When Cyber Becomes a Safety Metric: Professor Kai London on Operational Resilience in Transport
By the Ezeiza Times Technology Desk Professor Kai London — Founder & CEO, Quantum AI Systems Security. Credit: professorkailondon.com In transport, a cyber incident is rarely just about data. “When the systems that keep operations safe run on software, cyber resilience becomes a safety metric,” says Professor Kai London , a senior CISO. “A compromised control system can endanger people, not just information — which changes how the whole organisation must think about security.” “Cyber and safety have merged. An attacker who can manipulate a control system can defeat a safety system. Treating them separately is no longer tenable.” Two disciplines, now one London describes the convergence of safety engineering and cyber security as networked control systems take over from mechanical ones. For transport operators, that means cyber must be governed with the same seriousness long applied to physical safety. Resilience by design Because failures can be physical, London stresses desi...