DevSecOps for Event-Driven Operations Assessment

Space systems’ cyber vulnerabilities represent the “soft underbelly” of the U.S. satellite infrastructure. USSF SpOC Commander, Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting said governments such as China’s and Russia’s can attack satellites in orbit, but that cyberattacks offer a “lower bar to entry” to lesser powers, such as Iran or North Korea. In response to national security threats such as this one, Kobayashi Maru has been tasked with developing, modernizing, and deploying software capabilities for the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC), 18th Space Control Squadron (SPCS), and National Space and Defense Center (NSDC). Within the CSpOC’s mission, there is a critical missing capability in the Combat Space Operations Assessment domain that Kobayashi Maru has yet to develop digital solutions for. Specifically, the CSpOC lacks a highly automated, modern Operations Assessment capability that is based on real-time, dynamic information across the systems and applications that compose the Space Tasking Cycle (STC).