CIO interview - CAA's Matt Taylor secures the supply chain and insources tech delivery

Air travel has always had a heightened security awareness. Recently, Australian airline Qantas was hacked by Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, while airports in Denmark were grounded by suspicious drone activity. For Matt Taylor, CIO of the Civil Aviation Authority, the UK's air travel regulator, security is a high priority. He sat down with diginomica to discuss how security has been factored into the digital transformation of the organization.

As the independent regulator of aviation in the UK, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has a broad remit covering licensing of pilots and airlines, managing the Air Travel Organizers' Licensing (ATOL) scheme that protects travellers, regulating flight simulators, noise levels near airports, aviation security, and the transportation of dangerous goods. The CAA is also responsible for the UK's space port regulations, drones, and sustainable fuels. CIO Taylor says:

It is really diverse, yet we are not a large organization; there are ...