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At MITRE, There\u2019s Space for Implementing More National Security<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.mitre.org\/news-insights\/employee-voice\/mitre-theres-space-implementing-more-national-security<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-18 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.mitre.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n Robert Sumner looks up and sees big challenges, and huge opportunities. As a 2026 Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellow with the Center for a New American Security, he\u2019s thinking critically about the evolving domain of space-system cybersecurity\u2014how emerging technologies and national security policy come together in this new realm.\u201cAs space systems become more complex, interconnected, and cyber-dependent, mission success requires a more integrated approach to how they\u2019re designed, integrated, developed, and sustained,\u201d he says.By day at MITRE, Sumner addresses space-based capability issues as a principal applied cybersecurity engineer in our National Space Program Department. He says working for MITRE provides unmatched \u201cfreedom to pursue hard problems freely, for the betterment of national interests.\u201d He brings to MITRE a background rich in education, experience, and service to the country, all of which inform his contributions to security in this final frontier.An All-Encompassing FieldAs leader for Project 60 under the System and Engineering Directorate at MITRE\u2019s National Space Program, Sumner says he\u2019s involved \u201cin everything from digital engineering and space systems, to space system cybersecurity, to modeling and simulation.\u201d Project 60 addresses the need for threat-informed space systems engineering and architecture support across national space missions.In addition, Sumner steers Project STEEL TOWN, a MITRE National Space Program\/Space Enterprise Mission. It\u2019s a division-led initiative that fills a critical gap across the Department of War and the Intelligence Community by providing a uniform, repeatable framework for conducting end-to-end cyber threat enumeration specific to space systems.Using a novel methodology for the end-to-end life cycle of space systems, STEEL TOWN advances the cyberthreat intelligence landscape applied against commercial and U.S. government space interests. Sumner says it\u2019s the first approach of its kind\u2014with the capability of \u201clooking at the entire life cycle as opposed to individual snapshots,\u201d he explains.And with what Sumner calls the \u201cphenomenal\u201d MITRE ecosystems of ATT&CK\u00ae and D3FEND\u2122 in place, the team doesn\u2019t have to start from scratch in these efforts.\u201cWe don\u2019t need to build something new,\u201d he says. \u201cMy role is helping to leverage what we have in a new way and bringing concepts to fruition.\u201d<\/p>\n

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