Cyber Brief: Maritime Cyber Security

Several recent attacks targeting major sea port operations have demonstrated the ability of a cyber-attack to stall maritime shipping:

• Port of San Diego victim of cyberattack
• Barcelona port suffers cyber attack
• Long Beach Port terminal hit by ransomware attack

Today’s Cyber Brief includes formative documents in critical infrastructure protection: EO 13010, The Marsh Report, and PDD/NSC-63. These documents provide context for more recent documents specifically examining the cybersecurity of ports and maritime transport.

The White House, "Executive Order 13010: Critical Infrastructure Protection," July 15, 1996. Unclassified.

President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, "Critical Foundations: Protecting America's Infrastructures," October 1997. Unclassified.

William J. Clinton, Presidential Decision Directive/NSC-63, Subject: Critical Infrastructure Protection, May 22, 1998. For Official Use Only/Unclassified.

United States Coast Guard, The Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea - Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council Winter 2014-2015, 4th Quarter 2014. Unclassified.

U.S. Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard Cyber Strategy, June 2015. Unclassified.

Department of Homeland Security, "Consequences to Seaport Operations from Malicious Cyber Activity," March 3, 2016. Unclassified.