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What’s new: Continuing discussion of PNT and cyber. While interference with signals (jamming, spoofing, meaconing) is a cyber attack, GNSS receivers and other PNT equipment are also IT devices which can be interfered via other cyber vectors.
Why it’s important: PNT is an essential capability that must be protected as much as possible.
What else to know:
- PNT, cyber, and how things fit together is not a sterile discussion. Assignments, workload, funding, and other resources all depend on these kinds of definitions.
- This is another example of how the government in failing to focus on PNT has exposed a seam of vulnerability for both federal and civil systems.
- Here is a posting from our member Stephen Dye on the topic from last fall:
Tips to combat cyberattacks on GNSS/PNT systems
