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The Transportation Security Administration and Federal Aviation Administration have cybersecurity gaps sending stakeholders mixed signals and falling short of federal standards, according to a new congressional watchdog report.<\/p>\n

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The TSA\u2019s cybersecurity plan, the Cybersecurity Roadmap, is essentially frozen at 2018 and no longer aligned with the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s latest Cybersecurity Strategy, according to a Thursday .<\/p>\n

The agency was to update its roadmaps, including that involving cybersecurity, between 2018 and 2026, but it has yet to do so.<\/p>\n

While the FAA has clearly defined cybersecurity roles and responsibilities across its entities, the TSA does not specify which offices are responsible for what.<\/p>\n

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This has caused confusion among aviation stakeholders, including airlines, avionics manufacturers and industry groups, about what falls under TSA versus FAA.<\/p>\n

An airline\u2019s representatives told GAO that \u201cthey felt that the agency lacked the resources, authority and expertise to properly regulate cybersecurity,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmbiguity in TSA\u2019s roles and responsibilities \u2014 and in turn, stakeholders\u2019 requirements for cybersecurity \u2014 could potentially increase the risk of covered systems being exploited,\u201d the report reads.<\/p>\n

Stakeholders remained confused about whether the TSA or FAA has jurisdiction over certain cyber requirements until both issued clarifying FAQs.<\/p>\n

Even though the FAA\u2019s cybersecurity initiatives are more clear-cut, and its aircraft certification and system security-authorization processes align well with key risk-mitigation practices, one in particular falls short: the Zero Trust Implementation Plan.<\/p>\n

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The cybersecurity framework has been unchanged since August 2023 and fully aligns with less than half of the National Institute of Standards and Technology\u2019s zero-trust migration practices, despite zero trust being a governmentwide cybersecurity mandate.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, the FAA didn\u2019t perform near-real-time cyber monitoring on a majority of the systems underpinning air traffic control, according to a 2024 Transportation Department Inspector General report \u2014 a gap the FAA attributed to \u201cair traffic and safety concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FAA agreed with the recommendation to fix this, but as of June had only partially done so.<\/p>\n

Over 44,000 flights and 3 million passengers depend on the broader air traffic control infrastructure these systems are part of.<\/p>\n

The FAA also did not report all of its cybersecurity spending to the Office of Management and Budget from fiscal 2024 to 2026 as required, meaning Congress does not have a full picture of what\u2019s being spent to protect the national airspace system.<\/p>\n

The FAA\u2019s cybersecurity-related budget requests ranged from $42 million to $11 billion across its seven responsible entities.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s report goes to multiple transportation and homeland security Senate and House committees.<\/p>\n

It also came hours before David Cummins, President Trump\u2019s pick to lead the TSA, began testifying before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

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