Munich Airport is one of the largest in Europe.
Therefore, it is important the airport continuously strengthens its security
capabilities and profile. In order to be constantly informed about the global
threat landscape and the methods and tactics of cybercriminals, Munich Airport
relies on Kaspersky's
Threat Intelligence.
Munich Airport had an annual passenger volume of almost 50
million in 2019. Before COVID-19 impacted air travel, more than 100 airlines
operated from Munich flying to 250 destinations in 75 countries every year.
Given the size, complexity and critical infrastructure role of a major airport
like Munich, maintaining a sophisticated and comprehensive IT security profile
is a top priority. Customers, airlines, retailers, airport administrators and numerous
other support organizations all rely on live data, and fully functioning IT
systems, to keep airport traffic moving smoothly and safely to its
destinations.
Munich Airport relies on Kaspersky Threat Intelligence
Services
In 2018, discussions began between Marc Lindike, Head of the
Cyber Defense and Information Security Hub at Munich Airport, and Kaspersky's
German team to identify the cybersecurity services that could help bolster the
airport's defenses. As a result, a trial of key components from Kaspersky's
Threat Intelligence portfolio began,
enabling Marc Lindike and his team to fully assess performance, suitability,
and cost effectiveness - they are still in use to this day.
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Intelligence Reporting
delivers exclusive, proactive access to Kaspersky's current investigations and
insights, revealing the methods, tactics and tools used by cybercriminals.
Kaspersky's reports detail how each attack works, where they originate and what
kind of infrastructure is likely to be targeted. Indicators of Compromise -
pieces of forensic data unearthed by Kaspersky experts - provide Munich Airport
with direct actionable intelligence that enables them to strengthen their
firewalls and other intrusion detection systems.
Marc Lindike and his team also trialed and purchased
Kaspersky Threat Lookup,
enabling real-time searches of huge volumes of data, collected, categorized,
and analyzed by Kaspersky, providing global visibility on threats and their
interconnections. Here, the user can upload suspicious files or objects for
analysis and receive all relevant information about the items that Kaspersky
has captured over the decades.
Finally, Munich Airport subscribed to a range of Kaspersky
Threat Data Feeds,
providing live updates every 10 minutes, 24/7, on the latest, emerging malware
threats and other suspicious activity.
"These analyses and continuous reports on the tactics
and tools used in cyberespionage campaigns are masterminded by Kaspersky's
globally recognized Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT)," explains
Christian Milde, General Manager Central Europe at Kaspersky. "Our GreAT
experts are among the most skilled, experienced and successful APT hunters in
the industry, providing immediate alerts on changes they detect in tactics used
by cybercriminal organizations."
"Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Services plays a very
important role in helping us protect everyone working here at Munich Airport
against cyberattacks. It helps us get a much more complete picture of the
worldwide threat landscape and how Munich Airport might be affected," said Marc
Lindike, Head of the Cyber Defense and Information Security Hub at Munich
Airport. "The Threat Intelligence Portal provides easy and comfortable access
to Threat Data Feeds, APT reports and the Threat Lookup service, as well as a
helpful API (Application Program Interface) and tools to implement automated
data processing into our existing security solutions."
The full case study with Munich Airport is available
at https://media.kaspersky.com/en/business-security/case-studies/TI_Marketing_Case_Study_Munich_Airport_Customer_0621_EN_GLB.pdf