Enhancing Space Security Utilizing the Blockchain: Current Status and Future Directions

Anastasios N. Bikos; Sathish AP Kumar

doi:10.1109/WiSEE49342.2022.9926843

Enhancing Space Security Utilizing the Blockchain: Current Status and Future Directions

Anastasios N. Bikos
, Sathish AP Kumar

Computer Science

University of Patras
Cleveland State University

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9 Scopus citations

Abstract

The Blockchain concept is often mostly associated with Bitcoin and monetary transactions, however, the technology has enormous potential for several industries including the space sector. Cybersecurity enhancement plays a detrimental role in critical core operations inside the space functional flow: from the supply chain, satellite orbital tracking, and digital communications efficacy. The increasing adaption of connected highly advanced technologies exposes satellites, aeronautical drones, space vehicles, and ground stations to new types of cybersecurity risks. Hacking, cyber threats, as well as cyber-crimes in space are new trends. Such industrial ecosystems can benefit from Blockchain & distributed ledger technologies (DLT) that make it possible to intelligently decentralize governance. This work attempts to further demystify the linkage between space and the Blockchain, address the ledger's potential to provide added-on cybersecurity to the critical space core functionalities, via a ready-prototyped DLT/IOTA secure framework (SWIoTA), and finally, illuminate the roles of DLT ledger to secure networks of satellites orbits, as well as space tokenization concept.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments, WiSEE 2022
Place of Publication	usa
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	77-82
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665472807
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE49342.2022.9926843
State	Published - Jan 1 2022
Event	2022 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments, WiSEE 2022 - Winnipeg, Canada Duration: Oct 12 2022 → Oct 14 2022

Conference

Conference	2022 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments, WiSEE 2022
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Winnipeg
Period	10/12/22 → 10/14/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Blockchain
Blockchain security
Internet-of-military things
Intrusion-prevention system
IoT security
IOTA/DLT
Predictive IoT security
Space

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Bikos, AN & Kumar, SAP 2022, Enhancing Space Security Utilizing the Blockchain: Current Status and Future Directions. in 2022 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments, WiSEE 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., usa, pp. 77-82, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments, WiSEE 2022, Winnipeg, Canada, 10/12/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE49342.2022.9926843

Enhancing Space Security Utilizing the Blockchain: Current Status and Future Directions. / Bikos, Anastasios N.; Kumar, Sathish AP.
2022 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments, WiSEE 2022. usa: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. p. 77-82.

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