Maritime Cyber Security in the Commercial Cargo

Control sectorJustin Dunning

The Mission

• Follow the cargo through its voyage

• Observe all of the touch points that a container goes through

• Determine if those touch points are susceptible to a cyber attack

• Once vulnerabilities are detected, determine the following:

• Possibility

• Severity

Who Would Disturb the Flow?

• Drug Cartels

• Drug trade is worth $435 Billion

• Increased from $320 Billion in 2005

• Arms Distributors

• Arms trade is worth between $45-60 Billion a year

• Thieves

• Can make a decent amount of money on the black market

Who and What are Vulnerable?

• RFID Tags

• Possibility: High

• No uniformity= easily counterfeited

• Severity: High

• Could contribute to drug, arms trade, and theft

• Freight Forwarder/3PL

• Possibility: High

• Email information is easily attackable

• Severity: High

• Contribute to high confusion in ports halting operations

Who and What are Vulnerable?

• Algorithms

• Possibility: Low

• Must be highly skilled to decrypt these

• Severity: High

• Could alter the position on the vessel

• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

• Possibility: Medium

• Makes it possible for many people to view

• Severity: Medium

• Has the potential to effect the flow of supply chain because information is not confidential to necessary personnel

Who and What are Vulnerable?

• The Ports

• Possibility: Low

• Take measures to protect but wont be 100% protected

• Severity: High

• If this happens, halting the port for numerous days would affect the local economy

• DDoS Attack

• Possibility: Low

• Measures put in place to protect their servers

• Severity: High

• This would shut down every port function at the same time