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Space Force Offers Free Cyber Scanning to Commercial Satellite Vendors

Shaun Waterman

Friday, May 13th, 2022

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Space Force Offers Free Cyber Scanning to Commercial Satellite Vendors

Col. Jennifer Krolikowski, chief information officer for Space Systems Command, speaks on May 12, 2022 at CyberLEO in Los Angeles. Photo: Via Satellite/Shaun Waterman

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Space Force is offering free, non-attributable cybersecurity supply chain and vulnerability scanning services to both its commercial vendors and to other government agencies, Col. Jennifer Krolikowski, the chief information officer for Space Systems Command (SSC), confirmed Thursday. Speaking to attendees at the CyberLEO cyber security conference here on Thursday, Col. Krolikowski said that the free service offered, “can do those scans for anyone in the government or commercial sector … so you can see what your supply chain…

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