Maritime Cybersecurity - Building Capacity in Critical Infrastructure Protection

海事网络安全 - 关键基础设施保护能力建设

• 批准号: 1623714
• 负责人: Susanne Wetzel
• 金额: $ 49.94万
• 依托单位: Stevens Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1623714&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Maritime; Cybersecurity; Building; Capacity; Critical

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security considers the Maritime Transportation System (MTS) to be among the 16 most critical infrastructure sectors in the U.S. whose assets, systems, and networks if disrupted or rendered incapacitated would have crippling effects on the nation's economy and the safety and security of its citizens. Over the past five years, an increasing number of reported maritime cybersecurity incidents have highlighted the vulnerabilities of the MTS to cyber threats, including vessel navigation, cargo scanning and port facility operations. The evolving complexity of these occurrences, together with the many components that comprise the maritime environment require that maritime professionals must be well prepared in the emerging science and technologies needed to inform, support, and implement maritime and critical infrastructure security policies and directives. To effectively enhance the security of our nation's maritime borders, ports and inland waterways, maritime professionals must possess the skills needed to address cyber threats, must be well adept at developing and evaluating new methods and tools for efficient and effective response and system resilience, and must be able to define new strategies for mitigating cyber threats.In order to address this challenge, Stevens---together with its collaborators from Rutgers University and Texas Southern University (one of Historically Black Colleges and Universities)---will develop two interdisciplinary programs in Maritime Cybersecurity in order to bridge the current knowledge gap between the two disciplines Maritime Systems and Cybersecurity. As such, this project will build a common basis for Maritime Systems and Cybersecurity professionals to work together effectively in addressing the unique cybersecurity challenges of the MTS. Through workshops, the newly developed materials will be disseminated to other academic institutions and the community at large. Dedicated seminars, student internships, and maritime cybersecurity-focused research projects will serve as additional mechanisms to enhance cyber awareness across the maritime enterprise as part of this project.

美国国土安全部认为，海上运输系统(MTS)是美国16个最关键的基础设施部门之一，其资产、系统和网络如果中断或瘫痪，将对国家经济以及公民的安全和保障造成严重影响。在过去五年中，越来越多的海上网络安全事件突显了MTS在网络威胁下的脆弱性，包括船舶导航、货物扫描和港口设施运营。这些事件的不断演变的复杂性，以及构成海洋环境的许多组成部分，要求海事专业人员必须在告知、支持和执行海洋和关键基础设施安全政策和指令所需的新兴科学和技术方面做好充分准备。为了有效地加强我国海上边界、港口和内河航道的安全，海事专业人员必须具备应对网络威胁所需的技能，必须熟练地开发和评估新的方法和工具，以高效有效地应对和系统恢复，并且必须能够定义缓解网络威胁的新战略。为了应对这一挑战，史蒂文斯与来自罗格斯大学和德克萨斯南方大学(历史上的黑人学院和大学之一)的合作伙伴将开发两个跨学科的海上网络安全项目，以弥合海事系统和网络安全这两个学科之间目前的知识差距。因此，该项目将为海事系统和网络安全专业人员建立一个共同的基础，以便有效地合作，应对MTS独特的网络安全挑战。通过讲习班，新编写的材料将分发给其他学术机构和广大社区。作为该项目的一部分，专门的研讨会、学生实习和以海事网络安全为重点的研究项目将作为增强整个海事企业网络意识的额外机制。