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Satellite Ground Segment: Applying the Cybersecurity Framework to Assure Satellite Command and Control

Publication Title
Satellite Ground Segment: Applying the Cybersecurity Framework to Assure Satellite Command and Control
Series Title
NIST Interagency or Internal Reports
Personal Author
Lightman, Suzanne.
Publication Number
NIST IR; NIST interagency report; NIST internal report; 8401
Date Issued
2022
Subject
Risk management
Space
Critical infrastructure
Cybersecurity Framework
Ground segment
Space operations
Telemetry
Government Author
Commerce Department, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) .
Category
Executive Agency Publications
SuDoc Class Number
C 13.
Abstract
Space operations are increasingly important to the national and economic security of the United States. Commercial space's contribution to the critical infrastructure is growing in both volume and diversity of services as illustrated by the increased use of commercial communications satellite (COMSAT) bandwidth, purchase of commercial imagery, and the hosting of government payloads on commercial satellites. The U.S. government recognizes and supports space resilience as illustrated by numerous space policies, executive orders, and the National Cyber Strategy. The space cyber-ecosystem is an inherently risky, high-cost, and often inaccessible environment consisting of distinct yet interdependent segments. This report 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.