NTL Record

Title Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Information Security Analysis
Record ID 66303
Personal Name
Creator
Biesecker, Keith; Foreman, Elizabeth; Jones, Kevin; Staples, Barbara L.
Personal Name
Contributor
Jones, William S.
Corporate Creator Mitretek Systems
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
Publisher United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
Publication Date 19971101
Language English
Abstract The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program is the application of information technologies (computing, sensing, and communications) to surface transportation. Because of a reliance on these technologies, ITS will become increasingly dependent on information security. By understanding how to achieve and maintain secure systems, the ITS community can develop comprehensive information security practices and appropriate security policies for ITS programs. Subsequently, they can put these into practice. This document presents the results from an information security analysis that was based on the National ITS Architecture. The ITS information security analysis comprised three assessments to identify and characterize the various threats to (1) the ITS subsystems, (2) their exchange of information, and (3) their supporting communications infrastructure. The assessments also provide recommended solutions (i.e., security services) that can be used to reduce or eliminate identified threats and to better protect ITS. While focusing on the threats and their impacts to ITS security, this report also provides necessary background information and a general understanding of information security. It addresses common information and general security issues as well as those that pertain specifically to ITS. The conclusions and recommendations from this report address increasing information security awareness within the ITS community, the development of secure ITS operations, and the issue of future security activities within the ITS domain.
Rosap ID dot:40574
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40574
TRT Terms Intelligent transportation systems; Security; Analysis
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
778816
Contract Number DTFH61-95-C-00040
Report Number FHWA-JPO-98-009
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/66000/66300/66303/FHWA-JPO-98-009.pdf
Alternative URL https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/operations/its/jpo98009/itssecanalysis.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository