Did you know that ESA Technology, through its General Support Technology Programme (GSTP), has identified cybersecurity products to strengthen the security of future space missions? European Space Agency - ESA has published the “(Cyber)Security Products for Space Systems Protection 2026–2028” document, identifying priority products for accelerated development. These focus on technologies already at or beyond Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5, mature solutions ready for wider adoption, and essential baseline capabilities needed to strengthen the security posture of future missions. ESA invites European entities to express non-binding interest via esa-star portal, contributing to the aggregation of industry demand, informing national delegations and supporting alignment between ESA planning, national priorities and industrial capabilities. Login and read the document on esa-star: https://lnkd.in/etW4w8bx
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Video recap: CYSAT Paris 2026 🎥 World's biggest conference dedicated to cybersecurity for the space industry at STATION F. As a lawyer, one of the most fascinating parts of a deep-tech conference like this is seeing where technical discussions inevitably become legal ones. We are often trying to solve the same problems — just in completely different languages. Different perspectives are becoming increasingly necessary if regulation is to be operationally realistic, not just theoretically viable. Leaving this conference with more questions than answers — usually a promising sign. #Cybersecurity #LegalTech #Spacelaw #Cysat Space Women Alliance Space ISAC Thales ICEYE CYSEC EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme European Space Agency - ESA European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) Centre National d'Études Spatiales Nexova INTEGRASYS Group GMV secunet Security Networks AG
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Is Space the Final Frontier for Cyber Defense? I had a fascinating catch-up last week with a security leader who has spent over 16 years protecting some of the UK’s most critical defense and policing platforms. We got talking about the future of the sector, and he made a compelling case: Space is no longer just a scientific frontier; it is the next critical battleground for cyber defense. As we look toward 2026, the complexity of securing satellite constellations and cislunar infrastructure is skyrocketing. Unlike terrestrial networks, "patching" a satellite 35,000km away isn't exactly a simple Friday afternoon task. We discussed three emerging challenges that are shifting the landscape: The Rise of Software-Defined Everything: Modern satellites are essentially flying data centers. This expands the attack surface, requiring rigorous Secure-by-Design principles long before launch. Autonomous Resilience: With high latency in deep-space communications, cyber defenses must become increasingly autonomous, using AI to detect and self-heal from anomalies without waiting for a signal from Earth. Supply Chain Sovereignty: As defense programs become more multi-national and multi-prime, ensuring the integrity of every component in the "space supply chain" is vital to national security. My contact is eager to bring his extensive experience in sovereign cloud, GovAssure (CAF) assessments, and defense accreditation into the space sector to help tackle these exact hurdles. I’d love to hear from my network: As space-based assets become more integrated with our ground-based critical infrastructure, what specific cyber engineering skills do you think will be in highest demand for the "Space Force" of tomorrow? Is it AI-driven threat modeling, post-quantum encryption, or perhaps a new breed of "orbital" incident response? 👇 Let’s discuss in the comments! #CyberSecurity #SpaceDefense #Aerospace #InfoSec #DefenseInnovation #SecureByDesign #GovAssure #UKTech
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Fully aligned with Paul Liias’s perspective - as reliance on space-based services grows, so does the importance of protecting the underlying infrastructure. #cyberrange #spacecyberrange
Head of Space Policy and Technology for Estonia | Chair of ESA Administrative and Finance Committee (AFC) | Chair of the EUSPA Administrative Board (AB)
✈️ 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. 🛰️ 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 👉 Wars today aren’t only fought on land, sea, or air. They’re decided in domains most people never see. In my latest article in Postimees, I explore how defense is rapidly shifting toward space-based capabilities and why this matters more than many realize. 👇 A short takeaway (𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴): Modern conflict increasingly depends on services based on space technologies and when these fail, we lose. It is also important to own its own space capacities (EO and cyber) that can be shared with the allies. Everyone must contribute and step outside the comfort zone: that someone will come and help. 🚀 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 Over the last few years, space infrastructure has shifted from a niche topic to critical national infrastructure. Satellite communications, navigation and Earth observation applications are critical services used by modern 📡𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 Cyber and electronic attacks against space services are no longer theoretical. GNSS jamming, for example, is felt on the ground: in transport, supply chains, safety margins, and even consumer devices. 🔐 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 Satellites are engineered to last a decade or more. Threat models evolve faster. In practice, vulnerabilities are frequently found in: ✏️ ground stations and mission control ✏️ user terminals and IT systems ✏️ data exchange ✏️ training 👉 Security, therefore, isn’t about a single platform, it’s about the resilience of the entire service. 🇪🇪 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 A small country doesn’t need to compete in satellite numbers to be valuable to allies. Instead, Estonia can contribute where demand is growing fastest: 👉 securing the digital, ground-based, and operational functioning of space services. 💡 Since 2019, Estonia led by the Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium / Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has been building space cyber security capabilities together with industry, universities, and the European Space Agency. This includes secure data exchange, cyber ranges, ML monitoring of anomalies, space missions, alongside new education pathways. 📈 The next strategic step is to make take advantage of the capabilities developed and make us in practice - during times of peacetime and in crisis. #kosmosEST #spaceestonia #softwaredefinedspace #sdsc #spacecyber #cyber
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Paul Liias rightly states in his Postimees article that, in recent years, space infrastructure has transitioned from a niche topic to a cornerstone of national infrastructure. Satellite communications, navigation, and Earth observation applications are now essential services. AS Datel contributes daily to the defence and security sectors, as well as the ongoing development of remote sensing services. #kosmosEST #spaceestonia #information #defense #space #technology
Head of Space Policy and Technology for Estonia | Chair of ESA Administrative and Finance Committee (AFC) | Chair of the EUSPA Administrative Board (AB)
✈️ 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. 🛰️ 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 👉 Wars today aren’t only fought on land, sea, or air. They’re decided in domains most people never see. In my latest article in Postimees, I explore how defense is rapidly shifting toward space-based capabilities and why this matters more than many realize. 👇 A short takeaway (𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴): Modern conflict increasingly depends on services based on space technologies and when these fail, we lose. It is also important to own its own space capacities (EO and cyber) that can be shared with the allies. Everyone must contribute and step outside the comfort zone: that someone will come and help. 🚀 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 Over the last few years, space infrastructure has shifted from a niche topic to critical national infrastructure. Satellite communications, navigation and Earth observation applications are critical services used by modern 📡𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 Cyber and electronic attacks against space services are no longer theoretical. GNSS jamming, for example, is felt on the ground: in transport, supply chains, safety margins, and even consumer devices. 🔐 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 Satellites are engineered to last a decade or more. Threat models evolve faster. In practice, vulnerabilities are frequently found in: ✏️ ground stations and mission control ✏️ user terminals and IT systems ✏️ data exchange ✏️ training 👉 Security, therefore, isn’t about a single platform, it’s about the resilience of the entire service. 🇪🇪 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 A small country doesn’t need to compete in satellite numbers to be valuable to allies. Instead, Estonia can contribute where demand is growing fastest: 👉 securing the digital, ground-based, and operational functioning of space services. 💡 Since 2019, Estonia led by the Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium / Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has been building space cyber security capabilities together with industry, universities, and the European Space Agency. This includes secure data exchange, cyber ranges, ML monitoring of anomalies, space missions, alongside new education pathways. 📈 The next strategic step is to make take advantage of the capabilities developed and make us in practice - during times of peacetime and in crisis. #kosmosEST #spaceestonia #softwaredefinedspace #sdsc #spacecyber #cyber
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Cybersecurity is the new frontier of space operations.🛜 “Every satellite, every ground system, every data node relies on cyber and data.” – Charleen Laughlin, USSF deputy chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data. At our 8th annual Cyber Expo, #SpaceForce leaders emphasized that space superiority isn’t just about satellites and rockets, it’s about data, networks, and cyber readiness. Every mission thread, from GPS to command-and-control, depends on secure, resilient digital infrastructure. Read more about how we’re shaping the cyber terrain to maintain dominance in the final frontier: https://lnkd.in/gDCwZr-j #SpaceStartsHere
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No more baking in cyber security at the end, this is supposed to be an up front consideration. A key gap they mentioned at the 2026 Cuber Expo is cyber hardening space assets and proliferating the zero trust environment across space operations.
Cybersecurity is the new frontier of space operations.🛜 “Every satellite, every ground system, every data node relies on cyber and data.” – Charleen Laughlin, USSF deputy chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data. At our 8th annual Cyber Expo, #SpaceForce leaders emphasized that space superiority isn’t just about satellites and rockets, it’s about data, networks, and cyber readiness. Every mission thread, from GPS to command-and-control, depends on secure, resilient digital infrastructure. Read more about how we’re shaping the cyber terrain to maintain dominance in the final frontier: https://lnkd.in/gDCwZr-j #SpaceStartsHere
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🛰️ In our latest analysis of the 𝗘𝗨 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹, Dr. Johannes H. Schmees and I analyzed the key institutional positions and practical takeaways, with a particular focus on #cybersecurity and overlaps with #NIS2 and the proposed #CSA2. 👇 #HoganLovellsSpace #HLC_Space Hogan Lovells #Satellites #Space
Our EU team, including Dr. Henrik Hanssen and Dr. Johannes H. Schmees from Hamburg, has published an article on the cybersecurity, market access, and implications of the EU Space Act proposal for non-EU space operators. This is an important and emerging area, and if you would like to discuss it further, please feel free to reach out. Additionally, we are monitoring these issues from the perspective of orbital data centers. Our additional orbital data center teammates include: - Steven Kaufman (Global - commercial) - Randy Segal (Global - commercial) - George V. John (Global - comms regulatory) - Tobias Faber (London, Germany - infra) - Zenas Choi (US - IP/commercial) For more details, you can read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eZVa2Cai #Space #OrbitalDataCenters #EUSpaceAct #HoganLovellsSpace #HLC_Space
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🛰️ The EU is set to regulate space: Ahead of trilogue negotiations on the EU Commission's proposal for an EU Space Act, positions between EU institutions diverge on key issues, including cybersecurity requirements, market access and third-country operators. Resharing Alexis Sainz's post on Dr. Henrik Hanssen's and my latest analysis of the EU Space Act proposal as it moves through the legislative process. Three points operators, investors and GCs in the space sector should have on their radar: ➡️ Cybersecurity may get a taylored, sector-specific framework for space operators, with accountability and liability sitting at management level, that interplays with the EU's wider ICT supply-chain and cybersecurity framework. ➡️ Market access has extraterritorial reach, as a material share of rules under the EU Space Act proposal apply to EU and non-EU operators offering their services in the EU. ➡️The clock is already running. With the Commission's proposal anticipating application from 2030 with a transitional period, operators preparing for compliance at an early stage will want to monitor the legislative process and map exposure and compliance gaps now. Full analysis linked below. 👇 Feel free to reach out to us and the whole Hogan Lovells space and satellite team anytime. #HoganLovellsSpace #HLC_Space
Our EU team, including Dr. Henrik Hanssen and Dr. Johannes H. Schmees from Hamburg, has published an article on the cybersecurity, market access, and implications of the EU Space Act proposal for non-EU space operators. This is an important and emerging area, and if you would like to discuss it further, please feel free to reach out. Additionally, we are monitoring these issues from the perspective of orbital data centers. Our additional orbital data center teammates include: - Steven Kaufman (Global - commercial) - Randy Segal (Global - commercial) - George V. John (Global - comms regulatory) - Tobias Faber (London, Germany - infra) - Zenas Choi (US - IP/commercial) For more details, you can read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eZVa2Cai #Space #OrbitalDataCenters #EUSpaceAct #HoganLovellsSpace #HLC_Space
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Our EU team, including Dr. Henrik Hanssen and Dr. Johannes H. Schmees from Hamburg, has published an article on the cybersecurity, market access, and implications of the EU Space Act proposal for non-EU space operators. This is an important and emerging area, and if you would like to discuss it further, please feel free to reach out. Additionally, we are monitoring these issues from the perspective of orbital data centers. Our additional orbital data center teammates include: - Steven Kaufman (Global - commercial) - Randy Segal (Global - commercial) - George V. John (Global - comms regulatory) - Tobias Faber (London, Germany - infra) - Zenas Choi (US - IP/commercial) For more details, you can read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eZVa2Cai #Space #OrbitalDataCenters #EUSpaceAct #HoganLovellsSpace #HLC_Space
