Accenture Invests in SpiderOak to Elevate Satellite Communications Security in Space

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in SpiderOak, a leader in zero-trust cybersecurity and resiliency solutions for next generation space systems.

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Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in SpiderOak, a leader in zero-trust cybersecurity and resiliency solutions for next generation space systems. (Graphic: Business Wire)

Based in Reston, Virginia, SpiderOak’s OrbitSecure product suite brings zero trust security to zero gravity environments. OrbitSecure leverages a powerful combination of no-knowledge encryption and distributed-ledger technology in order to meet the unique demands of cybersecurity in space. The product suite includes a fully decentralized key management system that helps enable full availability and continued operations in space, even within disconnected or highly contested networks. This increases resiliency for multi-vendor, multi-network, mesh proliferated low-Earth orbit networks by significantly reducing the attack surface and opportunities for adversaries to jam, disrupt, modify, or contest space communications and satellite services.

“As the space economy grows, we anticipate that global demand for secure communications will soar,” said Paul Thomas, Space Innovation Lead, Technology Innovation at Accenture. “Our work with SpiderOak is the start of an exciting journey to enable secure communications in space and combine SpiderOak’s technology with solutions we are creating at Accenture, such as satellite communications, ground station as-a-service, remote IoT device-to-Satellite data, Space R&D and earth observation data.”

According to Accenture’s Technology Vision 2023 report, 99% of survey respondents estimate advancements in science tech will have an impact on their organizations’ business processes over the next three to five years. The rapid increase in the number of satellites in space – government and commercial – has established a need for a hybrid, multi-party environment built with security by design. As emerging technologies accelerate science and impact business transformation, cybersecurity needs to be at the forefront for enterprises.