Cyber Attacks On Maritime Targets

Moreover, many organizations within the public and private sector heavily relies on technology to carry out their day to day operations. Those cyber technologies help make many difficult or tedious tasks easier to do and technology can also carry out many of those tasks more effectively and efficiently than humans can. However, cyber technologies are at risk of espionage, cyber attacks, or other crimes such as theft and fraud (Ammori & Poellet, 2010).

Incident response and planning is very critical to a business. It’s important Greiblock Credit Union (GCU) financial firm maintain control of these incidents in a timely manner which could reduce cost, and risks. When responding to incidents one should always minimize the severity of all security incidents. The analyst should have a clear plan to resolving incidents, while containing the damage and reducing risks (Cichonski et al., 2012). According to Cichonski et all, (2012) most departments have a Computer Security Incident Response team, or designated personnel to handle the variety of incident responses related to Cyber Security. Based on the below, the information can be used in a technique to help an organization to determine the threat against the organization and identify if it’s truly a security breach or serious

Times have changed what was known as organized crime has been replaced by Cybercrimes (Heists: Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley). Cybercrimes have risen dramatically in recent years and have become a major issue the United States and company’s face today jeopardizing as well as threatening the critical infrastructure of America (Cyberwar Threat, 2005). Sadly, the status quo of cyber security is very unstable with the advancements and growth which has put most individuals and businesses into an enormous threat (Agustina, 2015).

This issue was reiterated at the Nation’s First Major Maritime Cyber Security Event held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, from March 2 – 3, 2015. Some speakers in the symposium such as Vice Adm. Chuck Michel, Professor Fred Roberts, Clay Wilson reveals some real instances of cyber-attacks that have shut down and/or damaged ports, ships, oil rigs and cargo handling systems. Michael et al (2015) therefore recommended that for the US Coast Guard and other agencies and stakeholders in the maritime industries to counter potentially disastrous cyber-attacks that could shut down US cargo ports and disable or destroy large container ships, they must work together to build a cyber-savvy

The author of this response is asked to answer to a few questions relating to cyber-attacks at several different mission-critical or otherwise very sensitive agencies or companies in the area. The ramifications of each incident and who will be affected by the same will be discussed. The outcomes of each will also be mentioned. The author is also asked to identify the steps and recovery path for one of the incidents in particular

Cyber attack has been a huge problem for so many years and there have been a lot of attempts to stop it but there have not been enough resources for this to happen. This paper offers more top to bottom clarification of Cyber attack, reasons, dangers, and defenselessness. It talks about the impact on individual; gives situations of Cyber attacks lastly clarifies ways that people can keep themselves from being casualties of Cyber attack. This paper will give insights on how Cyber attack impacted the United States a year ago contrasted with now, climate it has expanded or diminished. It will likewise talk about how Cyber attacks have made more individuals careful about how they reveal data and the sort of sites they visit that lead to them being victims of cyber attack.

The Cyber Attack on iPremier, is perhaps one of the most studied cases. In this case study “A new CIO tries to manage a DOS, or denial of service attack, against on a his e-retailing business”. , (1). The iPremier Attack is studied widely, and Harvard Business School is known for presenting this case study to its students, in order to show that some “companies are not taking security seriously”. , (2). iPremier had many opportunities after the initial attack to implement security such as implementing and enforcing Business Contigency Plan, Training employees to handle emergencies, separating stack servers from web based servers, and including

At this stage in evolution, society cannot escape its dependence on information technology. The need to protect sensitive data will continue as long as this persists. Amazingly, a recent poll of 4,100 enterprises revealed that 70-percent didn’t have a contingency plan for cyberattacks. The firms reported that they had the resources to purchase what was needed to secure their networks, but couldn’t find trained specialists to deploy the

Cyber related vulnerabilities present the greatest risk to the Port of Boston. Conley Terminal’s reliance on networked systems to plan, manage and execute daily port operations makes it vulnerable to a number of cyber related threats including network hacking and viruses. Although cyber awareness has steadily increased over the years, Kramek (2013) points out that “cybersecurity awareness in U.S. port facilities [is] generally low [and] the cybersecurity culture in U.S. port facilities is generally lacking” (p. 27). This could be for a number of reasons, but is generally attributed to a ports focus on “MTSA-required physical security measures” (Kramek, 2013, p. 27) and the fact that cyberattacks on port facilities are exceedingly rare. Failure to address this critical vulnerability could affect a number of seaside and portside systems including industrial control, navigation and communication systems on a ship and terminal operating systems and business operating systems at the port. Poor cybersecurity practices could lead to a number consequences

In today’s world it is highly impossible for any kind of business to function without the assistance of technology. Any company that relies on digital data and computer networks have exposure to a host of varying Cyber Attacks. As technology continues to evolve, cyber security breaches become even more difficult to solve. The cybersecurity world rightly believes in the maxim – It’s not if, it’s when!

Blue Moon Financial (BMF) is a large financial services firm that has recently started to understand the value of protecting the organizations network resources, largely in response to a recent rash of network intrusions that have victimized other firms within the industry. BMF has allocated additional funds for the acquisition of technical resources and additional training for technicians in order to help mitigate any breaches that may significantly impact the sustainability of the company and services provided to its clients. As the Senior Security Analyst at BMF I am awaken one night by a phone call from a technician who

Cyber-attacks are being used for espionage, industrial sabotage, or even as a sort of punishment for organizations who are doing business in a way not appreciated by hacker communities. Attacks stopped being random, today’s many hackers know exactly who they want to strike and are patiently waiting for the

In the previous five years, cybersecurity has turned into the most looked for after calling around the world. More than 90 percent of respondents to an overview directed by the Ponemon Institute (2011) detailed being a casualty to cyberattacks amid the most recent year, costing all things considered more than $2 million for each association. This number keeps on ascending as the two programmers and security devices progress. As indicated by PwC, roughly 33% of all U.S. organizations are as of now utilizing digital protection (Lindros and Tittel, 2016).

This paper examines the cyber-attacks of the nation Estonia and how the lack of global standards was a critical part of the attack. In addition, this paper looks at the vulnerabilities in the cyber security policies and practices instituted at the occurrence of the cyber-attacks on Estonia as well as the advantages and disadvantages for improving and reducing each named vulnerability and security practice.

Many ports do not have cyber response plans contained within broader risk plans (Kramek). All of the ports studied by Kramek had a dedicated security officer and a dedicated IT staff, but the security officers’ focus usually remained on traditional physical security threats, and IT was a separate and distinct department from security (Kramek). Kramek states, "cyber security threats were not part of the security officer’s response portfolio". Most security officers thought that their IT staff would notify them in some form or fashion if a cyber incident threatened port operations (Kramek). However, when during the response this notification to the security officers would be made is unclear given the lack of written response plans (Kramek). Ports need their IT department to be continually communicating with their security department. This would keep all the staff in the loop on current difficulties and security impairments and allow staff to find a cyber incident before it becomes too bad. Ports need to make sure that they have thorough written response plans in the case of a cyber security incident and that all IT and security staff that will be involved are ready to execute the plan if needed. These plans need to take into account that many industrial control systems are dependent, like many systems at ports and marine terminals, and run off computer networks (Sain). As stated by Bethann Rooney, manager of security for the Port