The objective of this activity is to apply cyber security technologies, processes and best practices to protect the integrity and confidentiality of data from Manufacturing Assembly Integration or Testing process. To produce guidelines for the secure exchange of data between different industrial partners.

 

With the growing trend of industrial digitalization, Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration and Testing (MAIT) processes rely ever more in digital files and network connectivity. For In the advanced manufacturing field, Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a clear example of this digitalization. In AM, from design to the final product the information is processed and exchanged via computer files and network connection, allowing a freedom of access and utilization of the data.

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On the other hand, this digitalization opens the MAIT processes to new cyber threats, starting in product integrity to intellectual property theft and company brand risk. Hence, there is a growing concern in industry, and in particular in the space sector, on how to understand and detect potential cyber threats, and to safeguard the different processes from these threats.

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As such, this activity intends to assess the potential applicability of the current cyber security tools in the protection of the integrity and confidentiality of data from MAIT processes for the space industry. A clear identification of the data to protect and of the cyber risks is necessary in order to select and tailor the current cyber security tools to a selected MAIT process. Finally the validation and risk assessment of the use of the developed tools shall be performed.

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At the end of this activity, it is expected to obtain guidelines and best practices in cyber security to protect and safely exchange the data from MAIT processes. In addition, increased awareness on cyber risks in space industry is envisioned.Therefore, the main tasks of this activity include:

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