Two Aviation Cybersecurity Leaders Honored at Embry-Riddle Symposium

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has honored Siobvan Nyikos and Marty Reynolds for their achievements in strengthening cyber resilience in the aviation and aerospace sectors.

Nyikos and Reynolds were each recognized with an Aerospace Cybersecurity Excellence Leadership Award, or ACE Award, at the 2026 Aviation and Aerospace Cyber Resilience Symposium at Embry-Riddle, an event that brings together cybersecurity experts in academia, industry and government. The annual symposium and the awards are organized by the university’s Center for Aerospace Resilient Systems (CARS).

Dan Diessner, executive director of the Center for Aerospace Resilient Systems, presented the awards to Nyikos and Reynolds at a Feb. 3 ceremony.

When presenting the award to Nyikos, a technical fellow for Boeing Commercial Airplane (BCA) Product Security Engineering (PSE) and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Diessner thanked her for “years of technical aircraft cybersecurity leadership, including driving the national and international standards that keep our aircraft both safe and secure.”

Nyikos, who collaborates with a wide range of organizations to transition to and comply with evolving domestic and international cybersecurity regulations, has worked for Boeing Commercial Airplane Product Security Engineering lifecycle teams, supporting all of Boeing’s commercial airplane models, as well as Boeing Defense, Space & Security programs.

She is also a co-chair for the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) Special Committee SC-216 for Aeronautical Information Systems Security, co-chair for the Federal Aviation Administration Civil Aviation Cybersecurity Aviation Rulemaking Committee, an industry advisor for the Aviation Cybersecurity Initiative working group for standards coordination and the chair of the Aerospace Industries Association Regulatory & Standards Working Group.

She is a recipient of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) 2016…

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