Cybersecurity

The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded additional funding to SpiderOak to demonstrate integrating the U.S. Space Force’s identity and access management software within the company’s platform. SpiderOak announced the addition...

Emerging technologies like quantum computing and artificial intelligence create new threats to defend against, as well as new defensive capabilities for the commercial space sector, U.S. defense officials said at...

U.S. government contractor Akima is focused on growing its footprint while working to reinforce security and maintain a technical edge for the national defense sector.  Earlier this year, Five Rivers...

The leader of the U.S. Space Force command focused on buying and operating satellites for the U.S. military told the CyberSat conference this week that he, like many other government...

Space ISAC has opened a new Watch Center Hub in Australia to provide a global perspective on real-time threat intelligence. Announcing the hub, Space ISAC said the hub will expand...

RESTON, VIRGINIA — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is moving to a zero trust/defense in depth cyber protection schemata for the agency’s satellites, an NRO official said on Tuesday. “Whereas...

RESTON, VIRGINIA — Ransomware in space and the possibility of satellite kidnapping were just two of the scary future threats against space systems discussed at the CyberSat conference in Reston,...

RESTON, VIRGINIA — The cybersecurity of space systems in terms of on orbit assets, ground systems, and data links is a critical issue for U.S. national security, and the federal...

Following the Viasat hack, which took place a few hours prior to the invasion of Ukraine and impacted both the Ukrainian Armed Forces as well as thousands of customers across...

In a new era of warfare enabled by commercial products and services, owners and operators of earth observation constellations are finding themselves on the frontlines of novel conflicts, often fought...