Last week's maritime trend news
August 29, 2022 - September 4, 2022
Maritime Cybersecurity News   by DSLABcompany
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  The Department of Defense has opened up millions of dollars in grant funding to a research consortium in Rhode Island that will fund cybersecurity and supply chain research for the maritime industry. Earlier this month, the department designated six new Defense Manufacturing Communities across the country. The program, authorized through the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, is designed to fund long-term investments in local businesses that work on national security technologies or innovation. 
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   ThePort of South Louisiana has been awarded $955,339 in Port Security Grant Program funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funding will go toward the enhancement of the Port of South Louisiana's cybersecurity framework, as well as support enhancements to its Geographic Information System(GIS) that will provide up-to-date spatial information to port security personnel and public safety agencies in the Port's 54-miles of jurisdiction along the lower Mississippi River.  
  The Singapore specialist ship and offshore rig builder, converter and repairer reported the cyber incident and its resulting security response 31 August. It said this cyber attack involved an unauthorised party accessing part of its IT network via third-party software products. During the cyber attack, employee data and non-critical information relating to Sempcorp's operations was accessed. As soon as Sembcorpdiscovered the cyber incident, it brought in security experts to mitigate potential risks and improve defences.
  One of the key components of global trade is also one of the most vulnerable to cybersecurity threats - and if such an attack was successful, it would cause huge disruption with knock-on effects for people around the world. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD), over 80% of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea and that percentage is even higher for developing countries. The whole industry is reliant on a series of complex, 'just in time' supply chains. If just one element is disrupted, it can have massive repercussions.
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  The highly anticipated Defence ICT Strategy and companion Cyber Security Strategy have been released, putting staff and industry on notice that previous, siloed approaches to capability, talent and procurement will be fused together to keep forces match-fit. At least that's the plan, with more proprietary legacy systems earmarked for the scrap yard as brass and bureaucracy attempt to unite battlespace, cyber, communication and enterprise systems into an electronic brain that can fight, procure and administer all at the same time.  
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