International Cooperation in Defending Spacecraft in the Cyber Domain

Please join the 4th edition of our Webinar series on “Space and Cybersecurity”!

Howard Weiss and Brandon Bailey will talk about: “International Cooperation in Defending Spacecraft in the Cyber Domain”

The event will take place Monday 14th December 8pm (CET)

Register and join us for this small round table discussion!

Speaker Profiles

Howard Weiss

Mr. Howard Weiss is a Technical Director for Parsons, Inc. in Columbia, Maryland.  Mr. Weiss has worked exclusively on information security problems during his 45-year career in both government service and in the private sector. 

He has worked on multilevel secure operating system research and many network security problems for both the global Internet as well as other networks. Working on space networking, he was one of the originators of Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN). 

Under NASA sponsorship, he chairs the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) Security Working Group where he has helped introduced security concepts, services, mechanisms, and protocols for civilian space missions. 

He also co-chairs the CCSDS Space Data Link Security Working Group which has developed a standard security protocol at the link layer which integrates with existing CCSDS link layers such as telemetry (TM), telecommand (TC), and advanced orbiting systems (AOS) protocols. 

He holds a BSEE from the Polytechnic Institute of New York (now the New York University Tandon School of Engineering) and an MSCS from the Johns Hopkins University. 

Brandon Bailey

Brandon Bailey is a cybersecurity senior project leader at The Aerospace Corporation.
He has more than 14 years of experience supporting the intelligence and civil space arena. Bailey’s specialties include vulnerability assessments/ penetration testing for space systems to include industrial control systems and infusing secure coding principles within the software supply chain.

Before joining Aerospace, Bailey worked for NASA, where he was responsible for building and maintaining a software testing and research laboratory to include a robust cybersecurity range as well as spearheading innovative cybersecurity assessments of ground infrastructure that support NASA’s mission operations.
While at NASA, Bailey was honored with several group and individual awards, including NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal for his landmark cybersecurity work, NASA’s Early Career Achievement Award, and NASA Agency Honor Awards for Information Assurance/Cybersecurity.

He has also contributed to teams who have received honorable mention in the 2012 and 2016 NASA’s Software of the Year competition.

Bailey graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from West Virginia University and currently holds multiple certifications in the cybersecurity field.