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Unmasked and Unprepared
IT'S ENCOURAGING to see the
nation's travel sector bouncing back
swiftly from the pandemic.
We're not out of the woods yet, but things are
looking up. And for the industry, within days of the
CDC issuing guidance that vaccinated Americans
no longer have to wear a mask, the sense of normal
got closer and people started booking airfare in
a frenzy.
Hawaiian Airlines saw its website bog down
from too many people booking travel. Swaths of
people started appearing back in our major airports.
Things are looking up.
But it's more important the industry looks
forward, not up. The runway to recovery is
absolutely littered with the FOD of failures that
can make quick work of this optimism.
The Colonial Pipeline is one hard slap of reality
I'm talking about. One hacking attempt set off a
fuel shortage across the eastern U.S. that gravely
endangered the jet fuel supply for airports. This
on top of continual cyber attacks on our airports,
which have caused massive security issues.
The Biden Administration's American Jobs Plan
includes funding for cybersecurity efforts on top
of the $1 billion authorized earlier in the year to
modernize the federal government's cybersecurity
infrastructure.
Most people in the industry are focused on the
$25 billion to help fund the Airport Improvement
Program being proposed for the plan. But an ACIWorld
survey from earlier this year showed more
than 60 percent of airport respondents confirmed
their airports were targeted by cyberattacks.
Airport leaders need to make cybersecurity
one of their top priorities before things get worse.
I know your budgets are bare thanks to COVID,
but building a comprehensive effort to protect your
facilities has to be put front and center.
Zhen Xu, IT director for Avfuel suggested in
a recent article on our website that airports and
FBOs work with their IT departments or a solution
provider to identify and mitigate security threats.
Any improvement that's implemented requires
upkeep and maintenance to safeguard against
evolving threats.
This isn't as easy as buying software and hoping
you're good for a couple of years. This takes annual
attention and includes training your staff
to spot issues.
The pandemic made travel more
touchless and technology-dependent than
ever before. This is the new future but it
doesn't do the industry any good if we
have these tools that just expose facilities
and travelers to new risks.
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