Boeing Aviation Business Solutions (ABS) has partnered with Shift5 to bolster cybersecurity for e-enabled aircraft. This partnership with Boeing combines Shift5’s advanced software, designed to analyze aircraft security log files with ABS’s cybersecurity expertise to offer airlines an industry-leading log file analytics & monitoring service.

Why it matters:

• Enhanced security: – The service helps operators detect cybersecurity anomalies in their aircraft, whether caused by human error or malicious actions.

• Proactive measures: – Operators will provide security log files and use this service to perform analytics, and to identify and mitigate issues, ensuring a safer flying experience for passengers.

• Expert analysis: – The ABS Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSPs) will examine the log analytics and collaborate with the operator to determine if any necessary actions, such as process or technology changes are required.

Who benefits?

• Airlines and operators: – This solution is available to all operators of aircraft covered by Advisory Circular (AC) 119-1 and European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) guidelines.

Go deeper:

Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) guidelines in Advisory Circular (AC) 119-1 and European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) guidelines in Common Requirements Regulation (EU) 2017/373 and the Single European Sky Framework require operators flying connected or e-enabled aircraft with advanced connectivity capabilities to create an Aircraft Network Security Program (ANSP) to ensure their safety, integrity, and reliability are in alignment with regulatory standards.

Aviation operators are now able to automate compliance efforts for cybersecurity data created on board connected aircraft, through this partnership. The partnership leverages Shift5’s ANSP Compliance Module software and Boeing’s Aviation Business Solution’s Cybersecurity Certified Information Security Professionals (CCISP) to deliver an industry-leading analytics solution for analyzing aircraft security log files. This new service will help operators of e-enabled aircraft to analyze large datasets to identify possible cybersecurity anomalies and determine mitigation actions.

“Digital technologies continue transforming the aviation ecosystem. Our partnership with Shift5 increases operator efficiency while meeting regulatory requirements and underscores Boeing's commitment to maintaining the highest cybersecurity standards in aviation,” said Brett Burgess, Commercial Aviation director for Digital Aviation Solutions at Boeing.

“Modern connected aircraft are ushering in better flying experiences for pilots, staff, and passengers, but they also introduce complexity that invites cybersecurity risk. These next-gen aircraft usher in evolving cybersecurity requirements, including ANSP compliance – a regulation that’s notoriously difficult to navigate,” said Josh Lospinoso, CEO and co-founder, Shift5. “Together, Boeing and Shift5 will flip the script, turning the challenges of ANSP compliance into a checklist item. This is a game changer for operators as FAA, EASA, and other regulatory requirements evolve and airlines face persisting staffing shortages. We’re going to save operators a ton of time, effort, and paperwork.”

Learn more: Contact Boeing at aviationbusinesssolutions@boeing.com for more information.