Security News > 2021 > July > How Microsoft is taking cloud-powered innovation beyond Earth with Azure Space

The space community is growing rapidly and Microsoft's Space team is developing capabilities and services to meet its needs for extended connectivity across the world, simulated digital space environments, and ways for dealing with the huge amount of data generated from satellites.

Stephen Kitay - the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy and now Senior Director at Microsoft Azure Space - shared with Help Net Security how the company is helping drive innovation both on the ground and in orbit.

This level of investment and expertise from Microsoft will help support the mission of the Space ISAC to enhance the space community's ability to detect threats, bolster protections, and develop defense strategies.

What is Azure Space and why was it created? How did you envision never-before-seen security challenges when building it?

We are diligently working to make Azure the platform of choice for the mission needs of the space community, bringing our unique global threats insights to protect critical infrastructure and strengthen cybersecurity expertise in the space industry.

In our space efforts, we've brought together a team of diverse experts who've worked across major space initiatives in both the private and public sectors to work through evolving challenges and opportunities in space.

News URL

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/omui7cGishM/