Atalanta’s AI-Assisted Argo Tool Used to Assess Viasat Network Resilience
Summary
Atalanta released Argo, an AI-assisted software analysis tool being used with Viasat to assess the resilience of its satellite communications network after the 2022 attack that disabled thousands of modems.
Key points
- The article says Russia disabled thousands of satellite modems in Ukraine and other European countries on the day it invaded Ukraine in 2022, disrupting communications.
- Atalanta released Argo, which the company describes as combining mathematics and AI to analyze software and connected systems for vulnerabilities.
- Viasat has worked with Atalanta over the past year on a capability to assess network resilience; Viasat’s cyber strategy chief says the approach produces mathematical support for its claims.
- Atalanta leaders describe the technology as a more comprehensive way to analyze systems, but the article provides no independent evaluation of its effectiveness.
- Atalanta’s technology has also been selected to work on the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Release and deployment of Argo, an AI-assisted cybersecurity product used to assess the resilience of Viasat's satellite communications network.
- Impact
- Russia disabled thousands of satellite modems across Ukraine and other European countries in 2022, disrupting communications. Atalanta and Viasat say Argo is being used to analyze the network's resilience to future attacks. The article also reports warnings that Iranian hackers have targeted water and wastewater systems.
People
Anjana RajanAtalanta CEO and co-founder; described the role of software understanding in analyzing the security of consequential systems.Emil MichaelPentagon chief technology officer; said he viewed the mathematics behind Atalanta's technology as important to the military's cybersecurity standards.Greg ShannonChief cybersecurity scientist at Idaho National Laboratory; discussed the potential role of Atalanta's technology in future system testing.Nick SaundersViasat's chief of cyber strategy; said Viasat worked with Atalanta to assess and support the network's resilience against attacks.
Vendors
AtalantaThe cybersecurity company Atalanta has released “Argo” — a product that includes the technology now being used to prove the resilience of Viasat’s satellite communications network, which was targeted in the 2022 hackingViasathas released “Argo” — a product that includes the technology now being used to prove the resilience of Viasat’s satellite communications network, which was targeted in the 2022 hacking attack, against emerging
Products
Countries
IranThe conflicts in both Ukraine and Iran have highlighted the danger that hackers can pose to everyday life.RussiaOn the same day it invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russia disabled thousands of satellite modems across Ukraine and other European countries, aiming to disrupt communications.UkraineOn the same day it invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russia disabled thousands of satellite modems across Ukraine and other European countries, aiming to disrupt communications.
Industries
EnergyAtalanta’s technology has also been tapped to work on the Genesis Mission — the Department of Energy’s effort to create autonomous nuclear reactors.Satellite communications— a product that includes the technology now being used to prove the resilience of Viasat’s satellite communications network, which was targeted in the 2022 hacking attack, against emerging adversary attacks.Water and wastewaterThis summer several government agencies have warned that Iranian hackers have been targeting water and wastewater systems, among other critical infrastructure.