Satellites and space
Protected from above and below
Satellites, rockets, and other space crafts need to withstand harsh and uncertain conditions of space and the near-Earth environment, but they also need to be impervious to cyber interference from below.
CCI SWVA satellites and space research programs focus on:
- Establishing, analyzing, and publishing best-practices for SmallSats, particularly those built and flown by private non-US Government contractors.
- Addressing the cybersecurity challenges of inter- and intra-constellation communications of internet satellite constellations.
- Performing vulnerability assessments on satellite networks.
- Developing a dynamic software-defined collaborative quantum-key distribution network to protect satellite communication networks from a large-scale quantum attack.
Associated research program pages
News
- Virginia Tech, George Mason University partner to develop networking infrastructure for satellite constellations
- Student-built Ut ProSat-1 satellite set for flight
- Program fuels development of new quantum-aware cybersecurity strategies
- Virginia Tech, international partners debut first-of-its kind test bed for resiliency, security in space-based internet networks