Security and Continuity
Maintaining protected operations, resilient posture, and mission continuity across normal, degraded, and exceptional conditions.
Operational Security Posture
MSOC maintains a continuous operational security posture covering physical access management, environmental security, logistics security, and digital system protection. Security posture is calibrated to station readiness level and adjusted in response to identified threats, unusual operational conditions, or intelligence received from external sources.
Access Control Coordination
Physical access to station zones is managed through a coordinated access control framework. MSOC coordinates zone access authorizations with MSSC tenant administration, technical maintenance teams, and visiting vehicle crew management. Access anomalies — unauthorized access attempts, access system failures, or unusual access patterns — are tracked and responded to as operational security events.
Cyber-Physical Resilience
The boundary between cyber and physical security at a permanent orbital station is not a clean line. A compromised control system can affect life-support. A physical breach can enable digital access. MSOC coordinates cyber-physical resilience as a unified domain, with awareness spanning both operational technology security and physical access management.
Continuity Planning
MSOC maintains continuity plans ensuring that command functions can be sustained under a range of degraded or disrupted conditions: partial station damage, communications disruption, power constraints, personnel emergencies, or coordinated attacks on station systems. Continuity planning is exercised at defined intervals and updated in response to significant station configuration changes.
Degraded Mode Operations
Degraded mode operations doctrine defines how McKinley Station continues to function — safely and with minimized impact on occupants — when one or more major systems are operating below full capacity. MSOC coordinates degraded mode transitions, communicates operational implications to all station entities, and tracks recovery progress against defined restoration targets.
Incident Recovery and Continuity Assurance
Following any incident that affects station security, safety, or operational continuity, MSOC leads a structured recovery and continuity assurance process. This includes physical and systems restoration coordination, security posture reassessment, occupant notification and re-admission management, and post-incident review to identify vulnerabilities and implement corrective measures.
Security Coordination Inquiry
Contact MSOC to discuss security posture, continuity planning, or incident coordination.