This year Security Magazine partnered with The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) to present the Golden Eagle Award to SkySafe as the 2026 Golden Eagle Award winner for its case study submission, “University of Illinois Sets the Standard for Campus Drone Security.”
Julia Stuyt got her first exposure to the security industry at the Toronto Pearson International Airport, where she worked in call-taking, monitoring and dispatching for security-related incidents.
Drones are becoming an increasingly available risk to enterprise security. Unauthorized drones force security leaders to think differently about security.
Universities around the United States are researching drone implementations in emergency response and disaster preparedness with the aid of $2.7 million in research grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The FAA has awarded seven U.S. universities with grants to pursue drone and drone security research, covering drone cybersecurity, risk management and detection.