MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Cybersecurity for years has been an afterthought in the commercial space industry — viewed more as a line item than a lifeline. But that mindset is starting to shift as satellite networks grow more interconnected, cyber threats more sophisticated and the financial fallout of breaches harder to ignore, industry officials said Oct. 29 at the MilSat Symposium.

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense...