Cybersecurity

This past week, senior Biden administration officials and industry representatives met in a forum to discuss cyber threats and how to strengthen cybersecurity across the ecosystem of space systems and committed to additional meetings, workshops and other efforts in the coming months. The March 28 forum was hosted by the White House Office of the...

Space ISAC is opening a physical Operational Watch Center to monitor, analyze, and respond to cyber threats to space systems in real time.  Analysts will support the Watch Center by monitoring data feeds, detecting threats, building incident reports, and sharing information. Up to 10 analysts will physically work in the Operational Watch Center, co-located at...

LinQuest and SpiderOak are forming a new strategic partnership to protect space mission systems for government and commercial customers. The two companies announced the new partnership, March 21. Under the partnership, LinQuest will demonstrate SpiderOak’s  OrbitSecure technology to its national security space customers. LinQuest said it will perform in-depth testing and assessment of security, performance,...

The Biden administration on Thursday released a new National Cybersecurity Strategy that builds on work of previous administrations but goes in new directions in several areas including calling for expanding regulations to more critical infrastructure sectors, making software companies liable for security shortcomings, and bringing to bear all tools of national power to thwart threat actors. Much...

Satellites are vital to many of our day-to-day activities. They are as critical to infrastructure such as water treatment facilities, electrical substations, and transportation operations. Whether it is navigation, communication, connectivity, or research — satellites power it all. While casual consumers likely do not consider the satellites that assist with their wayfinding, the fact remains...

The topic of cybersecurity for space assets is now one of the key conversations in the space industry, and virtually every space event in 2022 addressed the issue. In 2022, for the first time ever, Access Intelligence hosted two major cybersecurity and satellite events, CyberLEO in Los Angeles in May, and CyberSatGov in Reston in...

Thales Alenia Space signed a deal to lead the European Space Agency’s TeQuantS project to develop quantum technologies for cybersecurity applications and future quantum information networks. Under the program, Thales and partners plan to build satellites and optical ground stations by the end of 2026 to demonstrate long-distance quantum satellite links. The program is meant...

Space cybersecurity firm SpiderOak has raised $16.4 million in a Series C round led by Empyrean Technology Solutions. The lead investor is a space technology platform backed by funds affiliated with private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners. The oversubscribed round included additional investment from Method Capital, and OCA Ventures. SpiderOak offers OrbitSecure, a zero-trust cybersecurity...

Cyber and physical threats against commercial satellites are no longer a hypothetical discussion. Russia has demonstrated intent and capability to attack commercial satellites amid the ongoing Ukraine conflict, while China continues to advance its offensive space capabilities. The expanding threat environment is forcing the satellite industry and governments to consider new tactics, strategies, and policies...

Hughes Network Systems is rolling out new managed cybersecurity services geared toward small to mid-sized businesses. The company said these offerings give smaller companies of under 1,000 employees similar resources to large enterprises. The offering includes managed detection and response (MDR) and security operations centers (SOC) as a service.  “Small and medium-sized enterprises are at...