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Space

White House to Soon Release New Guidance for Cybersecurity in Space

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, March 9th, 2020

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White House to Soon Release New Guidance for Cybersecurity in Space

The Trump administration expects to release new information related to cybersecurity measures for space companies and their supply chains in the next two weeks, an official said March 9. Supply chain cyber hygiene in particular takes up about 60 percent of discussions at the White House related to space cybersecurity, said Mir H. Sadat, director of critical enablers at the National Space Council, during a Monday panel meeting at Via Satellite’s annual SATELLITE show in Washington, D.C. Via Satellite is…

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