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In her most recent whitepaper, From Takeoff to Takedown: The Art of Drone Forensics, Skysafe's Director of Reverse Engineering, Sarah Frances, explores the small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) forensic analysis process through two separate phases. Phase one is "Takeoff", where the aircraft is powered on and possibly airborne, and phase two is "Takedown", where the aircraft is no longer airborne and is in the possession of a forensic examiner. To learn more about this new wa...

SkySafe’s drone forensics certification course is coming to a city near you! We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with F1RST in Pasco County, FL and Raven Advisory in Fayetteville, NC, near Fort Bragg, to meet the law enforcement and digital forensics community where they are. SkySafe’s in-depth training curriculum focuses specifically on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) forensic analysis. As the sole provider of all UAS capabilities for the CFID, SkySafe is uniquely positioned to offer c...

The world’s critical infrastructure has always been a hot commodity as its facilities drive the production of what's needed to maintain everyday life, making it a prime target for cyberattacks and physical attacks. But what about the threats coming from above? In recent years, drones have become increasingly affordable and accessible, empowering individuals with new capabilities and increasing the risk of incidents occurring at secure facilities. Understanding the threat While drones offer count...

They are smuggling illegal narcotics into prisons, surveilling border patrol agents, disrupting sporting events, and wreaking havoc at airports across the country. Organizations across multiple industries are feeling the impacts of malicious drone use, and scrambling to implement detection and airspace management solutions in response. These solutions range from radar to radio frequency-based detection and most offer real-time alerting to the presence of a drone in the organization’s airspace. B...

"That’s why we’ve focused on notification and awareness of what drones are in the area. Because the really important thing in most actual incidents that you’re talking about, whether it be critical infrastructure or even prisons, is the awareness piece. Knowing there’s a drone in the area, understanding what it’s doing, where it’s going, and being able to locate the operator of the drone. Because that’s really where the risk is, a directly malicious operator who’s trying to do something.&qu...

While drones are doing wonders across multiple industries and sectors, not everyone uses them with good intentions or with complete knowledge of airspace rules and regulations. The latter has become especially true for sporting events in different parts of the world. The National Football League, for instance, counted some 1,400 incursions by drones during flight restrictions over and around stadiums during the 2021-22 season, with two men recently pleading guilty to illegally flying drones over...

With drones accessible to the general public, secure facilities like prisons are encountering skyrocketing cases of contraband, including cell phones, food, drugs, and weapons, from their airspace. This nefarious activity can create perilous situations for those inside and outside the prison walls. A report by the U.S. Department of Justice found that, on average, illegal UAV drops increase by 50% or more annually – a rate that continues to worsen. Beyond delivering drugs to inmates, drones are...

Webinar: Stop Contraband Drops Everything you need to know about the drone threat to correctional facilities and what you can do to stop it. REGISTER NOW Fanning the flames from the sky are criminal drones dropping drugs, cell phones, and weapons into the heart of correctional facilities. According to one source, nearly 10 million consumer drones will be shipped by 2030, which will only increase this already prevalent threat for prisons across the US. Beyond creating a more dangerous environment...

Criminal use of drones is driving the need for sophisticated detection and counter-drone systems. Getting this technology into the hands of those who need it most – stadiums, prisons, airports, border patrol, critical infrastructure facilities – is only one piece of the solution. In the Detection -> Mitigation -> Recovery -> Forensic Investigation lifecycle, it is often an organization’s front-line workers who are left to handle the Recovery portion, but with little support or training ...

Those tasked with protecting correctional facilities in 2023 know all too well the threats posed by high-tech RC drones, which have only continued to escalate along with the continually evolving technology behind them. With that in mind, Correctional News tapped the mind of SkySafe CEO Grant Jordan, for his insights on this vital security issue. SkySafe is the lone airspace security technology company to create and operate a comprehensive, city-wide sensor network that allows organizations to de...