Cybersecurity had to be retrofitted onto the International Space Station—pictured here over Cyclone Freddy this year—because it was designed before the discipline was generally applied to spacecraft.
Credit: Nicole Mann/NASA
Spacecraft, almost by definition, exist at the cutting edge of human technological capability. Yet in at least one vital aspect, they lag behind less exotic terrestrial products. “The [International] Space Station had no cybersecurity until 2016. When they launched, they just didn’t think about that...
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