Space is essential for infrastructure. Why isn’t it considered critical?

There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors, and experts are deeply divided on whether space systems should be the 17th.

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Growing reliance on satellites requires new approach to cybersecurity in space, expert says

Experts call for improvements to space cybersecurity as sectors such as energy, agriculture and finance rely more on satellite networks.

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New Space ISAC plans to elevate the industry’s awareness of cyberthreats

At a time when corporations are planning to blanket the heavens with high-tech hardware, the space industry is creating an information sharing and analysis center — a nonprofit organization that helps to track cyberthreats for member companies and related government agencies. The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (S-ISAC) will be housed within the National Cybersecurity Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado as a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization created to improve awareness about securing cyberspace. S-ISAC itself has not released much public information about how it plans to coordinate the space industry around its mission, but a news release from its founding company — Kratos Defense and Security Solutions — says the ISAC was created in response to long-recognized “information sharing gaps within the cybersecurity and space community.” San Diego-based Kratos said it has “coordinated the organizational planning and federal government charter, funded the Space ISAC startup costs, and developed the operational […]

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