RESTON,
Va., July 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SpiderOak,
the leader in zero-trust space cybersecurity solutions, is thrilled
to announce the successful demonstration of our next generation
OrbitSecure software module re-written in the memory safe
programming language Rust with protocol design formally proven via
the Alloy specification language on the International Space Station
(ISS). This demonstrates key modern cybersecurity requirements
called for by the White House Office of the National Cyber Director
in a report published last February. SpiderOak is one of the first
commercial software companies to successfully demonstrate a
formally verified and Rust enabled security capability on a crewed
space station.
OrbitSecure is SpiderOak's zero trust software-only solution
designed to operate in extreme edge environments such as space
securing information flow across disconnected, low-bandwidth,
unsecure network conditions beyond the frontier of traditional
cloud services.
Working through our strategic partner Axiom Space, the leading
provider of commercial human spaceflight services and builder of
the world's first commercial space station, SpiderOak executed
validation testing on July 1, proving
efficacy and formally verifying Rust enabled data security
capabilities in orbit. This latest test comes less than a year
after the successful demonstration of OrbitSecure done in
partnership with Axiom Space on the ISS in 2023.
Memory safe programming languages, like Rust, have been
identified in President Biden's National Cybersecurity Strategy as
a key security building block in creating software systems that are
secure by design. It is estimated that memory safety bugs are
responsible for up to 70% of security issues in code written in
memory unsafe languages, and evidence shows memory safety
vulnerabilities are nearly eliminated when large code bases are
migrated to a memory safe language. Rust is a modern, memory-safe
system featuring runtime and performance characteristics
well-suited to the demands of spaceflight control systems.
In addition to Rust, OrbitSecure employs formal protocol
validation written in the Alloy specification language to provide
vastly greater assurance that OrbitSecure's protocol performs
exactly as designed across the network, eliminating entire
categories of vulnerabilities.
"This successful demonstration positions SpiderOak at the
forefront of the coming cyber-safe tidal wave of products and
services that will provide the backbone to the burgeoning space
economy," said SpiderOak CEO Dave
Pearah. "We are excited by both the successful demonstration
of our next generation memory safe OrbitSecure software on the ISS,
and that our security philosophy is aligned with how our nation's
leadership thinks about 21st century space
cybersecurity."
"SpiderOak is a great example of a company stepping up to
rebalance the responsibility for cybersecurity from users to
developers. When we spoke with the White House about their
plan to increase developer use of memory safe programming
languages, we couldn't think of a better test than to put it into
orbit," said Tom Patterson, Quantum
and Space Security lead at Accenture. "After investing in SpiderOak
in 2023, we continue to collaborate, using critical
secure-by-design principles in order to launch cyber into space for
our clients."
This next level cyber secure design and assurance, once the sole
domain of complex service engagements or custom software, is
available to the mass market in a commercially available software
package.
About SpiderOak
SpiderOak is a 100% U.S.-owned and operated software company
that delivers end-to-end cybersecurity and resiliency solutions for
civil, military, and commercial space operations. Our commercially
available products are built upon a foundation of zero-trust
encryption, ephemeral cryptographic keys, and distributed ledger
technology, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and
availability of your most sensitive data in the space domain. For
more information about SpiderOak products, services, or business
development opportunities, visit (http://www.spideroak.com).
For inquiries, please call SpiderOak at (866) 432-9888 ext. 6 or
write to PR@SPIDEROAK-INC.COM.
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