A system for providing security to a railway system, the system comprising: a data monitoring and processing hub; a network comprising a plurality of data collection agents synchronized to a same network clock and configured to monitor railway infrastructure devices and onboard devices of rolling stock having a train communication network (TCN), train to wayside communications (such as GSM-R) and forward monitored data to the hub for processing by the hub to detect anomalies in railway operation that are indicative of a cyber-attack; wherein an agent of the plurality of data collection agents monitoring an onboard device connected to the TCN of a given rolling stock receives signals propagated to or from the device via the TCN and forwards to the hub data based on a given received signal together with a time stamp comprising a network clock time at which the given received signal is received by the agent.
RAILWAY CYBER SECURITY SYSTEM
CYBERSICHERHEITSSYSTEM FÜR EISENBAHNEN
SYSTÈME DE CYBERSÉCURITÉ DE CHEMINS DE FER
19.08.2020
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch