Fortress And AUVSI Launch Green UAS Cybersecurity

Fortress Information Security and the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have launched a new cybersecurity certification program for commercial drones called Green Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS).

The goal of the program is to create a standard way to evaluate the security of commercial off-the-shelf drones used by the federal government, local law enforcement, First Responders, state departments of transportation, and industrial enterprise users like energy and utilities, telecoms, manufacturing, food and agriculture, logistics, mapping and surveying companies.

Green UAS is the first product of AUVSI’s larger Trusted Cyber Program, which uses Fortress Information Security’s expertise in supply chain security for critical industries and the US Department of Defense.

The certification program checks the security of products and devices, the cyber hygiene of companies, how well remote operations work, and how well they connect. It is meant to…