What Aviation ISAC does

Aviation ISAC (A-ISAC) is a private, Annapolis-based, non-profit membership organization founded in September 2014 by Boeing, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Aviation Administration to improve cyber risk maturity across the public and private aviation sector. Operated with a 1-10 employee core staff, it functions as a trusted community of 132 aviation organizations — airlines, airports, OEMs, IFE/Satcom providers, cargo carriers, and aviation service providers — who collectively represent over a trillion dollars in annual aviation revenue.

The core offering is a domain-specialized threat intelligence sharing platform augmented by daily and weekly aviation memos, the TERRA (Tact. Event Rapid Reports) tactical alert system, monthly and quarterly working groups, vulnerability disclosure coordination, and proactive dark-web monitoring with intrusion resolution support. Members also gain access to the annual Aviation Cybersecurity Summit, quarterly AvTech Exchanges, CISO Roundtables, tabletop exercises, and member-driven publications. Technical features emphasize aviation-specific context: protection of operational technology at airports, embedded systems and IFE at OEMs, satellite communications, and supply-chain risk across the aviation ecosystem.

A-ISAC's revenue model is subscription-recurring, comprising tiered annual membership fees (positioned as less than one-third the cost of hiring an additional cybersecurity team member) and event sponsorships for the Summit and AvTech Exchanges, with tiered packages from $2,500 to $50,000 and a year-round Soaring Supporters program added in 2024. Distribution is exclusively direct membership-driven; the organization grows by trusted referrals within the aviation cybersecurity community, supported by an international events program that has rotated through the U.S., Canada, Spain, and Ireland, with the 2026 flagship Summit scheduled for Vancouver. Governance is member-driven, with founding relationships to DHS, FAA, and ICAO, and operational data partnerships with organizations such as Eurocontrol and various national CERTs.

Name

Aviation ISAC

Legal name

Aviation ISAC

Website

https://a-isac.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aviation ISAC is a 2014-founded, non-profit membership organization of 132 aviation operators, airports, OEMs, and service providers that delivers real-time cybersecurity threat intelligence sharing, dark-web monitoring, vulnerability disclosure, and member events for the global aviation sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Annapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees providing access to threat intelligence sharing, publications, working groups, events, and member benefits. Priced at less than one-third the cost of hiring an additional cybersecurity team member.
2. Event Sponsorships: Sponsorship packages for Annual Summit, Quarterly AvTech Exchanges, and Soaring Supporters year-round program. Includes tiered sponsorship levels from $2,500 to $50,000.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

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Product overview

Aviation ISAC is a global membership community offering a threat intelligence sharing platform for aviation cybersecurity professionals. The core offering centers on real-time threat intelligence exchange among airlines, airports, OEMs, IFE/Satcom providers, and service providers. Members gain access to the threat sharing platform augmented by publications (daily/weekly memos, TERRA reports), working groups, vulnerability disclosure programs, dark web monitoring, and exclusive events including the annual Aviation Cybersecurity Summit and quarterly AvTech Exchanges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Members validated that ISAC data proved more worth in one year than other paid data sources over a three-year period

Named customers24 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed Yes

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered founding and core.

• BoeingfoundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoeing was a founding member of Aviation ISAC in 2014, alongside DHS and FAA. Boeing initially hosted the Information Sharing Working Group (ISWG) on its infrastructure for approximately 3 years before A-ISAC established its own back office.
• DHS (Department of Homeland Security)foundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDHS was a founding partner in the initial effort to improve cyber risk maturity among public and private sector aviation organizations in 2014.
• FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)foundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFAA was a founding partner in the initial effort to improve cyber risk maturity among public and private sector aviation organizations in 2014.
• National Health ISAC (H-ISAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the first Aviation ISAC Summit in November 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada alongside the National Health ISAC (now H-ISAC).
• Government Cybersecurity AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAviation ISAC maintains strong working relationships with government cybersecurity agencies as part of its global community approach to aviation cybersecurity.
• CERTs (Computer Emergency Response Teams)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAviation ISAC maintains strong working relationships with various CERTs worldwide as part of its threat intelligence sharing ecosystem.
• GE AerospacefoundingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGE Aerospace was a founding member of Aviation ISAC in 2014 and won the first Gold Belt award for Top Info Sharing in 2017.
• British AirwayscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBritish Airways hosts the Q2 AvTech Exchange 2026 in London, England (June 23-25, 2026).
• Southwest AirlinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member that won the first Silver Belt award for Most Valuable Contributor in 2017.
• EurocontrolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEurocontrol provides threat intelligence data used by Aviation ISAC, with ransomware accounting for 22% of all malicious incidents per their reporting.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Recorded Future: Commercial threat intelligence platform providing paid feeds that compete with the value proposition of community-shared intelligence.
• CrowdStrike: Global cybersecurity incumbent offering commercial threat intelligence as part of its broader endpoint and XDR platform. Represents the well-capitalized commercial alternative that Aviation ISAC members may also rely on for primary threat data.
• Mandiant (Google Cloud): Leading commercial threat intelligence and incident response provider. Offers the kind of paid intelligence feeds that Aviation ISAC members sometimes benchmark against.

Direct peers

• Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC): ISAC serving U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial governments. Closely analogous non-profit intelligence-sharing model for a different critical-infrastructure constituency.
• Financial Services ISAC (FS-ISAC): The largest sectoral ISAC, sharing financial cyber threat intelligence across thousands of member institutions. Operates a comparable membership, working-group, and intelligence-sharing model targeted at a critical-infrastructure vertical.
• Health-ISAC (H-ISAC): Health-sector ISAC operating the same member-driven threat intelligence sharing model. Co-hosted the inaugural Aviation ISAC Summit in 2015, making it the closest structural and operational analogue.
• Automotive ISAC (Auto-ISAC): Sector-specific ISAC for the automotive industry, applying the same trusted-community intelligence-sharing model to OEMs, suppliers, and connected-vehicle ecosystems. Direct functional parallel to Aviation ISAC's OEM/airline membership base.
• Electricity ISAC (E-ISAC): Sectoral ISAC for the North American electricity subsector, run with NERC and focused on grid cybersecurity. Operates the same member-driven critical-infrastructure intelligence sharing model.

Regional players

• International Air Transport Association (IATA): Global aviation industry association. While focused on operations, standards, and policy rather than cybersecurity specifically, it is the closest industry-wide coordinating body that an aviation cybersecurity initiative could partner with or compete for member attention against.

Emerging players

• Space ISAC: Newer sectoral ISAC for the space industry, modeled after Aviation ISAC and other sectoral ISACs. Represents both an adjacent expansion opportunity and a peer sharing the same operating playbook.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AviationISAC

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Profiles1 record

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