Minimum Protection for the Entire Lifecycle

Since 2021, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has maintained a working group consisting of various experts from industry, administration and research, which has taken on the topic of cybersecurity of space infrastructures. This working group has since become part of the "Cybersecurity in Space" expert group of the Alliance for Cybersecurity.

The IT-Grundschutz profile for the ground segment presented here is the latest in a series of documents that comprehensively address the cyber security of satellites and the infrastructures they utilise. Like the other two documents in this publication series, this IT-Grundschutz Profile for the Ground Segment is intended as a recommendation and guide. It is intended to support space operators in the creation and implementation of an information security concept based on the IT-Grundschutz methodology.