Driverless vehicles in the here-and-now with Scott Belcher on Highways Voices
This week on Highways Voices, we talk about real world here-and-now driverless solutions. We’re joined by the former President and CEO of ITS America, Scott Belcher who is now Executive Director of ACES Mobility, a group looking to boost last mile Autonomous, Connected, Electric and Shared journeys with a new American initiative. Subscribe to Highways Voices […]
Highways News UK Exclusive: New US report helps transport agencies cope with increasing cyber risk
With American public transport agencies being highly dependent on the services of vendors to help deliver and maintain critical technologies linked to everything they do, the vendor’s cybersecurity controls and protocols can leave transit agencies of all sizes vulnerable to cyber incidents. New research seen by Highways News called “Aligning the Transit Industry and Their […]
ITS leaders Scott Belcher and Mark Talbot Join one.network as Consultants
The British real-time roadwork, road incident and event information data company one.network has announced that intelligent transport leaders Scott Belcher and Mark Talbot have joined the firm as consultants. Scott Belcher leads SFB Consulting, LLC, and prior to his current position, was the CEO of both the Telecommunications Industry Association and of the Intelligent Transportation […]
Cyber security still a real threat to highways and transport operations, hears Highways Voices
Cyber attacks present a real threat to highway and transport operations, unless very strict security measues are in place, hears this week’s Highways Voices podcast. Listen here. This was according to transport consultant, Scott Belcher, who spoke to Highways News about the importance of cyber security to the sector. Mr Belcher has completed a study, […]
Hackers target Indian transport network
Indian government officials are accusing “Chinese state-sponsored actors” of being behind a series of cyber attacks on the country’s transport sector over the past few months. After leading American consultant Scott Belcher warned that transit operators in the US are failing to take cyber security seriously enough, the Indian problems should ring alarm bells with […]
Transport cybersecurity breach implications highlighted in new report
A new study’s been released highlighting the impact of America’s worst ever reported cyber attack and its implications for the public transport industry. Last month cybersecurity firm FireEye discovered a breach of their internal systems that was traced to the IT management software they used, supplied by SolarWinds. Since the discovery, the investigation has uncovered […]
Canadian public transport network hit by cyber attack
The transit system in the Canadian city of Vancouver has been hit by a ransomware attack, causing major problems across its network. In a statement, TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond confirmed, “We are now in a position to confirm that TransLink was the target of a ransomware attack on some of our IT infrastructure. This attack […]
Study finds major problems in American transit cyber security
A major report by one of the world’s leading experts in Intelligent Transport Systems has found significant problems with cyber security in America’s transport system. Scott Belcher’s Transit Industry Cyber Preparedness study describes how a huge flaw in security at the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system meant that “intentionally planted spyware” had been […]
