Date Published: February 25, 2022
Comments Due: April 8, 2022 (public comment period is CLOSED)
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Space operations are vital to advancing the security, economic prosperity, and scientific knowledge of the Nation. However, cyber-related threats to space assets and their supporting infrastructure pose increasing risks to the economic promise of emerging markets in space. This second draft of NISTIR 8270, Introduction to Cybersecurity for Commercial Satellite Operations, presents a specific method for applying the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to commercial space business and describes an abstracted set of cybersecurity outcomes, requirements, and suggested controls.
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Reviewers are asked to provide feedback on additional threat models that might help in the development of organization profiles, informative references on the application of security controls to satellites, and standards or informative references that might benefit all readers.
NOTE: A call for patent claims is included on page iii of this draft. For additional information, see the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Patent Policy--Inclusion of Patents in ITL Publications.
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Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8270-draft2
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Document History:
06/29/21: IR 8270 (Draft)
02/25/22: IR 8270 (Draft)