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Cyber

Space Operators Should Harden Cryptography Defenses, NSA Cyber Official Says

By Rachel Jewett

Tuesday, November 7th, 2023

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Space Operators Should Harden Cryptography Defenses, NSA Cyber Official Says

Darren Turner, chief of Critical Networks Defense for the NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate speaks at CyberSatGov on Nov. 7. Photo: Via Satellite

Space operators must start planning for and implementing quantum-resistant cryptography now to ensure that space national security systems are resistant to emerging threats, a senior cyber official for the National Security Agency (NSA) said. Darren Turner, chief of Critical Networks Defense for the NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate, said cryptography is a key part of cyber defense for space systems, in his keynote at CyberSatGov in Reston, Va., on Nov. 7. In the current threat environment, nation-state adversaries and malicious cyber actors…

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