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Supply Chain Dive
High tech has reached the high seas, and there are no safe harbors. That point was made very clear in a recent webinar hosted by the National/International Maritime Law Enforcement Academy and presented by RiskSense, a New Mexico-based cybersecurity practitioner. Whether in port or in transit, "ships of today are evolving," said moderator Mark R. DuPont, Executive Director of the National/International Maritime Law Enforcement Academy, during the event: No Safe Harbors: Charting a Smarter Course in Maritime With Cyber Risk Management.
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NMLEA
The National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy announced an innovative way to provide its members and associates with an advanced solution that makes healthcare faster, easier, convenient and less expensive. Through a partnership with Capstone Health Network, the Academy joins 3,000,000 people who benefit from elements of this program which is reshaping healthcare for as little as $12.95 per month.
Capstone Health Network is a social good company with a big mission ... improve healthcare accessibility and bring down the high cost of healthcare for individuals, families, and businesses.
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By Bambi Majumdar
 We have come a long way in enforcing laws and fighting crime. As a society, we are better informed and more aware of our world. Yet, the human trafficking industry is flourishing. No matter how many of these vile criminals are taken down, more offenders spring up elsewhere. However, law enforcement professionals are evolving their practices and looking for more effective ways to combat this crime. Recent partnerships with other agencies and industries play a significant role in the work to fight human trafficking.
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The New Yorker
In the wake of enormous cyberattacks on such companies as Uber, Equifax, Yahoo, and Sony — and Russian hackers' theft of emails from the Democratic National Committee's server—some members of Congress are trying to pass a significant revision of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The changes would permit companies, and private citizens, that are victims of cybercrimes to hack back.
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Homeland Preparedness News
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified before a House panel recently about border security, sanctuary cities, immigration law loopholes exploited by transnational gangs, and deployment of the U.S. National Guard to the southern border. During a U.S. House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Nielsen testified that sanctuary cities that do not adhere to federal immigration laws "protect criminals, not the community." She said sanctuary city policies also "pit blue against blue, federal law enforcement against state law enforcement when they should be working together to protect our communities."
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Homeland Security Today
Some of those in counterterrorism policy circles and Capitol Hill are fervent advocates of technology behemoths stepping up enforcement of their terms of service and will likely praise these new releases. Ultimately, however, the responses detailed recently by Facebook and YouTube are another iteration of a decade-long strategy, as the government continues to delegate online counter-terrorism responsibilities to private industry.
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Defense News
The military is poised to decide whether it will use the littoral combat ship to stop illegal drug shipments from South and Central America to the United States. The move, amid pressure from lawmakers and the military command covering the Southern Hemisphere, would signal a new intensity in combating the importing of illegal drugs amid a tidal wave of opioid deaths in the U.S.
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Homeland Security Today
GAO has released its annual report, which identifies 68 actions that could save the government billions including a recommendation that the Coast Guard close boat stations that provide unnecessarily duplicative search-and-rescue coverage.
Among the new actions identified, GAO also found that DoD could potentially save approximately $527 million over 5 years by minimizing unnecessary overlap and duplication in its U.S. distribution centers for troop support goods.
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The Maritime Executive
A combined U.S. Coast Guard and Navy team intercepted a drug-smuggling boat and rescued its occupants after the vessel caught fire.
During a patrol of the Eastern Pacific smuggling zone, a U.S. Customs P-3 patrol aircraft spotted a low-profile go-fast boat, an ocean-going speedboat with a low freeboard designed to evade radar detection. The P-3 directed the U.S. Navy Cyclone-class patrol ship USS Zephyr and her embarked Coast Guard boarding team to intercept the boat.
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The Log
President Donald J. Trump made an announcement, just ahead of a White House meeting, which certainly garnered the interest of the boating industry: The president stated he had plans to reform high-ethanol fuel mixtures to 15 percent, 12 months a year.
The comment, which Trump stated "makes a lot of farmers very happy," received strong reactions from the boating community that claim fuels containing 15 percent blends — or E15 — are harmful to marine engines.
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