As cybersecurity becomes an increasingly important piece of the space puzzle, it\u2019s crucial that government and organizations not only understand what\u2019s at stake \u2014 but how things actually work. Cybersecurity functions become normalized, just as diversity in thought and process does. Earlier this month, the CyberSat 2018 summit brought together some of the best and brightest in the field to discuss topics ranging from cybersecurity practices in the satellite industry, to broader public and private sector applications.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s without a doubt that all industries have seen the increasing importance of maintaining cybersecurity initiatives. Speaking on a panel session titled \u201cInterconnectedness in the 21st<\/sup> century: Women in Cyber and Space Discuss Realities and Practicalities,\u201d Booz Allen Hamilton<\/strong> Senior Associate Allison Mitrovich stated, \u201cCybersecurity is really just good engineering. We need to change the mindset so we can integrate it earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n As this \u201cgood engineering\u201d pertains to the space and satellite worlds, Secure World Foundation <\/strong>Director of Space Applications Programs Krystal Wilson said that getting into cybersecurity is a much broader trend. \u201cIt\u2019s not just new companies expanding into new areas, but new space actors emerging globally. Not only are there academic partnerships forming to launch new smallsats, but also other governments,\u201d she said. \u201cCyber is a place where you can really highlight that change, you have new actors who don\u2019t know about [cyber], or care about it, or just don\u2019t want to have to deal with it. When you have this many new actors, it\u2019s a really concerning trend.\u201d<\/p>\n Harvard University<\/strong> Director of Information Security (IT) Security Education and Consulting Sandy Silk gives a different viewpoint, in saying they\u2019re \u201cnot really, actors, but partners,\u201d as the democratization of the entire intelligence ecosystems is becoming more accessible.<\/p>\n Mitrovich elaborates, in calling for more adaptive systems. \u201cWe haven\u2019t evolved our practices in how we evaluate cyber. We talk about singular vulnerability \u2013 but we\u2019re missing the wholistic view. There is still a huge gap within our policies and their execution. We need more adaptive systems that can be maintained within the current cyber environment.\u201d<\/p>\n Some nations are already answering the call for more adaptive systems. UPDATAD Project<\/strong> Founder Sloane Trugman, the panel moderator, explained how nations like France are rising to the challenge \u2014 an example being the Paris Call. These cybersecurity policies are crucial, as networks are being \u201cincreasingly porous.\u201d<\/p>\n Additionally, these new actors (or partners) can unlock a host of new possibilities. Deloitte<\/strong> Consultant Jillian Taylor took a look at various cybersecurity applications within the satellite industry. \u201cWhen you look at the new players coming into the market, there are data companies (i.e., Planet Labs<\/strong>) that want to provide Low Earth Orbit (LEO) services. They can provide massive amounts of data to their clients, 15,000 miles from earth,\u201d she said. The applications are numerous, but \u201cpeople\u2019s personal data is very important. How we think about it, including who\u2019s supporting that payload, is important.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As cybersecurity becomes an increasingly important piece of the space puzzle, it\u2019s crucial that government and organizations not only understand what\u2019s at stake \u2014 but how things actually work. Cybersecurity functions become normalized, just as diversity in thought and process does. Earlier this month, the CyberSat 2018 summit brought together some of the best and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}