T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing
T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing from N2K CyberWire is your source for understanding the critical security connections between space and Earth, linking the technologies, policies, and organizations shaping non-terrestrial networks and the expanded attack surface.
Each week, we cover space and cyber developments that bridge technology, commerce, and innovation. We are the cybersecurity industry's source for understanding how space-based infrastructure reshapes digital networks, risk, and resilience globally.
T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing publishes every Sunday alongside the free Signals and Space newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space.
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Recent Episodes
The hidden risks of system integration.
Though many look to ensure that they meet mission readiness requirements, overreliance on these practices can allow hidden risks to go unchecked. Host Maria Varmazis sits down with Vito Askins, founder of Green Until Integration Consulting, to discuss risk accumulation and operational readiness. The two look at how these integration risk can often go overlooking during systems integration monitoring efforts.
Building interoperable satellite connectivity.
As space's infrastructure continues to grow, the question of space leadership will not center around who has the most satellites, but instead around who can leverage the greatest satellite capabilities. Host Maria Varmazis met with Yasrine Ibnyahya, VP of technology investments and partnerships at Viasat, to discuss Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) Reference Architecture. Ibnyahya discusses how evolving architecture has continued to build on earlier work utilizing multiple waveform technologies, greater interoperability, and incorporating more satellite payloads.
The Ukraine has experienced a second major outage of its Starshield services reigniting questions about relying on a single private provider for critical national security services. Host Maria Varmazis sits down Dave Bittner and Brandon Karpf to discuss the recent incident where Ukraine lost Starshield coverage. They explore how the growing role of private satellite companies in warfare creates challenges for establishing operational accountability and impacts US alliances.
TranscriptExpanding America's space capabilities.
Through Executive Orders, the Trump administration is looking ensure that America's space capabilities have the workforce and technological innovation needed for success. Host Maria Varmazis sits down with Producer Ethan Cook to continue their conversation as they look at more space-related Executive Orders. While the previous episode looked at the orders that laid out the administration's broad space goals, this conversation looks at the orders that look to advance America's workforce and technical capabilities.
TranscriptSince taking office, the Trump administration has signed a series of Executive Orders that aims to boost the US's space presence. Host Maria Varmazis sits down with Producer Ethan Cook to dive into two recent Executive Orders signed by President Trump. These two orders look to significantly grow the US's space capabilities removing regulatory hurdles, encouraging innovation, and growing commercial investments.
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