Maritime is one of the largest industries in the world and is responsible for transporting nearly every type of good, from the oil that powers our factories to most of the products we consume like coffee and clothing. Carrying 90% of world trade and with a market size of more than USD 170 billion, maritime is the lifeblood of the global economy.
Digitized, Converged, and Interconnected
The maritime industry has become increasingly digitized, IT/OT converged, and interconnected, especially as it adopts advanced technologies like Internet of Things (IoT) devices, satellite communications, electronic navigation, and more. While these advancements deliver considerable benefits – safety, efficiency, and convenience – they come at the price of a widening attack surface exposing vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malicious actors. Digitized systems like container management, shipboard controls, navigation, buoys, and even HVAC are in play. In fact, the value of maritime assets is so great and its efficient operation is so critical to countries, global enterprises, and billions of individuals, that cyber criminals and highly trained, statesponsored cyber syndicates are actively involved.
Securing Maritime Operations
Since seafaring vessels are part of a larger ecosystem – they participate in fleets and visit a variety of ports –- a successful attack on any single onboard system on a given ship can soon spread to other onboard systems. And the damage doesn’t necessarily stop there. Since vessels are in constant communication with their fleet sisters, today’s sophisticated threat actors can leverage their unwanted access to one vessel as a springboard to other vessels, rapidly infecting them as well. From there, port systems and even corporate networks are also within reach.
Types of Maritime Cyberattacks
Enterprising threat actors are using a wide variety of methods (attack vectors) to gain access to networks, systems, and devices, sometimes to disrupt and other times to take control or to steal information. Here are some examples of maritime cyberattack vectors that Radiflow confronts:
Radiflow Security Solutions for Maritime
The Radiflow Team comprises cybersecurity professionals who work together with partners and customers to provide the full spectrum of cyber protection for vessels, fleets, off-shore facilities, and ports. Our highly adaptable and flexible solutions and services address the overall and unique cybersecurity challenges of our maritime customers.
Threat Detection
iSID, Radiflow’s advanced threat detection system, delivers full network, communication, and asset visibility, while detecting anomalies and cyber threats. iSIDs can be deployed per vessel, port, or facility.
Risk Management
The CIARA Risk Assessment and Management platform analyzes threat intelligence, network traffic, asset properties and more to calculate impacts of cyberattacks on operations. Operating onshore, CIARA ingests countless data points, calculates the risk score, and determines how to prioritize mitigation controls based on their riskreduction capabilities, compliance requirements, and optimal cybersecurity expenditure.
Centralized, Onshore Cyber Management
The onshore iCEN Central Management platform centralizes cyber management and monitoring of OT cyber defenses. Communicating with any number of iSIDs via secure, remote connectivity, iCEN collects information from the iSIDs and makes it available to CIARA for accurate risk assessment and to the Security Operations Center for rapid incident response. iCEN enables maritime operators to visualize and manage the state of security across their fleets and operations.
Outsourcing Cybersecurity
Maritime operators may elect to outsource some or all of their cybersecurity functions. Radiflow works with international Managed Security Service Providers who employ Radiflow solutions to manage cybersecurity from their SOC. These MSSPs monitor vessels, ports, and facilities 24/7/365, providing the full gamut of cyber functions, including threat detection, incident response, risk management, compliance assessments, and more.
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