Space systems are critical infrastructure. Satellites, ground stations, and mission networks are increasingly targeted, and the professionals responsible for securing them are operating without standardized credentials, shared frameworks, or a connected community built specifically for this domain.
D2 Team CORP was founded in 2020 to close that gap.
We are a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing micro-credentialing, education, and workforce development across space cybersecurity, operations, and mission resilience, built by practitioners, for practitioners.
Our founder, William O. Ferguson, is a recognized voice in the global space community: conference speaker, technical editor and subgroup lead for the IEEE Space Systems Cybersecurity Working Group, and co-chair of the Space ISAC Space Systems Software Bill of Materials working group. D2 Team CORP reflects the same standards-body rigor and operational focus William brings to those roles, translated into workforce programs that prepare professionals and organizations to meet real-world challenges across secure space systems and cyber-informed operations.
Our work bridges the distance between strategic ambition and practical capability. If you are a CISO, security engineer, mission operator, or researcher working at the intersection of space and cyber, this community was built for you.
For more details, contact William O. Ferguson.
We also drive U.S.-based hackathons focused on cyber operations and resilience in the space domain, and advance transatlantic cooperation through the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University, a leading center for governance and institutional analysis. Via Indiana University's Berlin Gateway, the Ostrom Workshop bridges U.S. and European efforts to align standards, develop the workforce, and strengthen security in practice.
Engaging Space CIOs, CISOs, senior decision-makers, and commercial sponsors, we work to build a more secure and resilient space ecosystem, delivering hackathons, micro-credential training, and resilience engineering workshops that develop talent, strengthen operational capability, and drive lasting impact across the sector. We operate on micro-grants to fund non-profit workforce development and tooling engagements. For more details, contact William O. Ferguson.
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