Course Description
Short Course | $4,699
3.6 CEUs from SLU and a Certificate of Completion documenting 36 contact hours from CT Cubed
This 6 week - 2 nights a week course provides a thorough introduction to space system cybersecurity, focusing on securing systems throughout their entire lifecycle. Students will gain practical skills through labs, covering architecture vulnerabilities, threat mapping, and tailored security controls, culminating in a capstone simulation where students will experience and “fight through” attacks in cyberspace against their own virtualized satellite.
Course Outline
- Lessons
- Cybersecurity Concepts for Space Systems
- Secure Design for Space Systems
- Space Systems Architectures
- Radio Frequency Fundamentals
- Orbital Mechanics Fundamentals
- Threats to Space Systems
- Defense in Depth for Space Systems
- Space System Risk
- Security Controls for Space Systems
- Labs
- Attack Surface/Flow Enumeration
- Heat Mapping of Threat Activity
- Space System Risk Assessments
- Security Controls Application
- Team CTF: Orbital Shield
- Capstone
- Satellite Defense Simulation
- In this immersive capstone, student teams must secure their satellite and ground station infrastructure against a series of attacks. With limited resources, teams will strategize how best to allocate defenses, using all knowledge from previous lessons and labs. Over several rounds, students will operate and monitor their virtual satellite for evidence of compromise. They must react in real-time to evolving threats, simulating both satellite operator and security analyst roles. This experiential exercise challenges students to think analytically and creatively under pressure to defeat sophisticated attacks.
- Satellite Defense Simulation
Additional Information
Target Audience:
- Engineers (i.e., Systems Security, Safety, Aerospace, Software, Controls, Electrical, Mechanical, etc.)
- Cybersecurity Practitioners
- Space Industry Professionals
A digital credential will be awarded at the completion of this course:
To earn the Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Space Certificate, you must pass the summative course exam with a score of at least 75%.
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The Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Space (program is an ANAB-accredited certificate program delivered by CT Cubed, the accredited certificate issuer, in accordance with ANSI/ANAB E2659.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.Duration
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*Academic Unit eligibility to be determined by college/university in which you are enrolled in a degree seeking program.