Tag: satcom

Last month I wrote about some current cybersecurity concerns about satellite ground stations. That may seem rather exotic to many readers, but all of us rely on reasonably accurate weather predictions. Satellite cybersecurity problems would hurt all of us, but we can draw useful lessons from this episode. The U.S. Commerce Department’s Inspector General is […]

Satellite communications started before the invention of the Internet, but that head start has not led to it being further along in security. It has usually been practiced only by governments, government contractors, and organizations like large-scale telecommunications companies that often have a quasi-governmental nature (and in many countries, literally are government ministries). That led […]