Maritime cyber: threats and challenges

• Autores: Eyal Pinko
• Localización: Cybersecurity and Legal-Regulatory Aspects / Gabi Siboni (ed. lit.), Limor Ezioni (ed. lit.), 2021, ISBN 978-981-12-1915-3, págs. 135-146
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The world of shipping and maritime transportation has experienced a major transformation in recent years, with the growth in connectivity, communication, digitization, automation, and integration of information systems and logistics systems of the seaports, vessels, and the shipping companies. The technological transformation of the vessels and the seaports is occurring simultaneously with major upward trends in the quantity of maritime cargo transportation and the increasing number of vessels and their size. This is as a result of globalization processes and the growth in global trade and the global economy, the increasing demand for energy, and the growth in economic activity in exclusive economic zones (EEZs) all over the world. Cyberattackers view the seaports and the shipping companies as quality targets, because the amount of information they possess, the high turnover in the industry, and the technological vulnerability of the systems. Cyberattackers see high value in attacking the maritime industry. The goals of cyberattacks on the maritime industry and on maritime assets and infrastructure may include financial profits, influence on public opinion, reputation damage, political gain, or military purposes, such as disruption or shutdown of a nation’s critical assets as part of hybrid warfare strategy. This chapter will describe the threats and challenges faced by the maritime industry.