Industry Addendum
China’s airports spend big on cybersecurity technology
December 1st 2018
More than 90% of China’s airports and airlines will implement large scale cyber security programs in the next three years, reported SITA vice president and general manager East Asia, May Zhou, in a recent briefing paper. Read More »
Announced in Bejing, the SITA report said that in 2018 airlines will have spent 7% of their IT budget on cybersecurity and airports will have invested 18% of their information technology expenditure on enhanced cyber defences.
The recent SITA Air Transport IT Insight study analysed nine areas of cybersecurity to measure rates of cyber defence implementation. It reported that China’s airports and airlines are ahead of their peers elsewhere in the world in detecting and defending cyber attacks.
“Digitilisation is top of mind for airlines and airports in China,” said Zhou. ”Our research shows that 100% of airlines and 95% of airports have digital transformation in place or are planning for it. It’s encouraging to see the emphasis the industry has placed on cybersecurity in enhancing their IT development.”
By year end 2019, 100% of China’s airlines also hope to be 50% compliant with the International Air Transport Association 753 resolution, which requires that baggage is tracked at every point of the journey.
In two years, 100% of China’s airports will have two of the four steps – the make-up area and loading stages – and 94% of them will be operating transfer and arrival tracking. As a result their fast implementation of resolution 753, China’s airlines and airports lead the world in transforming baggage handling.
Upwards of 70% of Mainland airlines and 64% of the country’s commercial airports participated in the survey, SITA said.
