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Cyber

Coast Guard Operationalizing Cybersecurity Support To Maritime Industry

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 28th, 2021

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Coast Guard Operationalizing Cybersecurity Support To Maritime Industry

The Coast Guard this month began deploying inspectors to maritime facilities nationwide to ensure that the maritime transportation entities are integrating cybersecurity into their plans, part of the service’s efforts to operationalize its responsibilities in helping to protect the maritime transportation system from cyber threats, a Coast Guard officer said on Thursday. The Coast Guard’s Cyber Command is also starting to get out to U.S. ports to conduct assessments, give feedback and develop products on gain a “better baseline understanding…

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