For the first time in almost two decades, the Federal Aviation Administration is writing cybersecurity regulations for airplane makers to streamline standards currently compartmentalized within the industry—rules proposed as minor updates amid a fast-evolving threat landscape.
The proposed rules, unveiled on Aug. 21, seek to establish uniform design standards to address cybersecurity threats against airplanes, engines, and propeller systems. While the agency says the impact of the proposed changes on applications and operators “would not be significant,” Joseph Saunders, CEO and founder of RunSafe Security, pushed back on the rulemaking’s scope and questioned its ability to sharpen defenses in the ...