CCSDS Space Data Link Security
CCSDS-352.0-EA01

Encryption Algorithm and Mode

Description

The baseline symmetric cipher every CCSDS mission uses for link encryption is the Advanced Encryption Standard. Mandating a single vetted primitive as the floor lets independently built spacecraft and ground stations interoperate on encryption without negotiating which cipher each side trusts.

Mapped SPARTA techniques

No techniques mapped to this control.

Cite as SafeMode Space, ccsds-sdls CCSDS-352.0-EA01.

Built 2026-07-25 from 216 techniques, 334 regulation articles, 125 ENISA controls, 2,610 framework controls, and 90 countermeasures.