All satellites depend on cyber technology including software, hardware and other digital components. Any threat to a satellite’s control system or available bandwidth poses a direct challenge to national critical assets. NATO’s missions and operations are conducted in the air, land, cyber and maritime domains. Space-based architecture is fundamental to the provision of data and services in each of
![Cybersecurity of NATO’s Space-based Strategic Assets](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/19cad9696c6b6985f5d8584428abcb0434532598/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chathamhouse.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fchat_social_1200_630%2Fpublic%2Freader-content%2Farchive%2Fepubs%2F924%2Fcover-image%2F2019-06-25-space-cybersecurity.jpg%3Fitok%3DROORHkEp)