SA-8(19) - Security and Privacy Engineering Principles | Continuous Protection

Implement the security design principle of continuous protection in [Assignment: organization-defined systems or system components].


ID: SA-8(19)
Enhancement of : SA-8

Space Segment Guidance

Secure initialization guarantees that every power-on starts from a trusted baseline. Embed immutable boot code in radiation-tolerant ROM, use it to verify the digital signature of the stage-one loader stored in flash, and chain signatures up to the application layer. Store public keys in one-time-programmable fuses so hostile reprogramming cannot redirect execution. During factory bring-up and after watchdog reset, telemetry should echo each verification step, letting ground crews detect signature failures that could signal memory corruption or malicious inserts.