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Frameworks for Addressing Satellite Cybersecurity

Two recently-released cybersecurity frameworks address cybersecurity issues faced by the ground control systems and the space-based infrastructure of the space sector. New guidance from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),  “applies the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to the ground segment of space operations with an emphasis on the command and control of satellite buses and payloads.” The Space Attack Research & Tactic Analysis (SPARTA) framework “is intended to provide unclassified information to space professionals about how spacecraft may be compromised via cyber means.” More https://csrc.nist.gov/News/2023/nist-releases-nist-ir-8401