Experts from Amazon Web Services, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and IBM have warned that reprogrammable satellites must have resilient cybersecurity. Manufacturers are increasingly interested in developing satellites that can be reprogrammed in space to reflect changing customer demands. But a panel at the Satellite 2019 conference said the devices also needed "much greater security capabilities" to limit cyber attacks and prevent their exploitation.
Experts from Amazon Web Services, IBM, Lockheed Martin and Boeing have warned that reprogrammable satellites must have resilient cybersecurity. Manufacturers are increasingly interested in developing satellites that can be reprogrammed in space to reflect changing customer demands. But a panel at the Satellite 2019 conference said the devices also needed "much greater security capabilities" to limit cyber attacks and prevent their exploitation.