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Cybersecurity for Space Companies

Protect Mission-Critical Space Technology and Prove Security Readiness

RADICL provides vSOC-led cybersecurity for space, aerospace, and defense -tech companies to protect mission-critical technology, operationalize hard-to-do security controls, and maintain readiness for CMMC, NIST 800-171, DFARS, and high-trust partner expectations — without building an enterprise SOC in-house.
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  • ACS

  • Aerial Machine & Tool

  • Agile Space Industries

  • Anew Solutions

  • Barn Owl Tech

  • Blue Sky Innovators

  • C Speed

  • DLZ

  • Electra Aereo

  • Firehawk Aerospace

  • G&H

  • Havoc AI

  • HTX Labs

  • Miltope

  • MAK Technologies

  • Red6

  • SpektreWorks

  • Stonhard: Commercial & Industrial Flooring

  • Trenton Systems

  • Urban Sky

  • VATN Systems

  • Zone5 Technologies

Why Space Companies
Are High-Value Cyber Targets

Nation-state adversaries, competitors, and criminal groups pursue space companies because they build high-value technologies with commercial, defense, and national-security implications. A single incident can expose proprietary engineering, delay missions, disrupt partner trust, and create contract or compliance risk, especially when fast-growing teams lack the resources to run enterprise-grade security operations internally.

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Proprietary Engineering and Trade Secrets

Adversaries want the designs, software, technical documentation, manufacturing methods, and research that make space companies strategically valuable.

Defense

Dual-Use and Defense-Adjacent Technology

Space technologies often have both commercial and national-security applications, increasing scrutiny and threat interest.

Satellite

Satellite, Ground, and Cloud Attack Surfaces

Space companies depend on connected business, engineering, identity, endpoint, cloud, and operational systems that create multiple paths for compromise.

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Prime and Federal Expectations

Space companies working with primes, NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Space Force, Air Force, DoD, SBIR/STTR programs, or federal customers need provable security maturity.

Mission

Mission and Partnership Risk

Cyber incidents can slow missions, damage trust, delay delivery, or create friction with investors, agencies, primes, and customers.

Teams

Lean Teams + Complex Systems

Attackers bet fast-moving space companies will detect late, investigate slowly, and struggle to prove remediation.

What Cybersecurity Requirements Apply to Space Companies?

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CMMC

For companies handling CUI or supporting DoD work, CMMC becomes the verification framework for security requirements.

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NIST 800-171

The underlying control set for protecting CUI in non-federal systems.

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DFARS 252.204-7012

Contractual requirement tied to safeguarding covered defense information and cyber incident reporting.

DFARS 252.204-7012
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NIST CSF

Broader risk-management framework for identifying, protecting, detecting, responding, and recovering.

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FAR CUI (52.204-21)

Establishes basic safeguarding requirements for contractor systems that process, store, or transmit Federal Contract Information (FCI).

FAR CUI (52.204-21)
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FAR 52.204-21, CUI

Requires contractors to apply basic safeguards to systems that process, store, or transmit Federal Contract Information (FCI). CUI is subject to separate, more stringent requirements.

FAR 52.204-21, CUI
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Top Pain Points
for Space Companies

IP and Trade Secret Exposure

Proprietary engineering, design files, technical documentation, mission data, and manufacturing processes are prime targets for theft or compromise.

Federal and Prime Proof Burden

Protecting sensitive work is only half the job; space companies also need current evidence that security controls are operating continuously.

CMMC and NIST Readiness

Space companies may need to align with CMMC, NIST 800-171, DFARS, or other partner-driven security expectations.

Lean Security Teams

Engineering-led organizations need enterprise-grade protection before they can staff an enterprise SOC.

Telemetry and Visibility Gaps

Cloud systems, endpoints, identities, engineering workflows, and partner systems create fragmented visibility.

Alert and Vulnerability Overload

Too much noise slows triage, delays remediation, and makes it difficult to focus on the issues that matter most.

The Hardest Cybersecurity Controls
for Space Companies

The hardest controls are not always the most obscure. They are the operational controls that must be sustained over time: logging, incident response, vulnerability management, and security awareness.

Log Management

Log Management

Collect, normalize, retain, and make logs searchable for investigation, partner reviews, CMMC/NIST evidence, and incident response.

Incident Response

Incident Response

24/7 coverage, coordinated execution, documented outcomes, and readiness support including tabletop exercises where applicable.

Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management

Prioritize what matters, drive remediation, verify closure, and reduce risk across fast-moving technical environments.

Security Awareness

Security Awareness

Reduce human-driven risk from phishing, credential theft, social engineering, and business email compromise.

RADICL Solutions for Space, Aerospace,
and Defense-Tech Companies

If your priority is…
We can help with:
Why it matters for you
Protecting proprietary technology and mission data
vSOC-led security operations + MDR
Helps detect, investigate, and respond to threats targeting sensitive systems and workflows.
Proving readiness to primes, assessors, or partners
MCA + MLA + evidence generation
Helps operationalize controls and produce audit-ready evidence.
Meeting CMMC/NIST expectations
MCA
Supports CMMC/NIST control readiness, remediation guidance, and evidence consolidation.
Improving log visibility and investigation support
MLA
Provides managed log collection, normalization, search, retention, and forensics.
Reducing exploitable risk
MAS / vulnerability management
Prioritizes vulnerabilities, guides remediation, and verifies closure.
Preparing for incidents
Incident response + tabletop exercises
Supports response readiness, documentation, and compliance evidence.
Reducing employee-driven risk
Security awareness training
Helps reduce phishing, credential theft, and social engineering risk.
Reducing internal team burden
vSOC + managed services
Gives lean teams expert security operations without building an internal SOC.

Get the Visibility You Deserve

At RADICL, operational transparency is a core value. We want you to know exactly what we are doing to keep you secure and compliant. As a customer, you should demand no less from a managed security services provider. Through transparency comes accountability and trust.

Our Protection Delivered Dashboard

Watch this video to learn how with RADICL, you'll enjoy real-time visibility into how we are:

Protecting your endpoints
Protecting your endpoints
Detecting advanced threats
Detecting advanced threats
Investigating and responding to incidents
Investigating and responding to incidents
Reducing your IT vulnerabilities
Reducing your IT vulnerabilities
Training your employees to be security conscious
Training your employees to be security conscious
Ensuring and driving compliance adherence
Ensuring and driving compliance adherence

RADICL Pricing

If you’re evaluating a managed SOC service, pricing typically depends on environment size, coverage scope, and required compliance support. We’ll help you scope the right level of coverage without overbuying.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What cybersecurity requirements apply to space companies?

RADICL's MCA guides implementation of all 110 NIST 800-171 controls through weekly assessment rollouts with RPO-certified expert guidance. Our XTP platform automatically addresses 29 of the most difficult controls while providing audit-ready evidence collection and systematic gap remediation for complete cybersecurity compliance.

Do space companies need CMMC compliance?

CMMC Level 1 allows self-assessment, while Level 2+ requires C3PAO assessment. RADICL prepares CMMC compliance contractors for both with guided self-assessments, automatic SPRS score calculation, and organized evidence management that ensures efficient third-party audits.

How does NIST 800-171 apply to space and aerospace companies?

RADICL accelerates CMMC compliance timelines to 6 months through immediate coverage of 29 high-priority controls via managed security services. Our XTP:COMPLY platform drives systematic weekly assessments with expert remediation guidance for cyber regulatory compliance readiness.

How does RADICL help protect proprietary space technology and trade secrets?

Compliance software provides templates but leaves implementation gaps. RADICL's MCA combines platform-guided workflows with RPO-certified experts who become your compliance operations team, delivering out-of-the-box control coverage plus guided remediation for complete cybersecurity compliance.

Do growth-stage space companies need a full SOC?

Yes—RADICL's XTP:COMPLY maintains centralized evidence collection, automated documentation, and audit-ready policies from day one. Our platform ensures all compliance work is organized and accessible, enabling efficient C3PAO assessments for CMMC compliance contractors seeking certification.

Can RADICL work with our existing MSP or internal IT team?

Yes—RADICL's XTP:COMPLY maintains centralized evidence collection, automated documentation, and audit-ready policies from day one. Our platform ensures all compliance work is organized and accessible, enabling efficient C3PAO assessments for CMMC compliance contractors seeking certification.

How does RADICL support companies working with Space Force, Air Force, DoD, or primes?

Yes—RADICL's XTP:COMPLY maintains centralized evidence collection, automated documentation, and audit-ready policies from day one. Our platform ensures all compliance work is organized and accessible, enabling efficient C3PAO assessments for CMMC compliance contractors seeking certification.

What proof do we get for partners, investors, customers, and assessors?

Yes—RADICL's XTP:COMPLY maintains centralized evidence collection, automated documentation, and audit-ready policies from day one. Our platform ensures all compliance work is organized and accessible, enabling efficient C3PAO assessments for CMMC compliance contractors seeking certification.

How does RADICL reduce alert and vulnerability overload?

Yes—RADICL's XTP:COMPLY maintains centralized evidence collection, automated documentation, and audit-ready policies from day one. Our platform ensures all compliance work is organized and accessible, enabling efficient C3PAO assessments for CMMC compliance contractors seeking certification.

Can RADICL help with incident response planning and tabletop testing?

Yes—RADICL's XTP:COMPLY maintains centralized evidence collection, automated documentation, and audit-ready policies from day one. Our platform ensures all compliance work is organized and accessible, enabling efficient C3PAO assessments for CMMC compliance contractors seeking certification.

How should we scope sensitive technology systems, CUI, or mission-critical workflows?

Yes—RADICL's XTP:COMPLY maintains centralized evidence collection, automated documentation, and audit-ready policies from day one. Our platform ensures all compliance work is organized and accessible, enabling efficient C3PAO assessments for CMMC compliance contractors seeking certification.

Is RADICL only for defense contractors, or does it support commercial space companies too?

Yes—RADICL's XTP:COMPLY maintains centralized evidence collection, automated documentation, and audit-ready policies from day one. Our platform ensures all compliance work is organized and accessible, enabling efficient C3PAO assessments for CMMC compliance contractors seeking certification.

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