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Technical programme

IAC-20 — IAC CyberSpace Edition

E9. IAF SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE SECURITY

This symposium, organized by the International Astronautical Federation, will address two major issues regarding safe and secure operations of space systems via two separate sessions: i) policy, legal, institutional and economic aspects of space debris detection, mitigation and removal, jointly with the IAA Symposium on Space Debris, and, ii) cyber security threats to space missions and countermeasures to address them, jointly with the IAA Symposium on Safety, Quality and Knowledge Management on Space Activities. Papers dealing with non-technical aspects of space debris mitigation and removal, and case studies focusing on countermeasures needs, including cryptography processes, operational security, supply chain and other aspects relevant to ensure a “cyber secure” mission will be well received in this Symposium.

Coordinator

Serge Plattard
University College London (UCL) — United Kingdom

Stefano Zatti
University of Rome “La Sapienza” — Italy

E9.1-A6.8. Policy, Legal, Institutional and Economic Aspects of Space Debris Detection, Mitigation and Removal

This session will deal with the non-technical aspect of space debris mitigation and removal, and may also consider issues relative to planetary defence against NEOs impact threats. Political, legal and institutional aspects include the role of IADC and UNCOPUOS and other multilateral bodies. Economic issues including insurance, financial incentives and funding for space debris mitigation and removal. The role of international cooperation in addressing these issues will be considered.

Co-Chair

Serge Plattard
University College London (UCL) — United Kingdom

Alexander Soucek
European Space Agency (ESA) — The Netherlands

Samantha Le May
RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) — Australia

Rapporteur: David Spencer
The Aerospace Corporation — United States

Coordinator: Christophe Bonnal
European Conference for Aero-Space Sciences (EUCASS) — France

E9.2.D5.4. Cyber-security threats to space missions and countermeasures to address them

The global network connectivity offered by the Internet introduces whole new families of cyber-security threats that can target space missions. To send commands to a spacecraft nowadays one would not need to build a ground station, but just penetrate from home or office the existing ground infrastructures, challenging and bypassing their protection measures. These questions will be addressed in the session: - What is the interest of cyber-crime and cyber-activism with respect to space activities? - How are aerospace organizations managing the ability to introduce the right level of security measures in the process to develop new missions? - What solutions are in place to work securely across corporate and international boundaries? - How is knowledge about security threats captured, shared among the constituency, and used to counteract the evolution of cyber threats? - Which ones of these specific threats are to be expected to target space missions, from the ground and up into space? - What is particularly to be expected from the cyber-space to target outer space? Case studies will focus on cryptography, processes, operational security, supply chain, and other aspects of space missions that are all constituting the technical and organizational measures necessary to make a mission “cyber secure”.

Co-Chair: Stefano Zatti
University of Rome “La Sapienza” — Italy

Rapporteur: Julien Airaud
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) — France