Enabling Secure and Reliable Digital Maintenance Operations in Rail

Virtual Workshop

Global losses from rail cyber security incidents are estimated to cost billions of dollars every year. Increasingly complex software compatibility issues and deficiencies in current digital maintenance practices have led to urgent rail safety alerts being issued in the UK.

More than half of all cybersecurity incidents are caused by internal threats – whether from inadvertent poor practices (such as password sharing and human error) or malicious internal activity by employees.

Cyber vulnerabilities can be caused by poor password management, lack of network access control and authentication, and poor management of service laptops, which often run out-of-date security software.

AGENDA - Timing in CEST (BST+1)

• 15.00-15.15 - KEYNOTE: How is the increasing digitisation of trains affecting maintenance practices? with Sophie Verbeek, Senior Manager of Operations, Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
• 15.15-15.35 - TRAIN BUILDER VIEW: What are the challenges in digital maintenance throughout the lifecycle of a train? with Bruno Corasolla, Head of Digital Trains, Hitachi
• 15.35-16.00 - OPERATOR VIEW: How can we efficiently manage digital maintenance and fleet availability? with Janan Shanmugaratnam, Specialist Engineer, South Western Railway

5 min break

• 16.05-16.25 PANEL: How could future legislation changes impact the implementation of digital maintenance? with Marta Garcia, Technical Affairs, UNIFE; Darren Fitzgerald, Principal Electrical and Systems Rolling Stock Engineer, RSSB and Serge Benoliel, CENELEC
• 16.25-16.45 A look at how we can improve the security and reliability of rail digital maintenance operations with Alex Cowan, CEO, RazorSecure
• 16.45-17.05 PANEL: Discussion on future trends - with Bruno Corasolla, Hitachi, Janan Shanmugaratnam, South Western Railway and Alex Cowan, RazorSecure

MODERATED BY: Egoitz Lizaso Legardo, Head of Vehicle Cyber Security, CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles)