Cyber Resilience On-Orbit a ‘Nervous System’ for Detecting Threats

About this episode

The episode discusses the United States Space Force's focus on cybersecurity for space systems and the introduction of the Cyber Resilience On-Orbit tool to enhance satellite security.

In response to evolving cyber threats that can manipulate and compromise a satellite’s data, the United States Space Force is heightening its focus on “space cyber,” or the cybersecurity of space systems on-orbit. One emerging solution toward this effort is the Cyber Reslience On-Orbit tool (CROO), a software program that focuses on not just securing the data links between satellites and their terrestrial networks, but on the cybersecurity of the satellite itself. Funded in part by an AFWERX ...

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• space systems
• satellite data
• cyber threats
• on-orbit security

Keywords

• cyber resilience
• satellite cybersecurity
• space cyber
• CROO
• data security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States Space Force, AFWERX

Products: Cyber Resilience On-Orbit tool (CROO)

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