DECEMBER 13, 2018– The American Waterways Operators has actually launched ideal methods to aid the American tugboat, towboat as well as barge market in recognizing as well as taking care of cyber threats as well as identifying as well as replying to cyber assaults or crashes.
The file, Cyber Risk Management: Best Practices for the Towing Industry, Version 1.0, is the item of a year-long campaign taken on by the Cyber Risk Management Quality Action Team, a functioning team of the Coast Guard- AWO Safety Partnership, the earliest public-private collaboration in between the UNITED STATE Coast Guard as well as its stakeholders.
Recognizing that the firms that compose the lugging market vary in dimension as well as intricacy which, when it concerns cybersecurity, one dimension will not fit all, the Quality Action Team motivates firms to take a customized method to cyber danger administration that includes a cyber danger administration plan as well as associated treatments right into a business’s existing safety and security administration system. The ideal methods are straightened with the National Institute of Standards as well as Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework, which the Coast Guard has actually included right into support for various other sectors of the maritime market, as well as clear up as well as broaden on them to make them workable for lugging firms. The file additionally consists of details regarding exactly how to perform a cyber danger analysis as well as report a cyber occurrence.
AWO President & & Chief Executive Officer Tom Allegretti commented: “The tugboat, towboat and barge industry is a vital component of our nation’s critical infrastructure, transporting annually over 760 million tons of commodities that power the American economy, and working in constant partnership with the Coast Guard to keep our waterways safe and secure. As our industry continues to integrate cyber systems into all aspects of its operations in order to meet the demand for efficient maritime cargo transport, we recognize the importance of providing our companies with resources to mitigate against the growing range of cyber threats. We are very pleased to offer these best practices as a resource for members as we continue to work with our government partners to address this substantial challenge.”
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