Satellite Cybersecurity All-in-One by Kai London
Most attacks on satellites never leave the ground. The control centre, the modem, the supplier's laptop — that is where the access is. This volume takes the whole system, from ground segment to payload, and treats it as the critical infrastructure it has quietly become.
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What is inside
Ground segment security
Control centres, antenna sites and mission systems — the highest-value and most reachable part of the architecture.
Command and telemetry links
Authentication and encryption of the uplink, key management, and the consequences of a legacy command path.
Jamming, spoofing and interference
Detecting and surviving denial of the link and manipulation of position and timing signals.
Payload and bus
On-board software, update paths and the supply chain that put the code there in the first place.
Constellation and user terminals
Fleet-scale operations, terminal fleets in the field, and the blast radius when one component class is compromised.
Dependent services
Communications, navigation, timing and earth observation — mapping what on the ground fails when the service degrades.
Who it is for: satellite and ground segment operators, space and defence programme security teams, regulators and government buyers, and CISOs whose services quietly depend on space infrastructure.
The satellite is the hardest part of the system to reach and the least likely place the attacker will try.
About the author
Professor Kai London — CISSP, CISM.
An internationally recognised cybersecurity executive, board advisor and Founder & CEO of Quantum AI Systems Security LLC, writing at the convergence of AI, governance and operational resilience. Honorary Professor and Researcher at UCL.