Cybersecurity

Farnborough, U.K. — On the second day of Space-Comm Expo in the United Kingdom, cyber and defense dominated the conversations as speakers addressed the growing threat of cyber attacks on space systems and how to counter attacks. Stefanie Grundner, consultant for the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) said the industry has been asking...

Eviden is to help set up a new satellite monitoring system in Greece. The company, part of the Atos Group, will collaborate with the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post commission (EETT), the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) on the project. EETT, as the Independent Administrative Authority of Greece, seeks to better exercise its responsibilities on satellite spectrum...

It is hard to believe that this year, the CyberSat event will be seven years old. It has grown ever year, as the relationship between cybersecurity and satellite has become more important. While the hack on Viasat’s equipment in Europe was a watershed moment for the space industry, there are other events in the cyber...

Quantum Dice is launching its first product in the space arena. The Zenith Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG), a product designed for space, will enable secure quantum communication technologies in the upcoming SpeQtral-1 satellite mission. Quantum Dice and SpeQtral announced the launch, Nov. 30. SpeQtral-1, SpeQtral’s second quantum key distribution (QKD) satellite, builds on the...

IEC Telecom is bringing out a new cybersecurity solution targeting the maritime sector. OptiShield aims to combine advanced cybersecurity software with a remote IT team to ensure protection for onboard networks. IEC Telecom announced the new solution on Nov. 27. IEC Telecom is an international satellite service operator with engineering expertise in low and high-throughput...

RESTON, VIRGINIA — A number of recent cyberattacks on space systems highlight the need for their improved security, a U.S. Space Force official said on Nov. 6. “The U.S. and our allied forces must now contend with growing threats from satellite link interceptions,” Col. Richard Kniseley, senior material leader of the Space Force’s Commercial Space...

RESTON, VIRGINIA — Space operators must start planning for and implementing quantum-resistant cryptography now to ensure that space national security systems are resistant to emerging threats, a senior cyber official for the National Security Agency (NSA) said. Darren Turner, chief of Critical Networks Defense for the NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate, said cryptography is a key part...

RESTON, VIRGINIA — The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is taking a particular look at cybersecurity for space systems, and seeking industry collaboration to inform policy in this area. Nicholas Leiserson, assistant national cyber director for Cyber Policy and Programs for ONCD gave a keynote address on Monday at CyberSatGov about...

It’s no secret that advancements in AI are growing in parallel with the ambitions of foreign adversaries. Although not limited to state actors, the most obvious threats to Western cyber infrastructure are China and Russia – countries with antagonistic tendencies who happen to be launching inspector satellites into space. Any number of Cold War analogies...

Xage Security on Wednesday said it has received a $17 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to provide a cybersecurity platform to protect the service’s ground and space-based systems and to ensure the integrity of data exchanged from the source or network edge to the consumer. Xage, which is based in Palo...