Towards a Systematic Taxonomy of Attacks against Space Infrastructures

Abstract: Space infrastructures represent an emerging domain that is critical to the global economy and society. However, this domain is vulnerable to attacks. To enhance the resilience of this domain, we must understand the attacks that can be waged against it. The status quo is that there is no systematic understanding of attacks against space infrastructures, despite their importance in guiding systematic analysis of space cybersecurity and future research. In this paper, we fill the void by proposing the first systematic taxonomy of attacks against space infrastructures. We hope this paper will inspire a community effort at refining the taxonomy towards a widely used taxonomy.