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Getting Ready for the Future (or Now): Towards a Cybersecurity Fabric for Future Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks
In this paper, we outline a fast and lightweight network security fabric and identify the research gaps for developing such a fabric that respects the needs of trustworthy NextG SATIN for the post-quantum era. To achieve these objectives, we identify in which research directions more innovations are needed, namely algorithmic (NIST-PQC, distributed computing, time-disclosed cryptography), architectural (decentralized SATIN, distributed key management), and evaluation aspects.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2444615
- PAR ID:
- 10653277
- Publisher / Repository:
- IEEE
- Date Published:
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1 to 5
- Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
- Satellite-Terrestrial Networks cybersecurity authentication post-quantum security
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- Oslo, Norway
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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