Vulnerabilities in Satellite Communications Underscore Threat to Critical Infrastructure

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1992890· OSTI ID:1992890

Skelton, Anna Christine ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

INL analysts assess critical infrastructure sectors leveraging satellite communications (SATCOM) are likely inadvertently increasing the attack surface caused by inherent vulnerabilities in equipment and communications pathways. A lack of ownership regarding security in SATCOM ecosystems creates pervasive information security risk, and the obfuscation of patching responsibility means the mitigation of publicly and privately disclosed vulnerabilities is difficult to track. With these factors in consideration, INL analysts assess the number of attacks against SATCOM is likely to increase in the next decade as threat actors exploit these vulnerabilities.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1992890
• Report Number(s): INL/RPT--23-73517
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
SATCOM
Satellite Communications
Space Security
Threat Landscape
Vulnerabilities