How redundancy concepts ensure maximum system availability in Air Traffic Control

Applications in Air Traffic Control are highly sensitive and mission-critical. Therefore, all technical components included in such installations must run absolutely reliable. KVM systems play an important role when it comes to implementing security concepts and increasing cyber security. Applying KVM products helps you remove computers from the tower, air traffic control centres, control rooms and from all relevant security areas. However, ATCOs can still access these computers remotely – in real time, saving on peripherals, without having to install any software and independent of the operating system. As hardware-based solution, KVM systems help implement important security concepts, thus minimizing the risk of cyber attacks as the use of software in ATC control rooms increases.

Advantages of applying KVM

Located in a central, air-conditioned server room, computers are protected from any unauthorized access. KVM devices provide a user-friendly basis for uniform operating concepts to harmonize different computer systems, signals, transmission media as well as input and operating devices, thus improving the working conditions for controllers and technicians.

One of the main advantages of using KVM equipment is the simple implementation of security concepts. G&D's KVM systems can be used to implement a variety of redundancy concepts to significantly increase cyber security in the tower or air traffic control centres. Redundant components enable ATCOs to continue their tasks non-stop, save, intuitive and in their usual working environment, even in the case of failure of an extender line or a system component. Furthermore, redundancy concepts can also avoid a single point of failure.

Redundantly designed IT infrastructures using KVM bring numerous advantages for air traffic controllers, technicians and the security of applications in air traffic control. From simple setups with extender lines to complex concepts for fully redundant infrastructures with automatic switching to back-up systems or redundant control rooms – the possibilities for designing redundant structures using KVM systems and thus increasing application security are numerous and therefore suitable for every requirement.

At G&D, we offer you many years of experience in setting up redundant KVM systems and are therefore able to optimally implement redundancy concepts.