Securing Satellite Link Segment: A Secure-by-Component Design

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Název: Securing Satellite Link Segment: A Secure-by-Component Design
Autoři: Yahia, Olfa Ben, Ferguson, William, Chakravarty, Sumit, Benchoubane, Nesrine, Kurt, Gunes Karabulut, Gür, Gürkan, Falco, Gregory
Zdroj: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE). :177-182
Publication Status: Preprint
Informace o vydavateli: IEEE, 2024.
Rok vydání: 2024
Témata: Signal Processing (eess.SP), FOS: Computer and information sciences, 621.3: Elektro-, Kommunikations-, Steuerungs- und Regelungstechnik, Computer Science - Cryptography and Security, Space cybersecurity, Link security, Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Earth observation (EO), Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing, Secure-by-design, Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
Popis: The rapid evolution of communication technologies, compounded by recent geopolitical events such as the Viasat cyberattack in February 2022, has highlighted the urgent need for fast and reliable satellite missions for military and civil security operations. Consequently, this paper examines two Earth observation (EO) missions: one utilizing a single low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite and another through a network of LEO satellites, employing a secure-by-component design strategy. This approach begins by defining the scope of technical security engineering, decomposing the system into components and data flows, and enumerating attack surfaces. Then it proceeds by identifying threats to low-level components, applying secure-by-design principles, redesigning components into secure blocks in alignment with the Space Attack Research & Tactic Analysis (SPARTA) framework, and crafting shall statements to refactor the system design, with a particular focus on improving the security of the link segment.
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DOI: 10.1109/wisee61249.2024.10850060
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.12632
DOI: 10.21256/zhaw-32415
Přístupová URL adresa: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.12632
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https://doi.org/10.1109/wisee61249.2024.10850060
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Přístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....7d183dce786516a24814c93b16038217
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Abstrakt:The rapid evolution of communication technologies, compounded by recent geopolitical events such as the Viasat cyberattack in February 2022, has highlighted the urgent need for fast and reliable satellite missions for military and civil security operations. Consequently, this paper examines two Earth observation (EO) missions: one utilizing a single low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite and another through a network of LEO satellites, employing a secure-by-component design strategy. This approach begins by defining the scope of technical security engineering, decomposing the system into components and data flows, and enumerating attack surfaces. Then it proceeds by identifying threats to low-level components, applying secure-by-design principles, redesigning components into secure blocks in alignment with the Space Attack Research & Tactic Analysis (SPARTA) framework, and crafting shall statements to refactor the system design, with a particular focus on improving the security of the link segment.
DOI:10.1109/wisee61249.2024.10850060