Unite a Fragmented Cyber Defense?
32:44Transcript
Transcript
Scott Loughlin: I'm Scott Loughlin. This is the Data Chronicles, and here are your data points. In today's episode, we are diving into the high-stakes world of aviation cybersecurity to illuminate an important universal theme. Cybersecurity is much more th...