Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Hybrid Satellite Networks (HSN): Final Annotated Outline

Published

November 3, 2022

Author(s)

James McCarthy, Joseph Brule, Dan Mamula, Karri Meldorf

Abstract

The objective of this Cybersecurity Profile is to identify an approach to assess the cybersecurity posture of Hybrid Satellite Networks (HSN) that provide services such as satellite-based systems for communications, position, navigation, and timing (PNT), remote sensing, weather monitoring, and imaging. The HSN systems may interact with other government systems and the Critical Infrastructure as defined by the Department of Homeland Security to mutually increase their resilience. This Profile will consider the cybersecurity of all the interacting systems that form the HSN rather than the traditional approach of a single organization acquiring the entire satellite system that includes the satellite bus, payloads, and ground system. NIST is developing a consistent approach to assess the cybersecurity posture of a space system to facilitate the better understanding of the attack surface, incorporate security, and achieve greater resilience for space systems that may be leveraged by critical infrastructure owners and operators, the Department of Defense, or other government missions.

Citation

OTHER - CSWP 27

Report Number

CSWP 27

NIST Pub Series

Other

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.27

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Keywords

cybersecurity, data transport, ground system, hosted payload, space, spacecraft

Citation

McCarthy, J. , brule, J. , Mamula, D. and Meldorf, K. (2022), Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Hybrid Satellite Networks (HSN): Final Annotated Outline, OTHER, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.27, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=935520 (Accessed January 15, 2025)