SpiderOak

Reston, VA – October 27, 2026 -- SpiderOak, based in Reston, Virginia, has become a Blue UAS Recognized Assessor, delivering supply chain and cybersecurity evaluations for participating unmanned aircraft system (UAS) vendors, according to a March 3, 2026 announcement.

SpiderOak added drone assessment authority in October 2025 and March 2026

On October 20, 2025, SpiderOak was authorized to perform cybersecurity evaluations on UAS seeking compliance with US Government baseline requirements. The March 2026 Blue UAS Recognized Assessor role extends that work to supply chain evaluations for participating vendors.

SpiderOak services target the Army's Short-Range Reconnaissance program

On December 16, 2025, SpiderOak announced services to strengthen cyber resilience for the Army's Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program. The services also cover future unmanned systems across all domains.

Reston, VA – October 27, 2026 -- SpiderOak has been named a Blue UAS Recognized Assessor and will deliver supply chain and cybersecurity evaluations for participating UAS vendors, according to its March 3, 2026 announcement.

Drone fleet operators are increasingly concerned about malicious actors stealing their data. They also worry about spoofing and jamming attacks on their fleets as the number of UAVs flown for a wide variety of purposes grows.

SpiderOak built its drone security record over five announcements in eight months

On October 20, 2025, SpiderOak was authorized to perform cybersecurity evaluations on unmanned aerial systems seeking compliance with US Government baseline requirements.

On December 16, 2025, the company announced services to strengthen cyber resilience for the Army's Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program and for future unmanned systems across all domains.

RESTON, VA – October 27, 2026 -- A one-hour webinar on Wednesday, April 23, from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST will examine Zero Trust security measures and emerging threats to data transmitted to, from and through uncrewed and autonomous platforms.

The session comes as SpiderOak, a Reston, Virginia-based cybersecurity provider, has built a series of defense-sector credentials around unmanned systems.

SpiderOak becomes Blue UAS Recognized Assessor for vendor evaluations

On March 3, 2026, SpiderOak announced it would deliver supply chain and cybersecurity evaluations for participating UAS vendors as a Blue UAS Recognized Assessor. In October 2025, the company was authorized to perform cybersecurity evaluations on unmanned aerial systems seeking compliance with US Government baseline requirements.

RESTON – October 27, 2026 -- Swarmer, a provider of autonomous drone software founded in 2023, has agreed to integrate SpiderOak's zero-trust security platform into its swarm control software, targeting uncrewed fleets that operate under electronic warfare conditions, including in Ukraine.

SpiderOak adds authentication and revocation to Swarmer's autonomy stack

Under the agreement, Swarmer will use the SpiderOak platform to provide secure interactions and revocation across its autonomous software. SpiderOak says any-to-any message exchanges within a formation will be authenticated, authorized and encrypted without additional networking controls or certificate management.

The platform combines security controls with guaranteed eventual delivery. Its low size, weight and power (SWaP) requirements and decentralized security model remove the need for additional infrastructure, according to the companies.

Reston, VA – October 27, 2026 -- SpiderOak, a zero-trust cybersecurity provider for space and mission-critical edge operations, has appointed SUSE Chief Technology and Product Officer Thomas Di Giacomo to its Board of Advisors to speed commercial adoption of its platform in embedded systems.

Di Giacomo to guide open-source strategy for embedded compute at scale

Di Giacomo will advise on applying open-source technologies and operating systems to compute at scale. His focus is accelerating commercial adoption and deployment in embedded environments. SpiderOak CEO Dave Pearah said Di Giacomo's record of driving large-scale adoption of open-source infrastructure software will be instrumental as the company expands its zero-trust platform commercially.

Di Giacomo has more than two decades of experience in open source, operating systems and embedded systems strategy.

RESTON, VA – October 27, 2026 -- The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded SpiderOak a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to deliver the first zero-trust security architecture deployed in orbit, according to the company.

The award covers a High-Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE) enhanced with microsegmentation. It will run across the on-orbit "red" networks of SDA's Network Established Beyond the Upper Limits of the Atmosphere (NEBULA), part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Contract value and delivery timelines were not disclosed.

Decentralized authentication moves to the satellite edge

The program brings decentralized identity-based authentication and authorization to orbit. Policy decisions and enforcement happen locally at the edge, an approach intended to keep networks available in contested environments.

Reston, VA – October 27, 2026 -- Red Cat Holdings (NASDAQ: RCAT) has selected SpiderOak to run a comprehensive Blue UAS cybersecurity assessment of its Black WidowTM Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) platform, a step toward placing the system on the Defense Innovation Unit's Blue UAS Cleared List.

SpiderOak will test the Black Widow for vulnerabilities, penetration and foreign influence

SpiderOak is an official DIU Recognized Assessor. Its team will carry out vulnerability analysis, penetration testing and Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) evaluations of the Black Widow. The work is meant to validate that the platform meets U.S. Government cybersecurity, supply chain and compliance standards before it enters the Department of War supply chain.

Reston, Va. – October 25, 2026 -- SpiderOak has won a contract from the Program Office for U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMO UAS) to run supply chain analysis and cybersecurity assessments for multiple vendors in the Army's Drone Dominance Program (DDP).

SpiderOak applies its ACTRA methodology to DDP platforms

As a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Blue UAS Recognized Assessor, SpiderOak will use its Advanced Cyber Threat & Resilience Assessments (ACTRA) to test participating platforms for supply chain integrity, cyber resilience and compliance with U.S. Government security requirements.

The evaluations cover hardware, firmware, software and component provenance. They are designed to identify vulnerabilities and validate compliance with NDAA and NIST requirements before systems are fielded. For UAS programs, ACTRA also examines ownership structures and supports compliance with NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53 and Executive Order 14028.