Security & Accreditation

Every system with significant telecommunications and IT components will be subjected to frequent attacks, with scale from enthusiastic geeks in university dormitories to serious organised criminals. The Cyber Security industry is engaged in an arms race to stay ahead of the bad guys, and they offer products and services that would bring a benefit to most systems.

However, space missions are not the same as banks, on-line retailers or telecomms operators. Space missions have a unique set of threats and vulnerabilities, whose analysis and mitigation doesn't lend itself to the tools and techniques typically provided by IT Security experts. For sure there is a place for security audits and penetration testing, but space system security accreditation requires a disciplined implementation of mission-specific security operating procedures. 

Making your system secure and robust without introducing a significant burden on the operations and engineering teams isn't easy, but it can be done if the processes are developed by people that understand both Mission Operations and Security & Accreditation. Talk to JAYLAMBDA. We can do this.