Lateral Movement (ISL)

STARMCatalog entries from the DIPS Threat Inventory. The paper cites that dataset and does not use this name.

Hopping between satellites via inter-satellite links.

Target

Network Topology

Layer in the inventory

Network Layer

Mitigation

Network segmentation and micro-segmentation.

How the inventory says to fix it

AI: Graph-based ML to detect anomalous traffic routing between satellite nodes.

Quick fix

Isolate node

ML approaches named

Graph-based anomaly detection, GNNs, Community detection algorithms, Isolation Forest, Temporal graph learning models

Methodology

Unusual inter-satellite communication paths, abnormal routing or message frequency, unexpected trust relationships

Handler role

Constellation Admin

Stage

Operation

Standard named

NIST SP 800-207

Status in the inventory

Not evaluated

STARMCatalog entries from the DIPS Threat Inventory. The paper cites that dataset and does not use this name.

Connection recorded in the inventory

Network Breach