17
Issue in Computer Security
Like every great technology, come great vulnerabilities. Major Syamsul added that the highest threat computer security issue in Information Technology (IT) Aviation is Keylogger. He explained that a keylogger is an espionage software where it has the ability to record every keystroke that any pilot or engineers make to log a file or any sensitive information to be made as records.
He also gave a few examples where let say an aircraft was supposed to travel from A to B but due to keylogger, the aircraft may divert to travel to C or to an unknown place thus hijacking may occur. In conjunction with this example, Major spoke of aeroplane disappearance (presumably hijacking) such as MAS MH370 flight may involve computer security issue in Information Technology (IT) AviationIn conclusion, Major Syamsul Bahri mentioned about the Information Technology (IT) Aviation is new in Malaysia but has the potential to grow in Malaysia as in industry.