T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing
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T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing from N2K CyberWire is your source for understanding the critical security connections between space and Earth, linking the technologies, policies, and organizations shaping non-terrestrial networks and the expanded attack surface.Each week, we cover space and cyber developments that bridge technology, commerce, and innovation. We are the cybersecurity industry’s source for understanding how space-based infrastructure reshapes digital networks, risk, and resilience globally.T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing publishes every Sunday alongside the free Signals and Space newsletter covering the intersection of cybersecurity and space.
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- The hidden risks of system integration. · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 732Though many look to ensure that they meet mission readiness requirements, overreliance on these practices can allow hidden risks to go unchecked. Host Maria Varmazis sits down…
- Building interoperable satellite connectivity. · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 731As space's infrastructure continues to grow, the question of space leadership will not center around who has the most satellites, but instead around who can leverage the greatest…
- The shield in space. · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 730The Ukraine has experienced a second major outage of its Starshield services reigniting questions about relying on a single private provider for critical national security…
- Expanding America’s space capabilities. · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 729Through Executive Orders, the Trump administration is looking ensure that America's space capabilities have the workforce and technological innovation needed for success. Host…
- Ordering a new space policy. · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 728Since taking office, the Trump administration has signed a series of Executive Orders that aims to boost the US's space presence. Host Maria Varmazis sits down with Producer…
- Earth’s expanding attack surface. · 17 min · Season 2 Episode 727As space infrastructure expands, so too does the need for cybersecurity expertise beyond securing traditional spacecraft. Host Maria Varmazis speaks with Milenko Starcik, Head…
- Space cybersecurity starts on the ground. · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 726Though spacecraft are important, space cybersecurity extends well beyond these assets touching ground stations, mission-control assets, and other critical components. Host Maria…
- Defending Space as Critical Infrastructure. · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 725Space infrastructure has become an increasingly important part of everyday life, which has also made it an increasingly attractive target for exploitation. Host Maria Varmazis…
- Space's cybersecurity policy problem. · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 724As space becomes increasingly connected and autonomous, effective cybersecurity policy is struggling to keep pace. Host Maria Varmazis and Dr. Mac McGuire sit down to discuss…
- When hackers control the clock. · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 723The accurate timing data from spacecraft has become an invaluable tool for nearly every critical infrastructure sector and a greater target for malicious actors. Host Maria…
- Closing the space-cyber workforce gap. · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 722Despite the space sector's consistent growth and greater importance as a critical infrastructure sector, finding cybersecurity talent is still proving to be a challenge. Host…
- Building a secure space internet. · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 721As space infrastructure has continued to expand, developing secure space systems has become just as important as launching the spacecraft themselves. In this week's episode…
- AI, misinformation, and the future of cybersecurity. · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 720As AI products proliferate, they continue to introduce new concerns, which have subtly eroded trust in imagery and content created by space-based infrastructure. In this week's…
- Designing space systems for the AI era. · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 719As commercial space activity accelerates, satellite manufacturers are rethinking how spacecraft are designed, built, and secured. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis…
- The hidden risks in space supply chains. · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 718As the space ecosystem continues to expand, the sector has become increasingly filled with new suppliers, manufacturers, and operators. However, while this development has led to…
- How sovereign is Europe's space industry? · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 717As space becomes an increasingly important part of global communications, national security, and critical infrastructure, European governments are confronting a difficulty: How…
- Europe's push for space sovereignty. · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 716As space becomes an increasingly critical part of modern infrastructure, governments are reevaluating decades of policy to ensure reliable, secure, and independent access to the…
- Preparing space for Q-day. · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 715As the world prepares itself for quantum computing, governments and private space enterprises alike are looking to get ahead of the technology and manage the rapidly-accelerating…
- Commercializing space. · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 714Over the past two decades, the space industry has changed dramatically, evolving from a largely government led effort to one that is now rooted in private enterprises driving…
- Space supply chain pressures. · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 713Despite the space sector seeing greater investment and attention year-over-year, the sector still remains bound by an outdated and ineffective supply chain, especially in the…
- Navigating the GPS threat landscape, with Brandon Karpf. · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 712Traditionally, GPS jamming attacks have been confined to the ground; however, new data shows that these attacks could be moving to target signals before they even reach the…
- Securing satellites already in space, with journalist Shaun Waterman. · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 711For years, space cybersecurity has been a long sought after goal, but due to operational constraints, it was largely unfeasible. In this week’s episode, host Maria Varmazis sits…
- Spoofing ships, jamming drones: how GPS manipulation confuses and compromises. · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 710GPS constellations have become foundational in modern society supporting everything from navigation to financial services, making the impacts of GPS disruptions all the more…
- GPS: A backbone for critical infrastructure. · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 709Since its original creation in the 1970s, GPS has evolved from a technology primarily used by the military to a foundation for modern society. After the removal of selective…
- The current state of GPS following OCX with Dr. Sean Gorman, CEO of Zephr.xyz. · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 708Despite being an indispensable technology, traditional GPS remains vulnerable to exploitation and is needed for an update. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down…
- From cyberspace to space-cyber. · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 707For years, in-space internet capabilities were rarely worth the hassle. Now, that’s changing. In today’s episode, Maria Varmazis and Ethan Cook sit down to discuss how internet…
- T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing trailer. · 1 minT-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing from N2K CyberWire examines the expanding attack surface created between Earth and orbit. Each week, we cover space and cyber developments that…
- Bonus: Brandon Karpf talking about "Japan’s space systems face growing cybersecurity threats." · 10 minIn anticipation of our launch this weekend of T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing podcast, please enjoy this interview that CyberWire Daily's Dave Bittner had with Brandon Karpf. They…
- Rethinking industrial IoT from space. · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 149This week on our Deep Space episode, Maria talks with Dave Roscoe, President of Satellite IoT for ORBCOMM and Skywave. They discuss the rollout of ORBCOMM’s latest purpose-built…
- Orbital debris remediation as a stepping stone toward asteroid mining. · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 148This week on our Deep Space episode, Maria speaks with TransAstra's CEO Joe Sercel about their recently demonstrated capture-bag technology aboard the ISS, drawing attention…
- AWS in Orbit: Cloud, Space, and AI Convergence. · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 24You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Our guests on this episode are Tony Jacobs, Senior Solution Acceleration Manager at AWS, and Russell Glenn, Chief…
- Encore: The atmospheric impacts of satellite re-entry. · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 147Please enjoy this encore while the team is out on vacation. When satellites burn up upon re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, they release particles and gases, including metals like…
- AWS in Orbit: Transforming Maritime Intelligence: Where Cloud Meets the Sea. · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 23You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Our guests on this episode are Rebecca Meads, Senior Solutions Architect at AWS, Chris Dowin, VP of Engineering at…
- The future of space manufacturing. · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 146This week on our Deep Space episode, we look forward to the return of Artemis II as we take a look toward the future of space manufacturing on our interview segment. At the time…
- Houston, we have a protocol. · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 145On this Deep Space episode, we share our NEXUS segment, where Parker Wishik of the Aerospace Corporation interviews Brandon Bailey, also from Aerospace, and Kassandra…
- A spaceport—and then some. · 33 min · Episode 144On this Deep Space episode, we share a conversation host Maria Varmazis had with Dr. Gabrielle Caswell at SpaceCom in January about Spaceport Australia, the spaceport that she…
- From Goddard’s cabbage patch to Artemis II. · 23 min · Episode 143On this Deep Space episode, host Maria Varmazis speaks with Jeff Carr, who is President of the Griffin Communications Group. They discuss Jeff's and his family's storied space…
- Everyone loves a space patch. · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 142On this Deep Space episode, host Maria Varmazis catches up with friend Tim Gagnon aka KSCartist and Susie Morris, Tim's long-time creative collaborator at A-B Emblem while at…
- Cyber without borders: Reporters notebook. [Special Edition] · 23 min · Season 11 Episode 93In this special Reporter’s Notebook, Maria Varmazis, host here at N2K CyberWire, takes listeners behind the scenes of our three-part series on Cyber Coalition 2025 in…
- The optical future of space communications. · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 141Happy International Women's Day! On this episode, Maria Varmazis caught up with Khalia Padilla, CEO at Imagine Engine, to discuss investing in optical space technologies and…
- Cyber Without Borders: Standing guard 210 kilometers from risk. [Special Edition] · 26 min · Season 11 Episode 92In the final installment of our three-part series on Cyber Coalition 2025, Maria Varmazis, host here at N2K CyberWire, and Liz Stokes, CyberWire Producer, step back…
- ISS demonstration: A tow truck for space. · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 140On this episode, Maria Varmazis caught up with Troy Morris, co-founder and CEO of KMI, during Commercial Space Week 2026. Troy recaps KMI's busy 2025 highlighted by an ISS…
- Cyber without borders: The human side of cyber defense. [Special Edition] · 29 min · Season 11 Episode 91In this second installment of our three-part series on Cyber Coalition 2025, Maria Varmazis, host of T-Minus Space Daily and CyberWire Producer Liz Stokes,…
- Who is needed for the future space workforce? · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 139As the space industry becomes increasingly commercialized, competitive, and mission-driven, one truth remains universal: having the right people on the team is mission-critical…
- From Mishaps to Moonshots. · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 706NASA has released findings from a report by the Program Investigation Team examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test. NASA completed a successful wet dress…
- Hypersonic Hustle & Orbital Muscle. · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 705Stratolaunch has been awarded a $90.8 million contract by the Department of War (DoW) for the MACH-TB 2.0 program. Agile Space Industries has raised $17M in a Series A financing…
- China’s record-breaking investment in a private rocket company. · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 704China’s iSpace has raised $730 million to advance its reusable rocket ambitions. China’s Space Epoch has secured new funding and is targeting a 2026 launch and sea-recovery…
- Thermal vision & sovereign ambition. · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 703SatVu has closed a £30m funding round. Sateliot has signed a commercial contract with PLD Space for a dedicated rocket launch in 2027. Orbex released new photographs of its…
- Cyber without borders: How Estonia turned crisis into cyber power. [Special Edition] · 25 min · Season 11 Episode 90In this three-part series, Maria Varmazis, host of T-Minus Space Daily and CyberWire Producer Liz Stokes, take you inside NATO’s flagship cyber defense exercise, Cyber…
- What’s the future of orbital data centers? · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 138The Aerospace Corporation discusses the future of Orbital Data Centers, or ODCs, with partners from Axiom Space and Sophia Space. Parker Wishik is joined by Jason Aspiotis…
