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The Maritime Executive
In the latest report in its “The State of Freight” infrastructure series, U.S. member ports of the American Association of Port Authorities identified nearly $4 billion in crucial port and supply chain security needs over the next 10 years. The AAPA says that money is needed to ensure America's port facilities are properly equipped to address new and evolving security challenges. The report recommends refocusing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Port Security Grant Program to better meet the security infrastructure needs of publicly-owned commercial seaports and related maritime operations.
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Gregory "Cruz" Grutter
In a world of "the minimum standard is good enough" you can't train enough for a job that could cost you your life or the lives of the ones we are sworn to protect.
Yes! You do have a duty to act! You do not get to pick and choose what calls you respond to. Sorry, some days your job sucks. That’s the day we are training for. That’s the day we need to be ready for.
Read this week’s blog from Gregory "Cruz" Grutter by clicking here.
Port Strategy
Ports have found that there's a price to pay for modern technological marvels: cyberattacks pose a great threat to ports. Such attacks can have a serious effect on all terminals in a port, not just on the more public facing container terminals.
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Forbes
Blockchain traveled a rocky road in 2018 but is still hotly tipped as a technology with huge potential for transforming business and day-to-day life.
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Forbes
Distributed Denial-of-service attacks have become annoyingly common over the past several years. They've been responsible for some major service outages, too. In 2018 law enforcement agencies fought back in a big way. A coordinated effort dubbed Operation Power Off resulted in the takedown of Webstresser.org, one of the largest DDoS-for-hire marketplaces around.
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Port Technology
The Danish Maritime Authority has unveiled a series of new navigation and cybersecurity regulations to protect its shipping and port operations, according to a statement. The announcement follows the Cyber and Information Security Strategy for the Maritime Sector released by the Danish government in January 2019. The DMA says its new Order will strengthen already existing legislation and that its principal purpose will be to protect the industry at large from cyber attacks.
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Fox Business
Global cybercrime will remain a pervasive problem for businesses, organizations, and governments in the coming year. What will continue to change in 2019, however, is the federal government’s role in deterring and defending cyberattacks on U.S. and allied assets.
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By Bambi Majumdar
 Law enforcement officers across the country are undergoing intensive active shooter training sessions. Recent active shooter incidents and their tragic consequences have been sobering learning experiences, but experts are using those experiences to create preventive programs. They have extracted and analyzed data from after-action reports and officers involved in the cases. The analytical reports are used to develop improved, faster and better ways for first responders to respond to an active shooter scene.
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ZDNet
Stuart McClure, one of the top cybersecurity experts in the world, says that a battle between AI systems in cybersecurity is not here yet but will come in the next three to five years. He describes three points necessary to build an AI system, including those that can be used to bypass other AI systems:
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