Cybersecurity

Launch integrator TriSept Corporation has developed a satellite software solution to provide security controls for commercial and government spacecraft, the company announced Tuesday, Sept. 7. This is the first cybersecurity solution TriSept has debuted. The TriSept Secure Embedded Linux (TSEL) operating system is based on Linux and offers automated mechanisms and updates that deliver detailed...

Space is likely heading toward more hybrid, interoperable architectures, the deputy commander of the U.S. Space Command said Monday at the Small Satellite Conference.  Just like how terrestrial devices connect to a universal internet, Lt. Gen. John Shaw spoke during a Monday keynote of his vision of the future in which satellites connect to a...

A number of major European organizations and companies have joined forces to bring the next level of cybersecurity to the European satellite arena in a new project. The aim is to develop and create satellite-terrestrial infrastructure and a roadmap for wider European integration, setting the path for next-generation cybersecurity. In a June 16 announcement, the...

Microsoft, which has been becoming more and part of the space landscape in recent years, has announced that it is joining the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC). By becoming part of the Space ISAC, Microsoft aims to help advance the protection of space-based critical assets vital to government agencies and the global economy....

Viasat plans to integrate its In-line Network Encryptor (INE) into the Link 16-capable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite that it is developing for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.  In 2019, Viasat was contracted to deliver and test what it called the first-ever Link 16-capable LEO spacecraft for the AFRL’s Space Vehicles XVI program. Link...

“In information security, it is a matter of time before failure. Given enough time, all systems will fail.”  William Eshaugh, vice president of Corporate Engineering and Security for Planet, laid out the stark truth of cybersecurity threats during the CyberSat Digital event on Tuesday, May 11. New Space players on the panel took stock of...

Red team exercises – or, simulated cyber attack scenarios run by internal IT groups and/or external third parties – can help satellite companies keep pace with constantly evolving cyberattacks, according to speakers on CyberSatDigital’s opening panel on Monday. Speaking on the bluntly titled session, “I am Going to Compromise your Satellite Infrastructure: Here is What...

Private companies from OneWeb, Boeing, and Amazon to SpaceX are busy flooding Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) with thousands of small satellites to deliver high-speed internet and other services to the most remote corners of Earth. Add to that dozens of more specialized mini-constellations that track anything from ship movements to natural catastrophes and greenhouse gas emissions....

BridgeComm reports that it has demonstrated high-speed optical communications of speeds beyond 100 Gb per second in a lab setting. The company announced Thursday that it will hold point-to-point demonstrations of the technology in North Carolina next week.  BridgeComm said this Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) technology can meet demands for fast and secure point-to-point data...

Viasat‘s U.K. subsidiary opened a new Network Operations Center (NOC) and Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) in Aldershot, United Kingdom. The new facilities will support defense, government, and commercial organizations often targeted by increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. Through these new facilities, Viasat will offer its customers monitoring, detection and network support, and the ability to identify...