Secure connectivity

As today’s world becomes increasingly connected, ESA is partnering with the European Commission to keep communications secure.

Many aspects of daily life depend on connectivity, from enabling air passengers to fly the greenest routes by directing planes to follow the most efficient trajectories, to tracking the 90% of the world’s trade that travels on ships and monitoring their environmental impact at sea.

Connectivity enables human interactions through telecommunications, remote learning and telemedicine, it informs energy generation and distribution, and the supply of clean water, as well as how traders price goods and how financial markets operate.

Ensuring these connections are secure and that information remains confidential will become even more important in the future, as the world becomes increasingly digital.

ESA is working with the space industry in Europe to create innovative solutions for secure communications services. It is also working with public organisations to help them define and implement their initiatives for secure connectivity, and it strongly supports the European Commission’s connectivity initiative, which was proposed by Thierry Breton, the EU Commissioner for space.