{"id":12571,"date":"2026-04-25T19:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.exprivia.it\/senza-categoria\/copernicus-program-we-go-to-space-safely\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:28:31","slug":"copernicus-program-we-go-to-space-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exprivia.it\/en\/insights\/case-history\/copernicus-program-we-go-to-space-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"Copernicus program, we go to space safely"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Space Agency (ESA)<\/strong> is an international organization established to coordinate space activities in Europe. Its space programs aim to explore Earth, the Solar System, and the Universe; develop satellite technologies; promote the European aerospace industry; and collaborate with space agencies in other countries.<\/p>\n

Among its space programs, the Copernicus<\/strong> program is one of the most important<\/strong>, co-funded and managed by the European Commission in collaboration with ESA and other partners<\/strong>. It is an Earth observation initiative that provides accurate and comprehensive data and information on a global scale to monitor the environment and the safety of our planet. At the heart of the Copernicus<\/strong> program is its space component, consisting of the Sentinel satellite family, developed and operated by ESA<\/strong>. Each satellite in the Sentinel constellation is dedicated to a specific mission, ensuring comprehensive coverage and a constant flow of data.<\/p>\n

ESA’s CyberSecurity Needs<\/h2>\n

While the data provided through the Copernicus programme is “free and open”, it remains extremely important to ensure the integrity and availability of information to support the services offered through the Copernicus Services, including Emergency and Security. Given its strategic nature, the programme must ensure its resilience to any cyber threats that could compromise its functionality and reliability.<\/p>\n

In this context, within the Copernicus programme, a fundamental role is played by the Coordination Service, a central point for the management and monitoring of the performance of the services of the ESA Operations Framework (EOF) of the Copernicus Space Component (CSC): currently EOF-CSC consists of about 25 services with different purposes and functions such as Data Processing, Data Quality, Data Dissemination, Data Long Term Archiving, and other services necessary for the satellite data processing chain; the Coordination Service includes all the activities necessary to ensure the correct orchestration of operations between the multiple services by monitoring the overall performance of the associated operations.<\/p>\n

Security objectives of the Coordination Service<\/h2>\n

At the end of 2024, Serco Italia was awarded a tender, as Prime Contractor, for the supply of services on the Coordination Service for a duration of 40 months for the end customer ESA, entrusting all CyberSecurity activities to Exprivia.<\/p>\n

Specifically, starting from January 2025, Exprivia is dealing with:<\/p>\n