Page 61 - SAMENA Trends - April 2020

SATELLITE UPDATES SAMENA TRENDS

Inmarsat and APEX Join Forces to Connect Aviation Industry during Global

Crisis with Online Broadcast Event

Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile into the Future’ will examine the current Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian, and Virgin
satellite communications, has joined state of the aviation market and the Atlantic COO Juha Järvinen. Trade bodies
forces with APEX, the leading international latest predictions for recovery, while also speaking at the event include Air Transport
airline association dedicated to advancing driving debate on wider industry issues, Action Group (ATAG), Airline Passenger
passenger experience, to connect the from next generation passenger trends Experience Association (APEX), European
global aviation industry during the most and the future of air travel technology to Space Agency (ESA), and International Air
challenging time in its history. A unique short and long-term solutions for tackling Transport Association (IATA). Ecosystem
online broadcast event, to be held on 29th aviation sustainability. In addition, the partners featured include Airbus, Collins
April, will bring together aviation leaders, livestreamed event will include global and Aerospace, Deutsche Telekom, Honeywell,
experts and analysts to debate the critical regional news updates, as well as a state Panasonic Avionics, and Rolls Royce.
questions facing the industry today and of the industry analysis. Keynotes featured Media partners include Air Transport World
looking ahead to the challenges the entire at the event will include airlines leaders (ATW), APEX Media, Inflight Magazine,
aviation sector will face. Charting a Course such as Avianca CEO Anko van der Werff, Paxex.aero, and Simple Flying. Philip
Balaam, President of Inmarsat Aviation,
said: “The global aviation industry is facing
its darkest hour, with COVID-19 having far
reaching implications for airlines, air travel
infrastructure and the broad ecosystem
that supports them. According to the latest
guidance by IATA, passenger revenues and
traffic are both expected to halve in 2020
compared to last year. Aviation leaders
and experts will take part in FlightPlan
to discuss pertinent topics such as the
crisis, uncertainty around the timeframe
for disruption and recovery, the long-term
economic impact, and how we can improve
resilience and accelerate recovery.”

Comtech Achieves Key ISO 27001 Data Security Re-Certification for Public
Safety

Comtech Telecommunications Corp., a the prescribed ISO standards to ensure a assets. ISO 27001 certification also gives
world leader in secure and highly reliable secure environment and work processes Comtech, its customers, shareholders and
communication technology, announced that enable it to protect its intellectual partners added confidence that Comtech
that its Safety & Security Technologies property and assets, meet contractual subscribes to the best information security
(SST) group, which is part of Comtech’s security obligations and establish a robust practices in the industry. “This ISO 27001
Commercial Solutions segment, has risk assessment/treatment framework, re-certification is a reflection of Comtech’s
obtained re-certification of its ISO 27001 which are critical to supporting its Public commitment to the quality of its Information
designation. The ISO 27001 Data Security Safety customers. The certification is a Security Management System,” said
Standard is widely recognized as the blue- key indicator of Comtech’s program to Fred Kornberg, Chairman of the Board
chip standard for protection of individual, protect vital customer data from a wide and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech
customer, and company private and range of cyber threats and vulnerabilities Telecommunications Corp. “Successfully
sensitive information. To meet ISO 27001 that can lead to data loss. It provides completing the rigorous certification
standards, a company must show it has third-party verification that the Company's process demonstrates Comtech’s effort
a systematic and ongoing approach to Information Security Management System to safeguard the information assets and
managing sensitive company and customer conforms to a standard that helps protect intellectual property of our Company and
information. Comtech has implemented the integrity of customers' information our Public Safety clients.”

61 APRIL 2020