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CNN
The Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal agencies to take immediate steps to protect themselves from "hijacking and tampering" cybersecurity incidents in the wake of an ongoing tampering campaign.
DHS said in a statement this week it is aware of a "number of agencies affected" by the campaign. DHS did not indicate who is responsible for the attacks, but the private security firm FireEye said its analysis suggests the attacks are originating from Iran.
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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.
Maritime Executive
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board announced its 2019 - 2020 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements, during an event held at the National Press Club on Monday. One of the top 10 items on the List was "Eliminate distractions" with the NTSB stating: "Contributing to the distraction problem is the widespread belief by many that they can multi-task and still safely operate a vessel. But multi-tasking is a myth; humans can only focus cognitive attention on one task at a time."
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The Baltimore Sun
Vice President Mike Pence will visit the Port of Baltimore recently to see technology that customs agents use to scan shipping containers, trucks, rail cars and cargo for illegal narcotics and weapons, the White House announced. After a briefing on the Non-Intrusive Inspection Systems Program and a tour of the Dundalk Marine Terminal, the vice president will speak to U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
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MarineNews
For over thirty years, high performance fiber rope manufacturer Phillystran has worked with the U.S. Coast Guard to supply mooring and towing lines. As innovations in fiber rope technology have enabled lighter and stronger ropes, the Coast Guard has not been slow to take advantage of these and other developments.
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MarineLink
Collisions and other maritime incidents have been on the rise for the past several years, jumping from two thousand in 2011 to an estimated four thousand in 2017. The vast majority of maritime collisions occur in congested waterways, often in areas near ports or in narrow waterways. Current navigation tools are less effective in these situations and rely on the crew's judgment to navigate safely, providing room for human error which is the cause of more than 75 percent of collisions. Orca AI's system is designed for crowded waterways and the harshest, lowest visibility scenarios.
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Forbes
Humans are often pegged as the weakest link in cybersecurity — and to a great extent, that's true. But in my experience, this axiom misses the bigger point: The reason it's true is that most companies do not have effective access control. While training employees to think like hackers can certainly make your company more resilient to cyberattacks, there is always a risk that someone will be compromised. The surest way to limit your organization's exposure to such risks is to verify the proper controls are in place at the individual level, governing what people can access, when and how.
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Boating Industry
The Sea Tow Foundation is currently organizing a new North American Sober Skipper Advisory Council representing diverse and influential marine industry representatives, with plans for the group to collaborate on current and future boating safety messages and initiatives primarily involving its popular Sober Skipper campaign.
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Boating Industry
FELL Marine received the Marine Industry safety award for the MOB+ wireless man overboard system. This award recognizes FELL for having introduced a product that significantly improves boating safety. Since its introduction in Canada in 2017, the MOB+ has expanded distribution and increased its footprint to over 25 dealers in Canada.
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Maritime Executive
NOAA's Office of Coast Survey recently announced plans to change the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) maintained channel depth values on raster nautical chart products, which include paper nautical charts and the corresponding digital raster navigational charts (NOAA RNC®). Minimum depths (also called controlling depths) are collected during periodic USACE sonar surveys of channels. In the past, these depths were provided on raster charts, but controlling depths will now be replaced with the original channel design dredging depths used by the USACE (called project depths). Standardizing depth presentation on these products will improve data consistency and overall safety. Implementation begins in early 2019.
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Trade Only Today
Ritchie Navigation has launched a program called Ready to Boat. The program provides free safety and navigational education to new owners, according to a statement, while incentivizing OEMs to "right-size the compasses" they install.
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