Space Systems as Critical Infrastructures

Space systems have become critical enablers for a wide variety of applications on which advanced, as well as emerging, societies have come to rely more and more. These applications run the gamut from command and control to information gathering and communications and are becoming critical to the ope...

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Published in:FAIMA Business & Management Journal 2018-03, Vol.6 (1), p.24-34
Main Authors: Georgescu, Alexandru, Bucovetchi, Olga, Tatar, Unal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beneficiaries
Cybernetics
Efficiency
Ground stations
Infrastructure
Inventory
Low earth orbit satellites
Satellites
Securities markets
Space exploration
Studies
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Summary:Space systems have become critical enablers for a wide variety of applications on which advanced, as well as emerging, societies have come to rely more and more. These applications run the gamut from command and control to information gathering and communications and are becoming critical to the operation of the infrastructure system-of-systems. We argue that space systems, rather than being just a component of wider infrastructures, can be described as standalone critical infrastructures and included in the critical infrastructure protection framework that has been developed in recent decades. At the same time, critical space infrastructures exhibit key differences from their terrestrial counterparts, affecting risk and security governance.
ISSN:2344-4088