Andrea Alberti

  • Cybersecurity Challenges of COTS in European Space Systems: a Strategic Framework

    Main Topics: The rise of Commercial Space and the emerging cybersecutiry risk Between 2014 and 2024, the global space sector underwent a significant transformation, marked by the launch of approximately 13,800 payloads into low, medium, and geostationary Earth orbits. Notably, nearly 80% of these—around 11,000 payloads—came from commercial entities, illustrating the rapid commercialization and democratization…

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  • From Space to Power: The New Geopolitics of Orbits

    Main Topics A New Geo-Political Paradigm For more than six decades, outer space has been viewed primarily as a domain of scientific exploration, technological competition, and national prestige. Today, however, this traditional understanding is becoming increasingly inadequate. Earth orbit has evolved into an essential component of contemporary strategic power projection, to the point that the…

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