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Thu, Mar 27

ENISA: From Cyber to Outer Space: A Guide to Securing Commercial Satellite Operations

Space based communications and capabilities are a significant dependency across critical infrastructure, transportation, even our home devices depend on GPS signals. Space is critical infrastructure and needs to be protected as such. The report from ENISA linked below provides some stark realities about the risks facing our space based critical infrastructure and the impact these space based cyber threats bring to everyday life here on terra firma, air and sea.

“We’re in a space race” with China, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson warned". Fortunately, here in the US, NASA has been on top of these space based cyber risks and has established an effective, innovative process to identify, procure and use only trustworthy products. Check out NASA's SCRM process to procure trustworthy products

Similar calls to secure space based critical infrastructure have also come from other notable, technical sources, like FDD.