U.S. Chamber calls on FAA to harmonize cyber reporting requirements in unmanned aircraft rulemaking

The Federal Aviation Administration should harmonize and clarify proposed cybersecurity reporting requirements for unmanned aircraft systems to only apply to cyber incidents affecting the safety of the system’s operations, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

“The Proposed Rule on cybersecurity reporting (§ 108.45) proposes overly broad cybersecurity reporting requirements that could be interpreted to require operators to report every cybersecurity branch whether or not the incident has any connection to UAS operations,” according to an Oct. 6 filing...