The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to address performance-based regulations to enable the design and operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at low altitudes beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) and for third-party services, including UAS Traffic Management (UTM), that support these operations. Operators and service providers are now expected to develop their cybersecurity standards rooted in the NIST cybersecurity framework for conducting risk assessments, while also embedding secure-by-design principles into their systems and practices.
Published Thursday in the Federal Register, the FAA and TSA notice outlines proposed regulations that would require most operators to implement formal cybersecurity policies. The rule aims to ensure operators actively address and manage cybersecurity risks as part of their operations.
The proposed regulations aim to ensure operators actively address and manage cybersecurity risks. Most operators, excluding…
