Trump order on GPS-like services envisions key industry role in setting standards

President Trump's new executive order on mitigating cybersecurity and other risks to global positioning systems -- like those used for GPS -- calls on industry to help in setting new standards and practices for “responsible” use of these services, which are at the basis of a digital economy and increasingly relied on by critical infrastructure.

“From mobile phone applications to automobile navigation, our digital, interconnected society is dependent every day” on positioning, navigation and timing services, Acting Homeland Security Secretary...