Aerospace technical group seeks to move cybersecurity ‘front and center’ for industry

A white paper from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics says an increasingly dangerous threat environment, plus “the more subtle challenge” of regulation through programs like the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification initiative, are driving the aerospace industry “to take a more serious approach to cybersecurity.”

“Aerospace Cybersecurity: Enduring Challenges, Enduring Solutions” was released Tuesday by AIAA and acknowledges, “Historically, aerospace has been hesitant to embrace mainstream cybersecurity,” and that the subject isn’t “consistently included” in development and...