"Outer-Space Hacking a Top Concern for NASA’s Cybersecurity Chief"

As NASA scientists continue to transmit and extract data to and from their Swift and Fermi satellites for further space examination, cybersecurity has become a greater issue. Projects have outlasted the expected life expectancy by over a decade, raising concerns of information security offers about the cybersecurity of such systems in space. Fears arise from projects’ aging computer operating systems that may not be able to combat cyberattacks emerging today. This article discusses the concerns as well as the solutions of Jeanette Hanna-Ruiz, the space agency’s chief information security officer, in relation to breach of NASA communications, pre-launch testing, and collaboration. 

Bloomberg reports "Outer-Space Hacking a Top Concern for NASA’s Cybersecurity Chief"