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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, 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.