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Column

Cybersecurity

The Maritime Industry Has

Unique Cybersecurity Challenges

By Joe Nicastro, Field CTO, Legit Security

With supply chain attacks on the rise, works, while foundational, have not evolved in tandem and nation-state attackers constantly looking for new ways with these digital threats, leaving gaps that could be ex- to disrupt national security and economic stability, one of ploited. The International Ship and Port Facility Security the most vulnerable areas is the security around our mari- (ISPS) Code and the Maritime Transportation Security time operations. The Biden-Harris Administration’s recent Act (MTSA) of 2002 exemplify this lag, as they were con-

Executive Order to fortify the cybersecurity of U.S. ports ceived in a pre-digital threat landscape.

underscores this concern, spotlighting the urgency of ad- The recent Executive Order aims to bridge these gaps dressing vulnerabilities in a sector that drives over $5.4 tril- by enhancing the Department of Homeland Security’s au- lion in economic activity annually. This initiative is not thority to mitigate maritime cyber threats and signi