Airlines and travel cybersecurity

Applicable regulations

• PCI DSS for booking and payment flows
• DPDP Act 2023 for passenger (PNR) data
• CERT-In empanelled testing
• Partner, GDS and card-network requirements

Common cybersecurity risks

• Payment and loyalty-programme fraud
• PNR and passenger-data exposure across GDS and partners
• High-traffic availability and DDoS risk
• A sprawling web, mobile and API attack surface

Audit findings we typically see

• Booking and payment pages in PCI scope
• Excess passenger-data retention
• API abuse across partner integrations
• No recurring testing across frequent releases

Services required

• PCI DSS assessment
• DPDP privacy programme
• VAPT (web, API and mobile)
• Web application security testing
• API penetration testing

Our engagement approach

• Scope. Map booking, payment and PNR flows across web, mobile and partners.
• Assess. PCI and DPDP gap testing, plus recurring VAPT.
• Remediate. Scope minimisation, data-retention controls and closure evidence.
• Sustain. A quarterly testing programme that keeps pace with release velocity.

Expected evidence

• Booking and payment scope diagram
• Passenger-data retention records
• VAPT reports with closure
• Availability and resilience review

Deliverables

• PCI DSS readiness
• DPDP passenger-data programme
• Recurring VAPT reports
• Resilience review