Space Norway
Episode description
What caused a nation like Norway to become amongst the first pioneers of satellite-based communications?
To explore this, Robby is joined by Ronny Klavenes, CISO at Space Norway, a company building and investing in space related infrastructure, especially focusing on critical infrastructure. Space Norway was established on an initiative from The Norwegian Space Agency, a government agency promoting the development of national space activities. Among other things, Space Norway owns the underwater fibre optic cable between Svalbard and mainland Norway, a key element of Norway’s infrastructure in the Arctic.
Ronny explains why Norway cares about space infrastructure, and how one approaches securing infrastructure like this. He also shares what their threat landscape look like, and how their technology can be used to among other things monitoring earthquakes and ice blocks detaching from glaciers, search and rescue services, as well as collaborations with SpaceX.
Produced by Paul Jæger