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J. G. OakleyCybersecurity for Spacehttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0339-0_5

5. Targeting

Jacob G. Oakley1  
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Owens Cross Roads, AL, USA
 

Armed with the introductory knowledge of space systems from the first four chapters, we will now explore the adversarial perspective to understand the mindset of targeting a space system. We will walk through the methodology of target selection for cybersecurity attacks, the motivation behind such campaigns and taxonomize the mission sets they might be conducted against.

Target Selection Methods

Involving space systems or not, selecting a target for a cybersecurity attack is based on one of four reasons. It could be because ...

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