Sara Sabt, Risk Manager at Bahrain International Airport Company, discusses her highlights from Airport IT & Security 2018 and what she will look forward to on this 12-month occasion.
Looking back at Airport IT & Security 2018, what did you experience discussing the maximum?
As a hazard supervisor, one of my fundamental concerns is disruptions to the airport’s vital additives. Nowadays, airport infrastructure heavily relies on technology. Disruption to generation ought to suggest disruptions to the airport offerings. I enjoyed providing Business Continuity and ICT Disaster Recovery assignments during the event at Bahrain International Airport. The presentation emphasized the significance of business continuity and ICT disaster recovery projects in allowing airport managers to respond to ICT disasters and disruptions.
What did you revel in hearing mentioned most at Airport IT & Security?
More than one trending topic has been mentioned: synthetic intelligence (AI), statistics analytics, and blockchain. What is thrilling about those topics is that airports are directed toward the use of a sophisticated era, and fundamental digital transformation is the future. This means that airports will now not be dependent on an era, however complicated, that calls for extra interest in contingency planning and catastrophe recovery.
How can you see the industry converting over the subsequent twelve months?
Although the annual air tour is predicted to double, communication technology improvements may also impact the want-to journey instantaneously have to evaluate the effect of generation on the aviation business, which makes a specialty of seamless adventure to attract the passengers to hop on an aircraft and physically circulate from one vacation spot to the alternative. On the other hand, the more structured we are to be on technology, the more required to ensure that era is resilient.
What are the largest demanding situations presently facing the industry?
In my opinion, one of the essential demanding situations from an ICT angle is the rapid era advancements. With the emergence of GDPR, airports will be challenged when passenger statistics are requested, processed, and guarded. Airports might also now invest in technologies that may be outdated in the next three years. Another challenge to airports might be the capability to guard information against cyber threats.
Looking ahead to Airport IT & Security 2019, what do you suspect might be the most mentioned topics? I believe resilience, statistics, privacy and protection, and digitization can be discussed at the event.
