Earlier this week the DHS Science and Technology Directorate
announced
that it would be conducting a GPS spoofing test event later this year. The event
will be designed to allow manufacturers as well as critical infrastructure owner/operators
to have their space-based position, navigation, and timing (PNT) equipment
evaluated in a live GPS spoofing environment.
S&T is soliciting participation of vendors and owner/operators
in the test event. Requests to participate should be submitted to S&T via GPS4Critical-Infrastructure@hq.dhs.gov.
More information about the event can be found here.
Commentary
While not specifically being mentioned in this announcement,
this event is being conducted in support of the President’s EO
13905 – Responsible Use of PNT Services. Information from this event will
almost certainly be used to update PNT profiles that are supposed to be developed
by the Department of Commerce.
Participation in the free testing program certainly makes
sense for PNT vendors that are concerned about the potential for cyber attacks
via this type of equipment.
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