Items tagged with air traffic control
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is finally pulling the plug on its outdated air traffic control systems. How outdated, you ask? Well, are systems that run on Windows 95 and floppy disks old enough for you? It won't be easy upgrading these highly interconnected, always-on computers either. The ambitious...
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With all the talk about security and encryption on devices that are personal to us like smartphones and tablets, we’d like to think that computer systems that help to control and monitor key U.S. infrastructure and transportation systems would employ rigorous security measures to safeguard against cyberattacks. This...
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