Science & Technology Innovation Program Authors - Seizing Opportunities: - Four National Security

for a shift in the relationship Yet, much of our focus on the national security implications of 5G between terrestrial and to date in the United States and abroad has been on the terrestrial space-based communications components of these networks: IoT and mobile devices, radio heads and towers, fiber, the core network, etc. [...] 5G and National Security: Why Worry? Why should the United States care about the reliability and security of 5G networks, including satellite components of these networks? The short answer: 5G is the critical infrastructure of the future and increasingly the critical infrastructure of the now. [...] In short, 5G networks will only increase the scale and character of that “enabling function.” As discussed in more detail in a previous STIP policy brief entitled “Balancing the Promise and the Peril of 5G: The State of Play in the United States”(Griffith, 2021a): 3 Satellites are comprised of a payload and a bus. [...] This dependency on satellite systems is only likely to increase with the development and deployment of 5G networks and the evolution of the satellite industry (both in terms of the underlying technology and the evolving business models). [...] Q3 - Data and Digital Systems: How does the System Protect the Data it is Moving and Ensure that the Data Keeps Moving Reliably? This third area of concern focuses on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data traversing the system and the data used to operate, monitor, and secure that system.