Avionics Access Points and Connection Protection

ABSTRACT:BlueRISCs proposed solution provides a fundamentally new approach to enable tracking vulnerabilities in an avionics system, without requiring specialized knowledge. It enables capturing the severity of vulnerabilities as well as identifying the connection points associated with exploitation. It is based on a new conceptual framework to track and identify vulnerabilities based on a novel program analysis approach that is coupled with testing. This solution can be used to analyze and classify avionics systems from the point of view of severity of cyber threats and their potential operational impact.BENEFIT:The proposed avionics vulnerability testing technology is expected to further the field of vulnerability assessment tools in such a way as to provide a state-of-the-art approach to identifying potential and actual vulnerabilities in avionics software and tying them to specific system-level connection points. The project is an ideal fit for BlueRISC and will provide a strong opportunity to not only target government avionics systems but to also transition the technology to the commercial sector, specifically targeting embedded systems, given the broad applicability of the technology.