Things have moved fast \u2013 the adoption of digitalisation has accelerated under pandemic conditions. Which in real terms means the greater the adoption of digitalisation then the greater the exposure to cyber security threats.<\/p>\n
Stealth Labs, a specialist in Cyber Security, points out: \u201cwhatever the motivation, cybersecurity threats have become pervasive and continue to upend every facet of the digital realm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Plus: \u201cBeyond causing severe financial damage, cyberattacks can lead to regulatory penalties, lawsuits, reputational damage, and business continuity disruptions. \u201cNo business is safe in the present cyber world. As cybercriminals increasingly rely on sophisticated technologies\u2026 \u201cMoreover, the rapid adoption of emerging technologies, including AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud computing, have added new cyber threats for organisations while adding complexity to existing risks.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is against this sort of background that Boutheina Guermazi, Digital Development Director, World Bank warns in Accelerating Digitalisation, a new IAPH\/World Bank report, that: \u201cCybersecurity is one of the major challenges facing the maritime industry. Policymakers,\u201d she suggests, \u201cneed to work with the private sector to ensure critical infrastructure is adequately protected\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
The list of known Cyber Security threats continues to grow: backdoors, formjacking, cryptojacking, DDos attacks, Botnets, Drive-by-Downloads, MTIM attacks, Phishing attacks, Social Engineering, SQL injection and a host of Malware threats including Botnet software, Ransomware attack, RATs, Rootkits and bootkits, Spyware, Trojan and virus and worms.<\/p>\n
In formulating a response to such threats every individual organisation must recognise the scale of the problem and develop security measures best suited to its particular circumstances. The IAPH\/World Bank report does, however, suggest further useful paths that can be taken.<\/p>\n
Information sharing with regard to cyber threats via mechanisms such as security alerts, suspicious activity reports and breach of security notifications is seen to be very useful. The authors also identify the five-step cyber security framework developed by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology as a useful building block approach to putting in place effective security measures.<\/p>\n
The study additionally provides a very useful Task List to achieve cyber resilience. Coupled with this it highlights the very relevant point that it is necessary to factor in improvements to human capital alongside technical measures. It underlines that ongoing investment in staff training to keep pace with the fast-changing challenges of cyber security is another foundation stone of effective cyber security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
COMMENT: The International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) and the World Bank have brought to our attention that many digital developments in the ports sector have been designed and deployed without even considering cyber security, writes Mike Mundy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-1478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-viewpoint"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}