Protecting Critical Infrastructure:
Options Nations Face Against Unregulated Dissemination of
High Resolution Imagery
Dr. Alexandros Kolovos
As. Professor,
Hellenic Air Force Academy
Brigadier-General (HAF, ret)
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Protecting Critical Infrastructure: Options Nations Face Against Unregulated Dissemination of High Resolution Imagery
Critical Infrastructure
The Dawn of Space Era and the Legal Framework of
Space-Based remote Sensing
The Diaspora of High Resolution Imagery
The Impact from the Entrance of Major Corporations
The Options
Conclusion
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Definition - Critical Infrastructure (CI) following EU Directive
2008/114)
Critical Infrastructure means an asset, system or part thereof, essential
for the maintenance of vital societal functions, health, safety, security,
economic or social well-being
Its destruction or disruption would have a significant impact as a result of
the failure to maintain those functions.
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Main Critical Infrastructures:
Electric Power
Transportation (Naval and Air Bases)
Gas and Liquid Fuels
Telecommunications
Water Supply
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HELLENIC POWER PLANTS
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The Dawn of Space Era and the Legal Framework of
Space-Based remote Sensing
The Military Era
The Commercialization
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RECONNAISSANCE FROM SPACE: A PRIVILEGE OF SUPERPOWERS
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The Dawn of Space Era and the Legal Framework of
Space-Based remote Sensing
UN Outer Space Treaty (1967)
Remote Sensing Principles (1986)
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The Diaspora of High Resolution Imagery
Give an unrestricted and detailed global access, so critical
Infrastructures are exposed
Boost Armchair:
Intelligence
Support for Operations
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SIMULATING RESOLUTION OF 7 CM
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LANDSAT (30M) - USA
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Peloponissos,
1982, GREECE
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SALAMINA NAVAL DOCKYARD, 1999
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IKONOS(1M) - USA
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Imagery IKONOS(1M) - USA
SALAMINA NAVAL DOCKYARD Detail
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ELEFSINA AIR BASE
(hosting Air Support
Command)
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Imagery IKONOS(1M) - USA
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PTOLEMAIDA POWER PLANT, 2012
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Athens-Pireus Port
Pan 0.41m – 0.5m & RGB 1.65m
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GEOEYE(0.41M) - USA
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3D Environment permitting walk / drive / navigate /fly-
through
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Options Nations Face Against Unregulated Dissemination of High Resolution Imagery
Geospatial Support
to GIS, C4I, targets
& weapons
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Options Nations Face Against Unregulated Dissemination of High Resolution Imagery
Characteristic Extraction (buildings, Roads, morphology)
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Options Nations Face Against Unregulated Dissemination of High Resolution Imagery
The Impact from the Entrance of Major Corporations
Google Earth
Microsoft’s Bing Maps
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1. Search Panel- Use to find places
and directions
2. Overview Map- Use for an
additional perspective
3. Hide/Show sidebar- Click to
conceal or display side bar
4. Placemark- Click to add a
placemark
5. Polygon- Click to add a polygon
6. Path- Click to add a path
7. Image Overlay- Click to add an
image
8. Measure- Click to measure distance
9. Email- Click to email view or image
10. Print- Click to print current view
11. Navigation Controls- Use to tilt,
zoom and move
12. Layers Panel- Use to display points
of interests
13. Places Panel- Use to locate, save,
and organize placemarks
14. 3D Viewer- View the globe and
terrain
15. Status Bar- View streaming status
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Vandenberg AFB - USA
GEOEYE(0.41M) - USA
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Ερωτήσεις
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Nuclear Site Arak, IRAN
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Resolution Imagery
The Impact from the Entrance of Major Corporations
Gave to the public a unique opportunity to answer the old question of
what lies “on the other side of the hill”
Raised national Security Concerns
Fears proved to have merit
2006-07: In Iraq videos and Google Earth images of British military
bases were found in the homes of Iraqi insurgents
2008: terrorist attack which killed 171 people in India
2010: Chinese officials are concerned that satellite maps and images
could display sensitive military locations
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Virtual 3D applications : Fly your
mission before take off
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Resolution Imagery
Options Nations Face:
Do Nothing
National Governments Create a Framework for Space Activities
Coordinate Action beyond the national level
Negotiate with commercial entities
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Options
Do Nothing
National Governments Create a Framework for Space Activities
National Legislation:
France
Germany,
Greece
Data Policy Constraints (Operators, Distribution)
Example: USA
Shutter control
Buyouts of foreign imagery
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An Air Base Scratched
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A composite image of a grass field
slapped over a Critical Infrastructure
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Options
Do Nothing
National Governments Create a Framework for Space Activities
Coordinate Action beyond the national level
US-Israel Paradigm
The EU is Studing the issue
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Options
Do Nothing
National Governments Create a Framework for Space Activities
Coordinate Action beyond the national level
Negotiate with commercial entities (like Google Earth and Bing Maps):
Have caused concerns to Countries/persons, which led to suit and bans
Upon Request negotiations have led to various Censoring options:
Blurring or pixelating certain locations
Degrading / distorting the quality of images
Outdated imagery
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The Shape of Things to Come:
Google plans to launch a fleet of hundrends of low earth orbit Satellites
to have global access for imagery and internet
Google bought SkyBox Imaging:
Not only still Sub-meter satellite imagery, but also
High-Definition Video which capture the movement
Ancient Greeks were right: Nothing can be hidden under the sun
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Conclusion:
The genie of high resolution imagery is out of the bottle and cannot be
rolled back. High Definition Video is the next step.
The uncontrolled dissemination of these products has clear implications
for national security
There are Options to be followed
It is a matter of probabilities: by not having your vital Infrastructure
exposed to the world, you reduce their chances to be harmed
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Ouden Krypton
Ypo ton Ilion
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Dr. Alexandros Kolovos
A. Professor, Hellenic Air
Force Academy,
Brigadier-General (HAF, ret)
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