Aviation & Aerospace Security Assessment
Specialized security assessment for aviation and aerospace organizations, addressing the critical security challenges of aircraft systems, airport infrastructure, flight operations, and aerospace manufacturing. Our assessment helps aviation organizations protect safety-critical systems, intellectual property, and operational technology while meeting strict regulatory requirements and ensuring passenger safety.
In scope
- Aircraft systems security assessment
- Avionics security testing
- Airport infrastructure security
- Flight operations systems review
- Air traffic management security
- Maintenance system security
- Supply chain security verification
- Aviation regulatory compliance
- Aerospace manufacturing security
- Passenger data protection review
You receive
- Aviation security assessment report
- Regulatory compliance gap analysis
- Aircraft systems security recommendations
- Operational technology protection strategy
- Supply chain security framework
- Aviation cybersecurity roadmap
- Security architecture recommendations
- Risk mitigation prioritization
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Essential Aviation Security Assessment
$48K
Assessment of 1 site and up to 3 operational domains chosen from the 10 in scope (e.g. flight ops, maintenance, passenger data). Interview, document and configuration based; gap analysis against 1 regulatory framework.
- Sites
- 1
- frameworks
- 1
- 1 site, up to 3 operational domains
- Interview, document and configuration review
- Gap analysis against 1 regulatory framework
- Assessment report and risk prioritization
- — Hands-on avionics testing
- — Supply chain security verification
- — OT network testing
- — Additional sites
Comprehensive Aviation Security Program
$85K
Assessment of up to 3 sites across all 10 scope domains, with hands-on bench testing of up to 3 avionics or aircraft-connected systems, OT review, verification of up to 10 suppliers and gap analysis against up to 2 frameworks.
- Sites
- 3
- frameworks
- 2
- devices
- 3
- vendors
- 10
- Up to 3 sites, all 10 scope domains
- Bench testing of up to 3 avionics/connected systems
- Operational technology protection strategy
- Supply chain verification of up to 10 suppliers
- Aviation cybersecurity roadmap
- — In-flight or live-aircraft testing
- — Global multi-region supply chain program
- — Remediation implementation
Enterprise Aerospace Security Framework
$140K
Program for aerospace groups with operations and manufacturing: up to 10 sites, up to 10 systems bench-tested, up to 50 suppliers and up to 3 frameworks. Adds manufacturing security and security architecture. Delivered in phases.
- Sites
- 10
- frameworks
- 3
- devices
- 10
- vendors
- 50
- Up to 10 sites across regions
- Bench testing of up to 10 systems
- Aerospace manufacturing and IP protection review
- Supply chain framework covering up to 50 suppliers
- Security architecture recommendations
- — In-flight or live-aircraft testing
- — Remediation implementation
- — Regulatory filings or certification fees
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What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a readiness & governance assessment engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Scoping & framework selection
The standard or regulation, the systems and the business units in scope are fixed.
You see · Your audit or regulatory driver.
02Evidence collection & interviews
Policies, configurations and records reviewed; control owners interviewed.
You see · Documents and time with control owners.
03Gap analysis
Each requirement mapped to current state: met, partial or missing, with the evidence behind it.
You see · A clear gap register.
04Roadmap & evidence plan
Prioritized remediation with owners, and the evidence an auditor will ask for.
You see · A plan you can execute or hand to us.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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