Maritime Security Communications with Industry (MSCI) Advisory:
2023-002-Worldwide-Maritime Port Vulnerabilities - Foreign Adversarial Technological, Physical, and Cyber Influence
Maritime Administration | US Department of Transportation
2/17/2023
Description
Issue: This Advisory seeks to alert maritime stakeholders of potential vulnerabilities to maritime port equipment, networks, operating systems, software, and infrastructure. Maritime ports, facilities, and infrastructure, worldwide, are vulnerable to physical and cybersecurity exposure through foreign adversarial (defined in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) 2022 Annual Threat Assessment – and linked in references) access to port equipment and supply chain information management systems. Specifically, proprietary foreign adversarial companies manufacture, install, and maintain port equipment that pose potential vulnerabilities to global maritime infrastructure information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems. In the last few years, the U.S. Government has published several documents (see paragraph 4 below) illuminating the risks associated with integrating and utilizing LOGINK, NucTech scanners, and foreign port cranes.
https://www.maritime.dot.gov/msci/2023-002-worldwide-maritime-port-vulnerabilities-foreign-adversarial-technological-physical
https://archive.ph/EnCMj