Seriously Risky Business Newsletter
April 20, 2023
After Viasat, Space Systems Get Scrutiny
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Policy & Intelligence
The CSC 2.0 project — which aims to continue the work of the US Government's Cyberspace Solarium Commission — has recommended that the US government designate space systems as critical infrastructure.
The project's report argues that the space sector is increasingly important but also increasingly under threat from adversary states:
On the importance side, the report notes that space underpins a variety of other critical infrastructure sectors. Space services such as positioning, navigation and timing are used across diverse critical infrastructure sectors such as energy, water, telecommunications, transportation, agriculture, and even financial systems.