One of the key European conferences where hands-on workshops and technical demonstrations can engage the EU space ecosystem.
With more than 75 expert speakers and over 80 exhibitors, CYSAT is the preeminent Cyber event of the 2026 Space calendar.
Zendir will be on-site showcasing how our digital twin technology enhances mission readiness and deepens security protocols in satellite operations.
About the conference
The conference invites 800+ satellite operators, agencies, and space-cyber experts from around the globe to rendezvous in Paris to address the evolving threats and resilience challenges facing our industry.
CYSAT focuses on increasing security for space systems across the full mission lifecycle – from ConOps to Decom. With defence leaders, commercial innovators and space-cyber experts all in one place, the conference is an opportunity for the industry to identify emerging risks, discuss best practices and explore new collaborative opportunities.
Zendir at CYSAT
Our team will be on-site demonstrating how our digital twin platform enables simulation, testing and rehearsal of dynamic mission scenarios in secure environments. Through interactive sessions and discussions, attendees can explore how Zendir supports anomaly investigation, system validation, and operator training to convert real mission data from insight to executable action.
Zendir will also be running a SatOps defender challenge at CYSAT: Mission Resilience in a Contested 6G Non-Terrestrial Network Environment.
To enquire about Zendir's CYSAT 2026 programming or to schedule a time with our team, fill out the CYSAT meet-up form below.
CYSAT Academy by Zendir
Defending Satellites: mission resilience in a contested 6G non-terrestrial network environment
Modern space missions rely on tightly coupled space, ground, and communications infrastructure, where a small anomaly in one segment can rapidly propagate into mission-level disruption
In this live space-cyber operations challenge, attendees take the role of satellite operators responsible for maintaining service continuity aboard a legacy communications spacecraft operating in a modern 6G non-terrestrial network environment. Working in small teams inside a live digital twin, participants must monitor telemetry, diagnose anomalies, and restore mission performance as the spacecraft experiences progressive operational disruption.
Teams must keep the mission operational as communications performance degrades and previously trusted command paths become uncertain.
The scenario unfolds through a sequence of operational challenges. A communications payload first begins to experience degraded network performance, including throughput loss and signal degradation. Teams must determine the root cause of the anomalies. As the exercise progresses, subtle anomalies appear in command history, forcing participants to distinguish normal operations from suspicious telecommand activity and decide how to recover control.
The spacecraft is a long-lived asset operating with legacy cryptographic assumptions in a post-quantum era, where previously trusted command structures may no longer be resilient against future adversaries. This context supports the storyline but the workshop remains focused on operational response, diagnosis, and recovery.
In this Capture-the-Flag event, participants score points by correctly identifying root causes, recognising anomalous commands, and restoring communications performance before service degradation spreads further.
Beyond the competitive format, the workshop demonstrates how system-level digital twins can support cyber resilience training for modern space missions, showing how RF effects, command-path trust, and operational decisions interact under pressure.
This is not a talk – it's an live challenge in a virtual mission environment.
No passive observers. No slide-decks.
Just mission teams, telemetry, and a spacecraft that must remain operational despite any disruptions.
