The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released Cyberthreats in Your Own Backyard, a new research report that explores the ever-evolving cyberthreat environment confronting teleports and ground segment providers, the industry’s countermeasures and the impact these are having on operations.
“Cyberthreats in Your Own Backyard makes one thing clear: satellite operators are no longer insulated from global cyberthreats. As teleports integrate with the broader telecom grid, cybersecurity must be everyone’s mission – requiring investment, training, and the latest defenses. Trust in our industry depends on it,” said WTA Executive Director Randall Barney.
WTA members can access the report by signing into their accounts on the WTA website. The report is free for WTA Members and available for purchase by others. Members may directly download the report by following this link and logging in with their user name and password.
Quotes from the Report:
An industry executive noted: “We are now a data center and have to be aware that we’re as vulnerable as any terrestrial network out there.”
An executive with a teleport operator summed it up: “Ultimately, integration means more exposure but also more opportunity to build resilience by applying rigorous cybersecurity frameworks and continuously updating our practices to match the evolving threat landscape.”
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Teleport executives report a rising wave of questions from customers and prospective customers about the cybersecurity vulnerability of technology they have been using for years. Embedded hardware systems with firmware that hasn’t been updated in years. Network management systems running operating systems that are no longer supported by their suppliers. “Tried and true” systems that don’t touch the internet – except that everything touches the internet today unless you invest in serious air-gapping.
In this report, WTA interviews technology and service providers about the threats lurking on the racks, in control rooms and machines rooms of the average teleport, and what steps teleports should take to improve their risk profile, including speeding adoption of virtualized systems that can be monitored and protected in real time daily.
About World Teleport Association
The World Teleport Association (www.worldteleport.org) has been helping its members aim higher since our founding in 1985. Today, WTA is the leading partner in growth for teleport operators, advocating for their commercial interests and promoting excellence in their business practices, technology and operations. The association publishes best-practice reports and presents webinars on technology changes and their business and market impacts. It also presents events and awards and provides global certification and assessment programs to validate excellence and drive improvement. Aiming higher creates opportunity. Aiming higher brings risk. WTA is dedicated to helping its members seize the opportunities and manage the risks to find the paths to growth in a massively changing market.
