The sky is the limit for space security specialist professionals.
That’s because more than ever, governments, organizations and companies are turning to space security professionals for help and advice regarding cyber-attacks.
Amid escalating cyber activity in general, cyber criminals are now more aggressively targeting the satellite arena, highlighting the ease in attacking this infrastructure and the difficulty in defending it.
Space security specialists not only focus on making space safer now, they also develop space security modalities for the future.
Sometimes space security specialists from around the globe convene to discuss contemporary space security issues and what can be done to make space more secure for everyone. For example, earlier this year, an international group of space security experts met in Rome.
One important issue among the international space security specialists regarded how to engineer cybersecurity into complex space systems from ground stations to satellites that reach far beyond.
Space security specialists believe that standardization will help international partners be able to use the same products. The general feeling is that the standardization aspect becomes very important and especially for security because cyber-attackers are becoming more and more capable.
Global space security is essential because over 80 countries own or operate satellites now, and practically every person on the planet is a user of space data/services in some form or another.
Given the physics of space, actions by one actor can have repercussions for all. Hence, a truly global approach is needed to make space a reliable and predictable domain.
Because of this, International Society of Space Security Specialists (IS4.org) has become the authority for certified space security specialist providing the information, tools and insights to help you grow and excel in your career as a Certified Space Security Specialist Professional (CSSSP).
Upcoming Course: CSSSP Level 1 (Specialist):
The CSSSP® (Certified Space Systems Security Professional) qualification is one of the most qualified certifications in the space security industry, demonstrating an advanced knowledge of space cybersecurity.
Additionally, a CSSSP certification carries more weight every day as organizations and agencies look to hire professionals in space security to protect their interests from continual advance of cybercrime.
In coordination with ISSSS (International Society of Space and Security Specialists) or is4.org, Tonex has created the Certified Space Security Specialist Professional certification in order to train current and Space and Intelligence personnel in how to more effectively manage space security issues.
IS4 has become the world’s only space cybersecurity certification authority. ISSSS is an international membership association for space and security professionals offering Certified Space Security Specialist Professional (CSSSP) and other space cybersecurity certifications.
CSSSP certification offers several benefits for anyone hoping to break into the space security field. These benefits include:
- Top-notch instruction
- Professional instructors
- Up-to-date, relevant content
- Innovative ways to learn
- Comprehensive exam prep
Overall, a CSSSP certification provides the information, tools and insights to help participants grow and excel as a certified space security specialist.
is4.org (International Society of Space and Security Specialists/IS4) is an international membership association for space and security professionals committed to helping its members learn, grow, certify and thrive. We empower professionals who touch every aspect of space and security. Our CSSSP certification and other space cybersecurity path proves you have what it takes to effectively plan, architect, design, implement and manage a best-in-class space cybersecurity program.
CSSSP Level I, II and III
- CSSSP Level I: SPECIALIST
- CSSSP Level II: PROFESSIONAL
- CSSSP Level III: EXPERT
CSSSP Certification Domains
I. Space Cybersecurity Mission Management
II. Space Cyber Intelligence and Cyber Warfare
III. Space Cybersecurity Operations
IV. Space Cybersecurity Forensics Penetration Testing and Computer Network Defense
V. Space Information Assurance
CSSSP Certification by Job Function
- Basic Operator
- Infrastructure Support
- Analyst
- Policy Maker
- Auditor
- Incident Responder
- Forensic
- Defensive
- Offensive
Upcoming course: CSSSP Level 1 (Specialist)
- Length: 4 Days
- When: …. (Live Online or In-Person)
- Where: Washington D.C.
Next course: CSSSP Level 2 (Professional)
- Length: 4 Days
- When: …… (In-Person Class and Live Online with Teams)
- Where: Washington D.C.
Next course: CSSSP Level 3 (Expert)
- Length: 4 Days
- When: …… (In-Person Class and Live Online with Teams)
- Where: Washington, DC.
Space security professionals will play a crucial role.
Space security is complex because as technology continues to develop, new space security issues also manifest.
Yet, space is increasingly important to modern life on Earth.
This is the essence of the challenges facing individuals who enter the field of certified space security specialist professionals.
The specific conflicts are considerable, ranging from what to do with space junk to military concerns.
An especially hot topic now for space security specialists involves the space around the moon. Cislunar space is the spherical volume that extends outward from Earth’s geosynchronous region to encapsulate the moon’s orbit and its Lagrange points, or “L points.”
L points have been the subject of much discussion among space scientists as well as space security specialists. L points are locations where the combined gravitational acceleration due to the Earth and moon allow a small object, such as a spacecraft, to orbit the Earth at the same rate as the moon.
Due to these unique features, L points are important for lunar development as locations where communications and monitoring equipment, refueling depots, and even space stations could be maintained at relatively low energy-output. Consequently, they are highly desirable pieces of celestial real estate.
While militaries have yet to make an appearance in cislunar space, there has been considerable non-military exploration. And that’s the security issue – total lack of situational awareness in cislunar space.
Due to the distances involved, Earth-based telescopes and radar are insufficient for monitoring spacecraft in cislunar space.
An important aspect for space security specialists to understands is that space is an evolving process and no single initiative can address all security issues related to outer space.
Truth is that more certified space security specialist professionals are essential because no one really knows how secure space will be in the coming years. This is why IS4 (International Society of Space and Security Specialists) has stepped up to become the world’s only space cybersecurity certification authority. IS4 is now an international membership association for space and security professionals offering Certified Space Security Specialist Professional (CSSSP) and other space cybersecurity certifications.
In the cybersecurity industry, certifications show the cybersecurity skills you have and can be absolutely critical to your cybersecurity career trajectory.
In coordination with IS4, Tonex offers Certified Space Security Specialist Professional (CSSSP) in order to train current and future personnel in how to more effectively manage space security issues.
Certified Space Security Specialist Professional (CSSSP) Course by Tonex
Although some of these issues are no different from other industries, space systems are met with a unique confluence of cybersecurity risks that complicates the sector’s remediation capabilities.
Governments, critical infrastructure and economies rely on space-dependent services—for example, the Global Positioning System (GPS)—that are vulnerable to hostile cyber operations. However, few space-faring states and companies have paid sufficient attention to the cybersecurity of satellites in outer space, creating a number of risks.
Accelerate your space cybersecurity career with the CSSSP certification.
Certified Space Security Specialist Professional (CSSSP) certification is ideal for space and security practitioners, analysts, engineers, managers and executives interested in proving their knowledge across space security best practices and principles.
The CSSSP® (Certified Space Systems Security Professional) qualification is one of the most respected certifications in the space security industry, demonstrating an advanced knowledge of space cybersecurity.
Earning the CSSSP proves you have what it takes to effectively design, implement and manage a cybersecurity space program. With a CSSSP, you validate your expertise and become a Space Cyber member, unlocking a broad array of exclusive resources, educational tools, seminars, conferences and networking opportunities.
CSSSP certification also explores factors that led to the space sector’s poor cybersecurity posture, various cyberattacks against space systems, and existing mitigation techniques employed by the sector.
Analyzing the current state of the industry along with security practic
es across similar sectors, several security principles for satellites and space assets are proposed to help reorient the sector toward designing, developing, building and managing cyber secure systems. These security principles address both technical and policy issues in order to address all space system stakeholders.
Prove your skills, advance your career, and gain the support of a community of cybersecurity leaders here to support you throughout your career.
The CSSSP qualification has been developed and maintained jointly by Tonex. Space Cyber Org, International Society of Space and Security Specialists (ISSSS/IS4), and Society of Space Security Professionals (SOSSP) are future membership organizations supporting CSSSP and other related space cybersecurity certifications.
Program Objectives
Program Objectives- Space Information Assurance and Asset Management convers the information security defense in depth of space assets and supporting infrastructure throughout its entire SDLC lifecycle IAW with FISMA NIST, CNSS and industry standards.
- Space Cybersecurity Operations covers cybersecurity 24/7 365-day operational support meant to secure and maintain Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of space based and terrestrial support asset’s computer systems, networks and data.
- Space Cybersecurity Forensics, Penetration Testing and Computer Network Defense covers forensics and incident response support for space based and terrestrial support asset’s computer systems, networks and data.
- Space Cybersecurity Mission Management covers the management of space cybersecurity mission program management and the management and infusion of new technologies into space programs and space cybersecurity operations.
- Space Cyber Intelligence, Cyber Warfare and Data Analytics covers space computer network operations (CNA, CNE, CND), threat intelligence and data analytics to support intelligence operations and cyber warfare.
CSSSP Level 1: SPECIALISTS
Offensive Space Operations
- Critical space assets and highly specialized usages, ensuring space operations are well-versed in essential space cybersecurity.
CSSSP Level I Skills Roadmap
- CSSSP Level I: Professional
- Core Space Technologies and Baseline Skills
- Prevent, Defend, Maintain
- Space Security Essentials
- Space Asset Vulnerability Analysis
CSSSP Level I: Space Cybersecurity Operations Specialists
- Sensor Fusion Integration with Space Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity for Space Systems and System of Systems (SoS)
- Space Communications and Network Security
CSSSP Level II: PROFESSIONAL
Space Digital Forensics & Incident Response
- Space Digital Forensics and Incident Response certifications encompass abilities that professionals need to succeed, confirming that professionals can detect compromised space systems and identify how and when a breach occurred.
Management, Legal & Audit
- Space Management certifications confirm the practical skills to build and lead security teams, communicate with both technical teams and business leaders, and develop capabilities that strengthen your organization’s security posture.
CSSSP Level II Skills Roadmap
CSSSP Level II: Professional
Space Security Management
- Managing Technical Space Security Operations
- Space RMF and Critical Controls
- Space Planning, Policy, Leadership
- Space Vulnerability Management
- Leadership Essentials
- Space Project Management
- Space Audit & Legal
- Space Law & Investigations
Space Incident Response & Threat Hunting
- Space Network Forensics
- Forensics
- Space Threat Intel & Forensics
- Malware Analysis & Space Threat Intelligence
- Space Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Space Battlefield Forensics
CSSSP Level III: EXPERT
Defensive Space Operations
- Spans the entire space defense spectrum and are focused in two areas: cyber defense essentials and blue teaming.
Offensive Space Operations
- Spans the entire space defense spectrum and are focused in two areas: cyber defense essentials and red teaming.
CSSSP Level II: Space Cybersecurity Mission Management
- Space Security Planning, Policy and Leadership
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL)
- Integration, Blockchain Integration and Software Designed Radio (SDR)
- with Space Cybersecurity
Certified Space Security Specialist Professional (CSSSP), 4 Days
For anyone considering a career in space security, don’t overlook the importance of certification.
CSSSP Exam Topics:
- Space Cybersecurity Foundation
- Space Security Architecture and Engineering
- Space Security Architecture and Operation
- Space Embedded Systems Cybersecurity
- Sensor Fusion Integration with Space Cybersecurity
- Space Cybersecurity Test and Evaluation (T&E)
- Space Cyber Threat & Vulnerability Analysis and Assessment
- Space Security, Critical Controls and Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- Space Security Assessment, Architecture, Engineering, Testing and Operation
- Space Development Lifecycle and Information System Security Analysis
- Protecting Security of Space Assets Space
- Physical Security Requirements
- Space Information Assurance and Asset Management Cybersecurity for Space Systems and System of Systems (SoS)
- Space Communications and Network Security
- MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 Databus Cybersecurity
- Space Systems, Software, Firmware and Hardware Security
- Space Intrusion Detection Analysis
- Space Secure Communications and Network Defense
- Space Cyber–Domain Configuration Management
- Space Network Forensics and Space Incident Response
- Space Secure Communications and Network Attacks
- Space Network and System Reverse Engineering
- Space Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
- Space Satellite Data Storage and Processing Forensic Analysis
- Space Computer Network Defense Service Provider Operations
- Space Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing and Defenses
- Space Security Planning, Laws, Regulation, Policy, Compliance and Leadership
- Space Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL) Integration
- Blockchain Integration with Space Projects
- Software Designed Radio (SDR) with Space Cybersecurity (SDR Security)
- Space Security Vulnerabilities, Threats and Countermeasures Analytics
- Space computer network attack (CNA), computer network defense (CND) and computer network exploitation (CNE)
- System Survivability, Electronic and Cyber Warfare in Outer Space
- Remote Sensing Security with Satellite
- Counter Communications Systems and Capabilities
- Types of Counter-space Technology
- Measures and effectiveness in Addressing Counter-space Capabilities.
CSSSP’s Space Cybersecurity Domains (Mapped to NIST and DOD 8750)
- Space Information Assurance and Asset Management
- Space Cybersecurity Operations
- Space Cybersecurity Forensics Penetration Testing
- Space Cybersecurity Mission Management
- Space Cyber Intelligence and Cyber Warfare
Domain 1: Space Information Assurance and Asset Management (8 Subdomains)
- Space Cybersecurity Foundation
- Space Security Architecture and Engineering
- Space Security Architecture and Operation
- Space Embedded Systems Cybersecurity
- Sensor Fusion Integration with Space Cybersecurity
- Space Cybersecurity Test and Evaluation (T&E)
- Space Cyber Threat & Vulnerability Analysis and Assessment
- Space Security, Critical Controls and Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- Space Security Assessment, Architecture, Engineering, Testing and Operation
- Space Development Lifecycle and Information System Security Analysis
Domain 2: Space Cybersecurity Operations
(9 Subdomains)
- Protecting Security of Space Assets Space
- Physical Security Requirements
- Space Information Assurance and Asset Management Cybersecurity for Space Systems and System of Systems (SoS)
- Space Communications and Network Security
- MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 Databus Cybersecurity
- Space Systems, Software, Firmware and Hardware Security
- Space Intrusion Detection Analysis
- Space Secure Communications and Network Defense
- Space Cyber–Domain Configuration Management
Domain 3: Space Cybersecurity Forensics, Penetration Testing and Computer Network Defense
(7 Subdomains)
- Space Network Forensics and Space Incident Response
- Space Secure Communications and Network Attacks
- Space Network and System Reverse Engineering
- Space Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
- Space Satellite Data Storage and Processing Forensic Analysis
- Space Computer Network Defense Service Provider Operations
- Space Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing and Defenses
Domain 4: Space Cybersecurity Mission Management
(5 Subdomains)
- Space Security Planning, Laws, Regulation, Policy, Compliance and Leadership
- Space Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL) Integration
- Blockchain Integration with Space Projects
- Software Designed Radio (SDR) with Space Cybersecurity (SDR Security)
Domain 5: Space Cyber Intelligence, Cyber Warfare and Data Analytics
(7 Subdomains)
- Space Security Vulnerabilities, Threats and Countermeasures Analytics
- Space computer network attack (CNA), computer network defense (CND) and computer network exploitation (CNE)
- System Survivability, Electronic and Cyber Warfare in Outer Space
- Remote Sensing Security with Satellite
- Counter Communications Systems and Capabilities
- Types of Counter-space Technology
- Measures and effectiveness in Addressing Counter-space Capabilities.
For more information, questions, comments, contact us. For more information on CSSSP program visit us at ISSSS (is4.org). International Society of Space and Security Specialists (ISSSS),
Other related programs to Certified Space Security Specialist Professional (CSSSP) Certifications are:
- Space Cyber Infrastructure Specialist (SCIS)
- Space Cyber Engineering Specialist (SCES)
- Space Cyber Operations Specialist (SCOS)
- Space Cyber Technology Professional (SCTP)
- Space Cyber Operations Manager (SCOM)
- Space Cyber Infrastructure Expert (SCIE)
- Space Cyber Domain Expert (SCDE)
- Space Cyber Manager (SCM)
- Space Cyber Authority Expert (SCAE)
- Space Cyber Application Specialist (SCAS)
- Space Cyber Leadership Certificate (SCLC)
Certified Space Security Specialist Professional (CSSSP)