Title :
System security in the Space Flight Operations Center
Author :
Wagner, David A.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
The Space Flight Operations Center is a networked system of workstation-class computers that will provide ground support for NASA´s (US National Aeronautics and Space Administration´s) next generation of deep-space missions. The author recounts the development of the SFOC system security policy and discusses the various management and technology issues involved. Particular attention is given to risk assessment, security plan development, security implications of design requirements, automatic safeguards, and procedural safeguards
Keywords :
aerospace computing; computer networks; security of data; NASA; SFOC system security policy; Space Flight Operations Center; automatic safeguards; deep-space missions; design requirements; ground support; procedural safeguards; risk assessment; security implications; security plan development; workstation network; workstation-class computers; Computer hacking; Data security; Information security; Laboratories; Mars; Propulsion; Risk management; Space technology; Space vehicles; Venus;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Computer Security Applications Conference, 1988., Fourth
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0895-1
DOI :
10.1109/ACSAC.1988.113354
