The Democratic party platform is scant on cyber; FAA proposes rules for aircraft cybersecurity

Democratic National Committee delegates approved a party platform on Monday that scarcely mentions cybersecurity, reversing a trend from the 2020 version and mirroring the Republican party document. There were just two explicit mentions of cyber in the 2024 Democratic platform, both fairly vague. “We will remove barriers to legal access, combat hate crimes, and counter cyber threats,” the platform vows in one section. And in another it says that the party “will continue to address cyber threats by bolstering the capacity of our intelligence communities and leading the development of rules of the road for technologies like artificial intelligence.” Meanwhile, the FAA on Wednesday published a proposed rulemaking that will add new cybersecurity requirements to the “airworthiness” of a newly built plane. The Biden administration has made cyber mandates for critical infrastructure sectors a priority through the national cybersecurity strategy, which served as an acknowledgment that relying on voluntary measures did not lead to increased security. The new proposal is aimed at standardizing “the FAA’s criteria for addressing cybersecurity threats, reducing certification costs and time while maintaining the same level of safety,” according to the document.