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Security’s Top 5 – April 2024

Security Staff

June 5, 2024

Top stories and new developments from across the security industry throughout April.

Protecting ships from cyber terrorism

Ilan Barda

April 5, 2024

Ports and offshore facilities are also major elements of the maritime ecosystem, and they expose a collection of additional attack surfaces.

Biden administration issues executive order to secure U.S. ports

Security Staff

February 29, 2024

Security experts offer their perspective on the recent Biden-Harris executive order, which is intended to secure the nation's ports.

Whistleblower reinstated after reporting concerns to Coast Guard

Security Staff

July 25, 2023

OSHA announces that marine cargo service Maersk Line Limited wrongfully terminated a seaman for reporting safety concerns to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Report shows top transport cyber threats in EU

Security Staff

March 27, 2023

A new report by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity reveals ransomware attacks are the most prominent threat facing the transport sector.

Australia's Marine Rescue New South Wales implements tech for emergency response

May 14, 2021

Marine Rescue NSW upgraded its maritime control center technology to enhance its emergency response to save lives on the water.

The Maritime Transportation System ISAC welcomes John Felker as Senior Advisor

Sr. Advisor Felker brings additional maritime cybersecurity partnership expertise to information sharing and analysis center

November 12, 2020

John Felker, former Assistant Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency brings significant public-private sector relationship building expertise to the Maritime Transportation System Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s (MTS-ISAC) nonprofit, community focused mission.

San Diego Unified Port District will develop Homeland Security Strategic Plan with help

September 28, 2020

Under the contract, the Port will go through a threat assessment as well as review and update its strategic plan to mitigate pervasive and asymmetrical threats.

Maritime and port security agencies join forces to advance maritime security resilience

July 29, 2020

Multiple maritime and port security agencies announced a collaborative initiative, the “Maritime Security Resilience Alliance” that has unified advancing global Maritime security resilience (physical, cyber, cognitive – disinformation and misinformation) by accelerating information sharing, coordinated response and adoption of best practices supported by education.

US Maritime Critical Infrastructure Stakeholders Form Nonprofit to Promote Cybersecurity Information Sharing

June 4, 2020

The Maritime Transportation System Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MTS-ISAC) was formed as a nonprofit by a group of U.S.-based maritime critical infrastructure stakeholders to promote cybersecurity information sharing throughout the community.