Watch the webinar replay of Intelligent Rail Summit 2017
The Intelligent Rail Summit 2017 about Automatic Train Operation and Cyber Security in Rail that took place at the end of November was very inspirational. Did you miss…
WannaCry virus was ‘wake-up call’ for railway industry
The infection of the Deutsche Bahn systems by the WannaCry virus earlier this year was a wake-up call for the management of Deutsche Bahn, explained cyber security expert…
Photo galleries of the Intelligent Rail Summit 2017
Railway experts from all over the world shared their views on Automatic Train Operation (ATO) and Cyber Security in Rail during the Intelligent Rail Summit 2017 in Vienna.…
Cyber threat presents ‘challenging conditions’ for rail: IRS2017
‘Industrial espionage, blackmail, political motivation…’ – just some of the reasons why cyber criminals might want to target the railway industry. Those were some of the observations of…
Watch Intelligent Rail Summit 2017 – live webinar
A webinar of the forthcoming Intelligent Rail Summit in Vienna from November 28-30 means anyone who cannot attend in person can follow it all online. There is still…
‘Railway managers should be more aware of cyber threats’
Railway systems were traditionally not the open access systems as they are today. Although new technologies are applied, the railway industry has not kept up with these developments…
Professor Rob Goverde invites you to the Intelligent Rail Summit 2017
Automatic Train Operation aims at transferring the responsibility of train operation from the train driver to the train control system. At the Intelligent Rail Summit 2017 the challenges…
‘A common understanding of cyber security necessary in the railway industry’
Digitalisation is truly a mega trend, but not many people are talking about cyber security. It is the most crucial step in the entire process of developing a…
Railway Systems – the next cyber security frontier?
A rugged dream box represents an entire railway system for IBM’s Domenico Raguseo and MERMEC S.p.A’s Domenico Scardicchio. It is a prototype, used to visualise the security elements…
Automation in railway more complicated than in aviation
In the aviation industry automated systems are already implemented to a much larger extent than currently in railway systems. Airplanes are for a large part operated by a…
Rio Tinto to operate complete autonomous freight trains in 2018
Mining company Rio Tinto will start operating completely autonomous freight trains by the end of 2018. The trains will move between fifteen iron ore mines and four port…
‘Driverless trains draw young talent to railway sector’
Implementing Automatic Train Operation (ATO) in the rail freight sector will attract specialists and young talent. That is the expectation of Christian Sagmeister of ÖBB Infrastruktur AG, which…
Alstom and Airbus sign cooperation agreement in cyber security
Alstom and Airbus have started a strategic cooperation in the field of cyber security. The agreement was signed earlier this year by Marc Fontaine, Marc Fontaine, Digital Transformation…
ATO and Cyber Security central themes at Intelligent Rail Summit
The Intelligent Rail Summit 2017 takes place in Vienna this year on the 28th, 29th and 30th of November. It will be held at the Info Center of Wiener…
Registration for Intelligent Rail Summit 2017 is now open
Registration for the Intelligent Rail Summit 2017 is now open. At this international railway conference, the latest information on Automatic Train Operation (ATO) and Cyber Security in Rail…