The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published NEMA TS 8-2018, “Cyber and Physical Security for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS),” which is designed to allow agencies and other transportation infrastructure owners to implement security of the surface transportation electronic systems.
“Connected computer systems have long represented a target for actors with malicious intent, but the perpetrators have changed and the stakes are now higher,” says Russ Brookshire, product manager, Parsons, and chair of the NEMA Transportation Management Systems Cybersecurity Technical Committee. “The number and frequency of cyber-based attacks targeting critical infrastructure, including the transportation systems sector, has grown substantially in recent years.”
NEMA TS 8 encourages implementation of cyber and physical security in transportation systems, legacy, new and those with revisions planned for the future. NEMA TS 8 security requirements strike a balance between the current threat environment and the real-world imperative that transportation systems continue to perform critical infrastructure functions.
NEMA TS 8-2018 is available in hard copy and as an electronic download on the NEMA website.