GE Aviation unit AiRXOS and Syniverse are working together to make it harder to hack drones by offering a secure network for Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) systems. The secure network would offer protection from cyber-attacks by safeguarding critical drone data and transmissions.
“By utilizing our secure, private network, Syniverse’s Secure Global Access, we can ensure the information is accessible only to the correct parties,” said Syniverse’s group vice president Mike O’Brien. “The Syniverse network runs completely separate from the public internet thus making the Unmanned Traffic Management system and the information it sends invisible to hackers as the data and messages are diverted away from networks with unprotected connectivity.”
The network security is coupled with Syniverse’s Global IMSI data sim cards, which allow devices to roam seamlessly across borders and networks. Syniverse’s network provides a guarded pathway for the data generated from these sim cards to the AiRXOS cloud applications. The network and the sim cards, combined with Syniverse’s mobile policy control center, create the global policy management and secure transport required to protect drones from hacking. Private sharing of information enables new opportunities and added safety for groups such as first responders, the companies noted.