ENABLING SECURE AND SAFE REMOTE WORKING IN THE SPACE SECTOR:

CYBERSECURITY THREATS AND ONLINE PRIVACY RISKS FOR BUSINESSES AND ACADEMIA

Considering the growing reliance on remote work in the space sector, this introductory on-line Seminar aims to increase awareness of the main remote work-related Cybersecurity threats and Online Privacy risks for businesses and academia involved in the sector.

Event outline:

1. Introduction (3 min)

2. Presentation by Cybersecurity Researcher James Pavur (15 min): The main remote work-related Cybersecurity threats for organisations and individuals in the space sector from the perspective of an attacker (red team)

3. Presentation by Cybersecurity Engineer Helen Oswell (15 min): The main remote work-related Cybersecurity threats for organisations and individuals in the space sector from the perspective of a defender (blue team)

4. Presentation by Online Privacy Proponent Dr Christoph Beischl (15min): The main remote work-related Online Privacy risks for organisations and individuals in the space sector

5. Panel discussion and Q&A opportunity for attendees (25 min)

6. Closing remarks (2 min)

Moderators:

• Dr Christoph Beischl, ISPL Research Fellow

• Ms Sophie-Lynne Jory, FRAS, Operations Engineer, OneWeb*

Recording:  

• A recording of the event is available here.

* Ms Jory participates in her personal capacity and not as representative of OneWeb

Panelist bios:

Helen Oswell: Helen is a Cybersecurity Engineer based in London, UK whose work focuses on blue team development. She has designed, built and operated Security Incident and Event Management, Threat and Vulnerability, Security Operations Centre and Secure Software Development Lifecycle systems on digital transformation projects worth >£5 million over multiple years. Her experience is in the financial, government and space sectors. She was nominated and shortlisted for the WIT Future CISO of the Year 2019 Award. Her academic background is in Electronic Engineering (M.Eng) and she completed her master’s thesis on using machine learning to predict operational defects at Durham University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science.

James Pavur: James is a DPhil student and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University’s Department of Computer Science. His research focuses on satellite cyber security and ways to secure modern space missions from emerging threats and his work on satellite broadband security has been presented at leading technical venues, such as Black Hat and IEEE S&P. Prior to attending Oxford, he studied Science, Technology and International Affairs at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. In his free time, he is an avid competitive hacker, participating in hackathons and capture-the-flag competitions.

Dr Christoph Beischl: Christoph is strong proponent of Online Privacy in the space sector and beyond. A Research Fellow at ISPL, his current Policy and Law research focuses on Space Safety and Security, incl. Cybersecurity, space terminology, and East Asian space programmes. He is also a Physics Academic Visitor at Imperial College London and a member of the International Institute of Space Law. He served as Co-Lead of the SGAC Space Law and Policy Project Group from 2016-2019. He holds a PhD from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, having examined the potential to establish an Asian Space Agency. He graduated with a Magister Artium in Political Science (Major), Law and Modern & Contemporary History (Minors) from the University of Munich, Germany.