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DoD Heightens Importance of Cybersecurity in Future Ground Systems

DoD Heightens Importance of Cybersecurity in Future Ground Systems
Contractor Jim Brewer and Senior Airman Guillermo Delacruz-Martinez, 2nd Space Operations Squadron, send the disposal command to GPS Satellite Vehicle No. 35 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Friday, June 10, 2016. The command marked the vehicle’s end of life. Photo: Air Force.

The Department of Defense (DoD) wants to make sure its future ground system for government satellites, known as the Enterprise Ground Segment (EGS), makes cyber security a much bigger priority compared to the approach taken with ground systems currently in use, according to a key officer.Today, DoD ground systems for military satellite programs all run separate from each other. EGS will seek to unify ground segment operations onto a single comprehensive system, but DoD does not want to make that…

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