Translating Space Cybersecurity Policy into Actionable Guidance for Space Vehicles

Tsamis, Nicholas; Bailey, Brandon; Falco, Gregory

doi:10.2514/6.2021-4051

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“…The key is to focus the countermeasures on the most critical assets, which will minimise the impacts on the system. They should, however, be designed in such a way that they can function together by protecting space mission systems (Tsamis et al, 2021).…”

Section: Recommended Countermeasuresmentioning

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Challenges in threat modelling of new space systems: A teleoperation use-case

Sheik

Atmaca

Maple

et al. 2022

Advances in Space Research

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Challenges in threat modelling of new space systems: A teleoperation use-case

Sheik

Atmaca

Maple

et al. 2022

Advances in Space Research

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Anomaly detection for space information networks: A survey of challenges, techniques, and future directions

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Kaisar,

Vasilakos

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Computers & Security

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Building a launchpad for satellite cyber-security research: lessons from 60 years of spaceflight

Pavur

Martinovic

2022

Journal of Cybersecurity

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As the space industry approaches a period of rapid change, securing both emerging and legacy satellite missions will become vital. However, space technology has been largely overlooked by the systems security community. This survey seeks to understand why this is the case and to offer a starting point for technical security researchers seeking impactful contributions beyond the Earth’s mesosphere. The paper begins with a cross-disciplinary synthesis of relevant threat models from a diverse array of fields, ranging from legal and policy studies to aerospace engineering. This is presented as a “threat matrix toolbox,” which security researchers may leverage to motivate technical research into given attack vectors and defenses. We derive this model from an original chronology of > 100 significant satellite hacking incidents spanning the previous 60 years. Together, these are used to assess the state-of-the-art in satellite security across four sub-domains: satellite radio-link security, space hardware security, ground station security, and operational/mission security. In each area, we note significant findings and unresolved questions which the systems security community is aptly poised to tackle. By consolidating this research, we present the case that satellite systems security researchers can build on strong, but disparate, academic foundations and rise to meet an urgent need for future space missions.

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Translating Space Cybersecurity Policy into Actionable Guidance for Space Vehicles

Cited by 6 publications

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Challenges in threat modelling of new space systems: A teleoperation use-case

Challenges in threat modelling of new space systems: A teleoperation use-case

Anomaly detection for space information networks: A survey of challenges, techniques, and future directions

Building a launchpad for satellite cyber-security research: lessons from 60 years of spaceflight

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