Investigating the Effectiveness of Zero–Trust Architecture for Satellite Cybersecurity

Masrur Masqub Utsash, Georgios Kavallieratos, Georgios Kavallieratos, Konstantinos Antonakopoulos, Konstantinos Antonakopoulos, Sokratis Katsikas

2025

Abstract

The increasing adoption of edge computing platforms poses significant challenges to traditional perimeter-based security architectures. Zero–Trust architecture has gained traction and is now widely utilized as the preferred security architecture in critical infrastructures. However, even though the advantages of using such architecture towards improving the cybersecurity posture of satellites have been analyzed, very little has been done in demonstrating such advantages by experimenting with an implementation of the architecture. In this paper, we experimentally investigate the effectiveness of Zero–Trust architecture in improving satellite cybersecurity by analyzing two critical attacks against satellites. We describe the experimental setup and the experimentation process, and we present and discuss our findings, that demonstrate that zero-trust architecture is successful in mitigating attacks that would otherwise disrupt the operations of the satellite.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Utsash M., Kavallieratos G., Antonakopoulos K. and Katsikas S. (2025). Investigating the Effectiveness of Zero–Trust Architecture for Satellite Cybersecurity. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 2: ICISSP; ISBN 978-989-758-735-1, SciTePress, pages 133-140. DOI: 10.5220/0013103200003899

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp25,
author={Masrur Utsash and Georgios Kavallieratos and Konstantinos Antonakopoulos and Sokratis Katsikas},
title={Investigating the Effectiveness of Zero–Trust Architecture for Satellite Cybersecurity},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 2: ICISSP},
year={2025},
pages={133-140},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013103200003899},
isbn={978-989-758-735-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 2: ICISSP
TI - Investigating the Effectiveness of Zero–Trust Architecture for Satellite Cybersecurity
SN - 978-989-758-735-1
AU - Utsash M.
AU - Kavallieratos G.
AU - Antonakopoulos K.
AU - Katsikas S.
PY - 2025
SP - 133
EP - 140
DO - 10.5220/0013103200003899
PB - SciTePress