Abstract
Cybersecurity is now considered as one of the main challenges for the maritime sector. At the same time, the maritime transport industry remains one of the most relevant and driving sectors for the global economy in terms of both the number and operations of active companies, and infrastructure and investments, thanks to the policies pushed to attract the latter. Maritime information systems, whether on board ships or in ports, are numerous, built with standard components available on the market and in many cases designed without factoring in well the ever-growing cyber risk. Digital infrastructure has become essential in operating and managing systems critical to the safety and security of shipping and ports. Specifically, Cyber-MAR is focused upon the simulation and emulation of the real world of maritime systems (e.g. Logistics, Supply Chain). This research effort will examine the creation of a federated Cyber Range (CR Cyber-MAR) which will include various platforms and interconnected systems on board a vessel or ashore, in order to allow a hyper-realistic simulation of cyber-attacks and trying to assimilate them into real-life. Then the identified CR Cyber range will be integrated in the Cybersecurity training needs for different levels of operators. The investigation of the discussed topic will essentially use qualitative techniques, analysing data obtained from publications, official and commercial reports, and interviews of a targeted audience.
Highlights
In the contemporary era, the issues of connectivity and interconnection are clearly standing out
A report under the title “Transport 2040: Automation, Technology, Employment - The Future of Work”, which has recently been launched by the World Maritime University (WMU), is rightly emphasising that: “Technological progress and innovation have occurred throughout history and changed its course, for example the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
We are about to embrace what is termed the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is characterized by the introduction of artificial intelligence, robotics, more and more interconnection, among other innovations” (World Maritime University, 2019)
Summary
The issues of connectivity and interconnection are clearly standing out. This project (funded Horizon 2020 Programme), lasting three years, started in September 2019, aiming at to achieving the following objectives: "to fully unlock the value of using the cyber range in the maritime logistics value chain through the development of an innovative simulation environment that adapts to the peculiarities of the maritime sector and is at the same time applicable to other transport sub-sectors" It aims at covering the training needs of all professionals (cyber / IT security experts, non-IT personnel of ports, shipping operators, related entities affected by possible cascading effects), as well as increasing the level of awareness of cyber threats within these organisations through hand-on exercises. The main expected results are the following: a) Ensuring that cybersecurity and IT professionals can create actual or fictitious cyber-attack scenarios in a simple way; b) Raising the level of qualification of professionals and experts who will be able to count on a training carried out on a platform that will guarantee high interoperability of different cyber-range systems
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