SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 09/2018
Monitoring safety-critical railway networks using unidirectional gateways
Thanks to modern digitisation and connectivity, it has never been easier to collect and analyse data relating to the state of production or automation equipment, for example in order to reduce the downtime of critical infrastructure. Digitisation and connectivity mean that infrastructures are connected to the internet and/or cloud computing platforms. However, opening up and interlinking networks comes with a dramatic increase in the risk of attacks on infrastructure systems. How can operational data be made available for diagnostic purposes without compromising the safety of rail operations in the process...