Assignment: 787 Network Security Presentation

This assignment requires you to use presentation tools and allows you to be creative. The presentation subject is to be network security on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. To begin, get familiar with the topic by reading over the articles.  Then create an original presentation using PowerPoint to address the questions below.

The Boeing 787 is a fantastic aircraft with versions capable of seating up to 300 passengers with a range of up to 8,200 nautical miles. This aircraft is full of technology including a composite material skin, a fiber optic data bus for networking, and a high tech in-flight entertainment system (IFE). During the certification process the FAA issued a special condition that required Boeing to prove the aircraft's common network was secure against hacker intrusion. Some industry analysts have pointed out that the only reason for this special condition is because the technology used on the aircraft are beyond definitions and concepts contained within current certification rules.

Useful sources (feel free to research others):

Bellamy III, W. (2015, June 25). Network security program proposed to improve aircraft cyber security.  Avionics Today. Retrieved from http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/commercial/Network-Security-Program-Proposed-to-Improve-Aircraft-Cyber-Security_85398.html#.VoaqYflsNhE (Links to an external site.) 

Government Accountability Office. (2015, April). FAA needs a more comprehensive approach to address cybersecurity as agency transitions to NextGen. Retrieved from http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/669627.pdf (Links to an external site.) 

McHale, J. (2005). AFDX technology to improve communications on Boeing 787. Military Aerospace. Retrieved from
http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/print/volume-16/issue-4/news/afdx-technology-to-improve-communications-on-boeing-787.html (Links to an external site.)

Schneier, B. (2015, April). Could you plane be hacked? CNN. Retrieved from http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/16/opinions/schneier-hacking-airplanes/ (Links to an external site.)  or https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/04/hacking_airplan.html (Links to an external site.) 

TTTech. (n.d.). Advanced control systems for Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Hamilton Sundstrand's TTP-based communication platform. Retrieved from http://www.tttech.com/markets/aerospace/projects-references/boeing-787/ (Links to an external site.) 

Zetter, K. (2015). Hackers could commandeer new placed through passenger Wi-Fi. Wired. Retrieved from http://www.wired.com/2015/04/hackers-commandeer-new-planes-passenger-wi-fi/ (Links to an external site.)  

Questions the presentation must address: 

• What benefits are derived from the using a common network for all onboard systems? That is, what motivated adoption of the common core fiber optic network?
• Detail and explain the security aspect in full. When doing so address both sides of the story: the concern about hackers and the counterargument(s) which state the aircraft is secure.

Presentation Requirements:

• Follow slide design best practices:
  • Top Ten Slide Tips (Links to an external site.), GarrRenolds.com Website
  • PowerPoint Training Videos (Links to an external site.)
• Cover slide, 4-5 content slides, summary, and sources slide
• Minimum of four images
• Verbal content of presentation should be no less than 5 minutes (what you would say if you delivered it in person) and entered into the slide notes.
• Your presentation file must be in .pptx format