SC-16(1) - Transmission of Security and Privacy Attributes | Integrity Verification

Verify the integrity of transmitted security and privacy attributes.


ID: SC-16(1)
Enhancement of : SC-16

Space Segment Guidance

Attribute headers that label data for classification and payload ownership must stay correct and secret while traveling the radio link and any crosslinks. Encapsulate the header and payload inside the same authenticated encryption frame so an eavesdropper cannot learn the tags and a malefactor cannot flip bits to downgrade them. Verify the authentication tag at every hop, flight computer, relay satellite, and ground station, and discard failed frames. Periodic self-tests inject known-bad headers to confirm the reject path still fires, preventing silent attrition of this guard as code evolves.