Maritime Cybersecurity News   by CYTUR

  U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) announces the release of the second annual Cyber Trends and Insights in the Marine Environment (CTIME) report. The U.S. Coast Guard has a strong tradition of collaborating with owners and operators in the Marine Environment (ME) to provide relevant information about best practices to secure critical systems. Since December 2020, CGCYBER rapidly developed resources, capabilities, and partnerships to protect the ME from increasing cyber threats. The observations and findings in this report provide Coast Guard units and port partners with relevant information to identify and address cyber risks. Coast Guard Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs) and the Maritime Cyber Readiness Branch (MCRB) identified these findings through technical engagements conducted with ME partners throughout 2023.

Albert Einstein is reported to have said “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity”. Have we reached such a tipping point in shipping? Technology creates new opportunities but this unavoidably also creates new threats and risks. Cyberattacks, however, are nothing new. Arguably, the first recorded cyberattack occurred in France in 1834 – well before the internet was invented – when two thieves stole financial market information by hacking the French telegraph system.