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Data Security for the Aerospace Industry

Aerospace organizations must protect ITAR, EAR and CMMC regulated data across cloud platforms used for engineering, operations, manufacturing, and collaboration. StratoKey encrypts and tokenizes regulated data before it reaches any cloud application. Plaintext never leaves your environment.

AEROSPACE

The Growing Challenge of Cloud Risks in the Aerospace Industry

 Cloud platforms used for PLM, MES, ERP, and collaboration are often not built for ITAR, CMMC or EAR compliance. Allowing a cloud provider to access plaintext technical data can constitute an unauthorized export under 22 CFR Parts 120-130. Defense contractors must also meet NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC requirements under DFARS 252.204-7012. Often native SaaS encryption does not satisfy these obligations. 

Unauthorized Access to Export-Controlled Technical Data

ITAR-controlled technical data and CUI are at risk in cloud environments, particularly across shared platforms and foreign jurisdictions. Unauthorized access, whether from malicious actors or cloud provider staff, creates significant security and compliance risks for aerospace organizations.

Exposure Through SaaS Integrations and AI Tools

 Integrations with SaaS platforms and AI tools can unintentionally expose ITAR and EAR-controlled technical data to unauthorized access, creating compliance and security risks across the supply chain. 

Compliance Complexity in Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments

Meeting ITAR, EAR, DFARS, and CMMC requirements is difficult in multi-tenant cloud environments where sensitive technical data shares infrastructure. This increases the risk of unauthorized access, data spillover, and foreign jurisdictional exposure.

Native Encryption Can Undermine Data Sovereignty

When cloud providers manage encryption and hold access to encryption keys, aerospace organizations lose control over their most sensitive technical data. This can create direct compliance exposure under ITAR and EAR.

The Stratokey Cloud Data Protection Platform Can Help Aerospace Organizations

 StratoKey operates as a gateway between your users and your cloud applications, encrypting or tokenizing sensitive data before it leaves your network. The cloud provider only ever holds ciphertext or tokens. 

  • FIPS 140-3-Validated Field Level Encryption: Encrypted end-to-end before data reaches any SaaS platform.
  • Field-Level Tokenization: Sensitive data is replaced with tokens and stored locally, keeping controlled content onshore and reducing compliance scope.
  • Customer-Controlled Keys: (BYOK / HYOK) Encryption keys never reside with the cloud provider.
  • Geofenced Access Controls: Restrict controlled data to U.S. persons and approved locations to meet ITAR access requirements.
  • Audit Logging: Immutable logs for every access and decryption event, supporting CMMC assessments and DFARS incident reporting.
  • Application-Agnostic Works across ERPs, PLMs, QMSs, MESs. Includes: Plex, NetSuite, Jira, Confluence, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Slack, and custom applications.

 Meet Aerospace Regulatory Requirements Across Global Programs 

 StratoKey supports compliance with ITAR, EAR, DFARS, CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, and FedRAMP for U.S. defense and aerospace programs, as well as international frameworks including the EU GDPR, NIS2, Australia's DISP, and Singapore's PDPA. 

CMMC

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification


Tokenize CUI to meet Level 2 and Level 3 requirements under 32 CFR Part 170. StratoKey supports Access Control (AC), Audit and Accountability (AU), and System and Communications Protection (SC) control families, and can keep CUI within your FedRAMP-authorized environment.

ITAR

International Traffic in Arms Regulations


Secure USML-controlled technical data under 22 CFR Parts 120-130 before it enters any cloud platform. Geofenced access controls restrict decryption to authorized U.S. persons, reducing deemed export risk across your supply chain. 

FedRAMP

Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program


Maintain compliance by enabling sensitive data to remain within your own FedRAMP-authorized environment, by using tokenization. Keep regulated data within your controlled boundary and out of scope. 


EAR

Export Administration Regulations 


Protect dual-use aerospace technology on the Commerce Control List, including ECCNs 9A515, 9E515, and 9A004, before it reaches cloud applications. Audit logging supports BIS compliance across programs and supply chains. 

DFARS 252.204-7012 

Safeguarding Covered Defense Information 


Meet CUI safeguarding and cyber incident reporting requirements for DoD contracts, underpinned by NIST SP 800-171 compliance.

NIST 800-171

Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems


Support compliance across the control families in Rev 2 and Rev 3, including Access Control, Audit and Accountability, and System and Communications Protection, for engineering data and program documentation in cloud environments. 

StratoKey Works With Aerospace Organizations Throughout the Supply Chain to Secure Their Sensitive Data

 From prime contractors and satellite manufacturers to avionics suppliers and parts manufacturers, our team has experience helping aerospace organizations protect sensitive data and meet regulatory compliance requirements. 

 

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