Aerospace & Defense

ISS secures aerospace, defense, and weapons systems across their full operational lifecycle, from design and manufacturing through deployment and sustainment. Backed by decades of domain expertise, ISS delivers cryptographic trust, post-quantum readiness, and compliance-aligned assurance to ensure mission platforms remain authenticated, resilient, and mission-ready in the most demanding environments.

About Aerospace & Defense

Mission-critical aerospace, defense, and weapons systems operate in environments where failure is not an option. From avionics and flight control to weapons platforms, space systems, and defense communications, trust must be engineered into hardware, software, and supply chains from the start.

With decades of domain expertise, ISS delivers embedded cryptographic trust, lifecycle assurance, and expert services to secure systems from silicon through deployment and long-term sustainment.

Related Solutions

Post-Quantum & Crypto Agility Readiness

Modernize cryptography for the post-quantum era — with full discovery, assessment, and migration readiness.
Prepare for future cryptographic standards with managed certificate and key transitions. Enable secure hybrid algorithms without disrupting core business operations.

Secure Software & Firmware Signing

Centralized, policy-controlled code signing and update validation from development to deployment.

AI & Agent Identity Assurance

AI agents are autonomous software entities that act, decide, and operate without human intervention. Like devices, services, and users, they require strong identity, cryptographic control, and enforceable policy to be trusted in production environments. ISS extends Trust Lifecycle Management (TLM) to AI agents – treating them as first-class machine identities governed through the same platform that secures devices, enterprise systems, and cloud workloads.

Lifecycle Compliance & Regulatory Assurance

Maintain continuous trust across applications and infrastructure with policy enforcement and audit-ready identity controls. Support evolving regulatory and industry requirements.

Worldwide Trusted By

  • Aerospace Primes
  • Defense Contractors
  • Mission System Suppliers

What We Offer?

  • Secure boot and code signing for avionics and mission systems.
  • Protect SCADA and ground systems with automated certificate management.
  • Continuous monitoring and resilience against nation-state threats.
  • Lifecycle management of cryptographic assets across air, space, and defense platforms.
  • End-to-end compliance support for defense and aviation standards.

Key Regulatory Drivers

  • DO-178C / DO-326A (airworthiness and cybersecurity)
  • FAA & DoD cybersecurity mandates
  • NIST SP 800-53, 800-171 (U.S. defense cybersecurity controls)
  • U.S. Cyber Trust Mark (IoT trust requirements)

Related Case Studies

Aerospace & Defense Industry

A leading supplier of mission-critical engine control units (ECUs) for U.S. military applications needed a way to securely transport firmware and key material to deployed systems - without relying on external connections, internet access, or physical vendor presence. The solution needed to meet government STIG standards, protect against tampering, and ensure end-to-end integrity from factory to edge-deployed systems.

Aerospace & Defense Industry

A leading A&D prime contractor supporting the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) was developing next-generation defense capabilities. The customer faced the critical challenge of securely delivering cryptographic key material and mission-critical firmware directly to deployed devices - while eliminating human touchpoints, reducing risk of compromise, and aligning with STIG compliance mandates. Traditional models depended on manual processes, air gaps, and on-prem security protocols that could no longer scale to the desired automation, assurance, and operational tempo.

Automotive & Connected Vehicles Industry

A global Tier-1 automotive supplier needed to protect the provisioning and management of sensitive credentials and firmware used in embedded Electronic Control Units (ECUs) across their supply chain. With increasing risks from unauthorized access, rogue diagnostics, and counterfeit components, the customer turned to ISS to automate and secure the lifecycle of ECU authentication—from initial password generation to in-field service validation.

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    Resource Library

    Post-Quantum Cryptography Implementation Guide

    Deep dive into post-quantum crypto deployment strategies for embedded systems

    Post-Quantum Cryptography Implementation Guide

    Deep dive into post-quantum crypto deployment strategies for embedded systems
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