The Digital Defense Service and the Air Force Department plan to conduct a series of virtual workshops and piracy contests on system security.
The Space Security Challenge 2020 calls on security researchers to participate in a satellite piracy contest and virtual workshops from August 7 to 9 as a component of the DEF CON online event, announced usAF on Monday.
The event will host a Hack-A-Sat competition that gathers top performers from a capture-the-flag event in May. Participants will attempt to reverse-engineer satellite systems. Virtual workshops will provide hands-on education on space system cybersecurity.
“Letting experts hack an orbiting satellite will teach us how to build more secure systems in the future,” said Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics as well as a three-time Wash100 Award recipient.
The Air Force and Defense Departments are operating with deF CON for the event.
The U.S. Navy has partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to accelerate research into unmanned maritime systems that will be used for government, private and academic applications.
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