Microsoft’s Cyber Defense Operations Center. Photo: Microsoft

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. It is a significant moment as Microsoft is one of the first hyperscale cloud service providers to join this member organization. Microsoft aims to share its global threat insights to protect critical infrastructure and strengthen cybersecurity expertise in the space community.

Microsoft invests over $1 billion dollar annually on cybersecurity and has a team of more than 3,500 global security experts across 77 countries interpreting and contributing to the insights gained from its advanced engineering and telemetry. The company is at the forefront of cybersecurity threat detection, leveraging analysis of over 8 trillion diverse threat signals daily across over 200 global consumer and commercial services.

Bill Chappell, vice president of Mission Systems, will represent Microsoft on the Space ISAC Board of Directors.