Securing the Connected Transit Ecosystem: Why Next-Generation Systems Demand Next-Generation Testing

The NAC-ISSA February 2026 lunch will be chapter sponsored. We are proud to present our chapter member and former chapter president, Jason Cuneo. Jason has worked with large municipalities in the US to secure their mass transit systems. Join us for a look into a different segment of cybersecurity than you may typically think about.

Mass transit systems are rapidly adopting interconnected vehicle, infrastructure, and control technologies to improve safety, efficiency, and situational awareness. While these advances enable powerful new operational capabilities, they also introduce attack surfaces that traditional security testing approaches were never designed to evaluate. This presentation reviews prior research and recent security test events conducted on mass transit platforms, highlighting how enterprise-centric vulnerability assessment methodologies fall short in highly dynamic, V2X-enabled environments.

Additionally, we will discuss new testing methods including realistic traffic generation scenarios, protocol-aware threat emulation, and understand how attackers conduct modern vehicular platform attacks. This talk will conclude with recommendations for developing a more robust, reconfigurable testing environment that can keep pace with next-generation transit technologies.

Walton’s Southern Table will provide the catering. Door prize to be announced.