Cybersecurity

Commercial satcom providers are under an unrelenting onslaught of cyber attacks. Stringent requirements of their military and government customers help keep them on their toes, constantly looking for innovative approaches to keep hackers at bay. “At least thousands” of intrusion attempts are intercepted daily by cyber defense teams of U.S.-based satellite broadband provider Viasat, according...

IBM Security revealed the industry’s first mobile security operations center, capable of traveling onsite for cybersecurity training, preparedness, and response. The IBM X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center (C-TOC) will travel around the U.S. and Europe, running incident response drills with clients, providing on-demand cybersecurity support, and building cybersecurity awareness and skills with professionals, students,...

  Early demonstration of new quantum space technologies, through the latest collaboration between the U.K. and Singapore governments, could lead to more secure online activity for consumers in everything from financial transactions to online conversations. The aim of the $11.6 million (10 million euros) initiative between the U.K. and Singapore governments is to build and...

Connected transportation may be a key target market for many major satellite companies, but this is also a market likely to be targeted by hackers. A compromised connected car, train, ship, or aircraft would make global headlines. As satellite companies become immersed in this sector, they must pay attention to the growing security threats that...

The cyber threat to airlines is growing as hackers use more and more sophisticated techniques to gain access to valuable customer data. Devon Smibert, director of cybersecurity at Canadian airline WestJet spoke on Sept. 5 at the Aviation Festival in London about the cyber challenges facing an airline such as WestJet, as the challenges are...

SpaceChain is another exciting newcomer to the space industry. The company is building an open-source satellite network, which aims to enable a next-generation infrastructure for the blockchain industry. SpaceChain Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Zheng Zuo told Via Satellite that the organization aims to explore the great potential of bringing the crowdsourcing model to the NewSpace...

Fighting piracy is a carrot-and-stick game. The carrot is that you have to provide great services and great content — and the stick is to hit the organizations that are trying to make money off of your business model. The threats to broadcast are evolving. Previously, threats were based around smart card hacking of pay-TV...

As summer begins to turn into fall, the media and entertainment industry once again turns toward IBC in Amsterdam. This global event is the annual opportunity to review the current state of the industry while learning about new technologies that open up exciting new opportunities. The Conference IBC’s conference offers a vast array of engaging...

Cloud Constellation has launched a global partner program for its SpaceBelt Data Security as a Service (DSAAS) space-based cloud service, enabling partners to offer customers a cloud service that eliminates the terrestrial infrastructure as a key data breach vulnerability. SpaceBelt DSAAS is a scalable, space-based cloud service for securing high-value and highly sensitive data assets by...

RigNet has won a lucrative cyber-security contract with one of Asia’s biggest telcos. It has signed a deal with Singtel to provide its global customers with CyphreLink, a sophisticated satellite and terrestrial encrypted network service. CyphreLink is a cyber-security service that aims to provide fully encrypted location to location communications protection efficiently without impacting network latency...