Cybersecurity

Arqit Quantum is canceling its plans to build quantum satellites, announcing Wednesday its software technology has progressed and it no longer needed its own in-space assets. Arqit, based in the United Kingdom, is a company that focuses on quantum encryption. Its software QuantumCloud creates encryption keys for zero trust security. The company went public in...

SpiderOak has formed a strategic partnership with TriSept with the aim of providing a comprehensive end-to-end security system capable of keeping critical commercial, government-space and ground operations protected from intentional interference and attacks. The two companies announced the collaboration Dec. 7. TriSept is a provider of launch integration and mission management services. I order to...

Mynaric will use cybersecurity tools developed by Redwire and BigBear.ai for its optical communications terminal for the Space-BACN program. Redwire and BigBear.ai developed the (SpaceCREST) platform — Space Cyber Resiliency through Evaluation and Security Testing — to support the cybersecurity evaluation for Mynaric’s optical communications terminal. Redwire announced the deal Tuesday.  Space-BACN is a Defense...

SES has signed a new launch deal with Arianespace for its EAGLE-1 satellite, a LEO satellite, which will support the end-to-end secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for Europe. The deal was announced Nov. 9. The satellite will be launched on a Vega C rocket from French Guiana as early as Q4 2024. The EAGLE-1...

“Our adversaries are coming after us in cyberspace,” U.S. Space Force Col. John Smail did not mince words in a Nov. 4 CyberSatGov keynote.  The U.S. needs to be ready to defend itself in cyberspace against Russia and China’s cyber capabilities, said Smail, senior cyber officer for the Space Force.  Smail, who advises the Chief...

RESTON, VA — The United States is in a new Cold War era. It may be a bold statement, but it is one that the vast majority of attendees at the CyberSatGov conference agreed with on Wednesday, by a show of hands. In a discussion Wednesday in Reston, Virginia, about geopolitical threats in the space...

Space cybersecurity solutions provider SpiderOak confirmed Wednesday that it received a contract from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver the company’s OrbitSecure zero-trust protocol on-orbit for the U.S. Department of Defense‘s future Hybrid Space Architecture. The DIU contract also includes collaboration with the U.S. Space Force Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC). The DoD’s...

Rivada Space Networks (RSN) has signed a partnership agreement with SpeQtral, an emerging company in the area of in quantum-secure communications systems. The two companies announced the deal, Oct. 19. RSN is partnering with SpeQtral to demonstrate the technical compatibility of adding a QKD encryption layer to enhance the security of communications over LEO satellite...

The satellite industry had a wake-up call earlier this year when the Russian government waged a cyberattack against a commercial satellite operator on the eve of its invasion of Ukraine. The targeted ground station attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT network resulted in tens of thousands of modems shutting down in the besieged country, severing satellite broadband...

Space assets play a vital role in modern warfare and keeping them secure is a priority. For the U.S. government and the Space Force, this is a key challenge as it looks to not only invest in capability, but make sure when it uses space assets are secure, whether they are government-owned or commercial. Col....