At Grand Sky, a commercial unmanned aerial system (UAS or drone) focused research and development park in North Dakota, started flying large UAS beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)....more
Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began investigating a YouTube video that displays a helicopter almost colliding with a drone right off the coast of Hollywood Beach....more
Last week, the Kansas Department of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with 30 other Kansas groups, flew a drone beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Unmanned Aerial...more
Last week, in Blacksburg, Virginia, a 2-year old, Jack Smith, made history. Only six minutes after a technician from Alphabet Inc.’s Wing clicked the “Confirm Order” button on a smartphone app, a drone operated by the...more
As of last week, more than 100,000 Remote Pilot Certifications have been issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for individuals to fly commercial and recreational (those not qualifying as “model aircraft”)...more
Russian Hackers Successfully Phished Hundreds of U.S. Companies Last Year -
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has indicated that Russian hackers successful attacked the energy, nuclear, aviation, and critical...more
8/6/2018
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Spoofing
In light of the rise in use of drones in the national airspace, there has been some confusion regarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) authority over navigable airspace and federal preemption for state and local...more
New model legislation introduced by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (Uniform Law Commission) seeks to give property owners the right to the airspace above their property from 200 feet and below....more
7/26/2018
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Aviation Industry ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Part 107 ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Property Owners ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Real Estate Market ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Trespass ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
We have previously reported on the ongoing cybersecurity issues with St. Jude defibrillators [view related posts here, here, and here]. On June 29, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified the required firmware...more
7/16/2018
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Emergency Response ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hackers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Medical Devices ,
Mobile Apps ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Violations ,
St Jude Medical Center ,
Wildfires
The United States’ government’s ability to police hobbyist drone use was upheld by an appellate court last week. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected arguments by John Taylor, drone hobbyist, who...more
A few weeks ago the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sent out a questionnaire to each person who has registered a commercial drone—that is—for purposes other than recreational or hobby use. The survey also included those...more
A new report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should revise its approach for safety risk assessments for the technology associated with...more
We previously reported that the FBI has warned consumers about a nasty malware, known as VPNFilter and believed to have been launched by a Russian government hacking group, which is infecting hundreds of thousands of small...more
6/12/2018
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Banking Sector ,
Certification Requirements ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Event Tickets ,
FBI ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Hackers ,
LabMD ,
Malware ,
Network Security ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular
Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it will require recertification for those who receive a Remote Pilot Airman Certificate under Part 107 small unmanned aircraft system (UAS or drone)...more
As planned, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched its next wave of its beta Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) system, in the western north region of the United States. LAANC helps...more
Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning t U.S. consumers that Russian hackers (dubbed Sofacy and a/k/a Fancy Brear and APT28, and believed to be backed by the Russian government) had compromised...more
6/5/2018
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Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Emergency Response ,
FBI ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Malware ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Public Safety ,
Ransomware ,
Registration Requirement ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
At test sites in ten states –Alaska, California, Florida, Nevada, North Dakota, North Carolina, Kansas, Oklahoma, Virginia and Tennessee – the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) granted local-backed drone projects...more
Listed as part of the semi-annual Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, a new proposed rule will require drones registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to display a unique identifier...more
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has previously used its authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations sec. 99.7 (“Special Security Instructions”) to address the potential threat posed by malicious...more
As of April 30, 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun its beta test of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) in the South Central United States....more
Last week, Xcel Energy (Xcel), Colorado’s largest utility company, received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for drone operations beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)....more
Inogen, which manufactures portable oxygen devices, has alerted the Securities and Exchange Commission in a recent filing that it is notifying 30,000 individuals that their personal information was compromised when a hacker...more
4/20/2018
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
EPIC ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Medical Devices ,
Personal Data ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management
Last week, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (Committee) to enforce the open government obligations of the Committee....more
On April 13, 2018, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (Committee) leadership introduced a five-year Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 4)...more
The Commercial Drone Alliance (the Alliance) has asked Congress to repeal Section 336 of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization and Reform Act (FMRA) of 2012....more