But the threat from cyberattacks is no Boeing network 24 hours a day, 365 days a Cyber innovation is quickly adding to game. It’s happening on a global scale. year,” said Kevin P. Meehan, vice president Boeing’s cutting-edge Information Security In a recent speech, U.S. Defense and chief information security officer. Solutions business. The Huntington Beach Secretary Leon Panetta warned that the The Huntington Beach team can provide team won its first cyber contract in 2008 country is increasingly vulnerable to com- real-time data about a customer’s networks and has since added six new customers puter hackers who could dismantle such and alternatives during cyberattacks or with more in the pipeline, including inter- infrastructure as power grids, transporta- other disasters, allowing the customer to national customers. tion systems and financial institutions. practice fighting through them, explained “Many of Boeing’s customers are cyber- He said the U.S. faced the possibility Richard Wada, Boeing’s Information Secu- savvy and see Boeing not as a vendor but of a “cyber–Pearl Harbor.” rity Solutions chief engineer. as a partner to help them come up with “An aggressor nation or extremist group “After mastering the scenario, our the right solutions,” Beith said. could use these kinds of cyber tools to gain customers are prepared to win real battles “Boeing has the right resources, the control of critical switches,” Panetta said. in the real world and find solutions to ever- right people and the right facilities, like the “They could derail passenger trains or, even increasing and sophisticated cybersecurity Information Security Innovation Lab, to more dangerous, derail passenger trains threats,” Wada said. help customers deal with one of their most loaded with lethal chemicals. They could Specialized equipment like Cyber-Range- serious challenges today—protecting their contaminate the water supply in major In-A-Box (CRIAB), with its ability to re-create networks against attacks.” n cities, or shut down the power grid across large-scale cyber warfare in a controlled dave.garlick@boeing.com large parts of the country.” environment, also plays a key role at the lab. Other nations face a similar threat. This mini-refrigerator-sized rack of equip- PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: From far left, Providing customers with solutions ment can emulate hundreds of computers. Rich Wada, Information Security Solutions’ to prevent cyberattacks is a top focus “We helped one of our customers chief engineer, focuses on creating for Boeing. Its state-of-the-art Cyber simulate their own computer network in innovative cyber solutions for customers; Engagement Center in Maryland is already CRIAB so they could test it for vulnerabili- Randy Siegel, cyber test and evaluation lead, creates operational scenarios tackling these challenges, in partnership ties,” said Randy Siegel, cyber test and to test people and systems; Per Beith, with Information Technology’s Cyber evaluation lead for the lab. “They used a director of Information Security Solutions, Security Monitoring & Response team. good-guy-bad-guy scenario to pinpoint, guides the team in this expanding “The team at the Cyber Engagement and ultimately resolve, weaknesses in domestic and international business. Center is fighting this fight to protect the their defensive systems.” PAUL PINNER/BOEING; SIEGEL PHOTO: FRED TROILO/BOEINGBRANDON LUONG/BOEING; WADA AND BEITH PHOTOS: BOEING FRONTIERS / DECEMBER 2012–JANUARY 2013 19
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