Cybersecurity for the Maritime sector
Hunt & Hackett has observed a discerning increase of activity of Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups in the maritime sector. There is this legendary saying on how to overcome your adversaries: 'know thy enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated'. To know your enemy starts with gaining an understanding of your threat landscape, your adversaries’ intentions, their modus operandi, and specific attacking methods. The following sections provide a glimpse of the maritime specific threat landscape to highlight what is going on and is followed-up by our approach on how to defend against it. The blog series which can be found at the bottom of this page provides further details of the maritime threat landscape.
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Threat landscape
For the maritime industry
Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)
Tactics, Techniques & Procedures (TTPs)
Attack tools
Maritime | Maritime + related | Broader focus | All known | |
---|---|---|---|---|
APTs | 77 | 100 | 287 | 483 |
TTPs | 1,386 | 1,785 | 2,753 | 3,325 |
Attack tools | 1,137 | 1,452 | 2,194 | 2,806 |
Maritime faces more cyber threats than ever
To stay in control becomes more difficult
Over the past years, the maritime industry has drawn the attention of nation-state hackers. The threat diagnostics system that was designed by Hunt & Hackett has monitored a sharp increase in cyber-attacks occurring in this particular industry. The maritime industry is struggling due to a staggering growth in global demand, a faltering supply-chain and challenges like industry 4.0 and sustainability. This has caused nation-states and other organizations to actively unroll a strategy of using offensive cyber-capabilities in order to outwit the competition. This has as result that maritime organizations all over the world are being targeted for their IP (Intellectual Property) and technologies and should be taking appropriate measures to address the imminent threat.
Actors and their motivation
The most active attack groups targeting the maritime sector are shown in this chart highlighting the motivations that are driving the various actors active in this sector.
Knowing the APT groups, their motivations and origin countries provides a solid starting point for understanding what you are up against. To get a more comprehensive understanding of the threat landscape, it is important to research, map, and document your adversaries’ intentions to their modus operandi, attack methods and attack tools, as this provides more actionable information for strenghtening your defences.
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Our approach
Controlling your cybersecurity risks
In their fight against cyber attacks, our customers typically go through several stages of maturity. By ramping up their prevention, detection and incident readiness over time – and optimizing this for their actual threat landscape – they reach a point where they have developed solid resilience against targeted attacks, with only highly controlled and accepted risks remaining.
There is no simple 'fix' to become resilient against the sophisticated cyber threats of today. Without serious resources or processes for systematic security activities, protection against modern cyber threats like ransomware is just a wish. Hunt & Hackett has developed a unique threat- and sector-driven approach to cybersecurity, enabling you to work from your current situation to a highly improved and controlled situation, optimized for your specific threat landscape and context as an organisation.
Our services
Optimized for the maritime industry
Because we use your actual threat landscape and your sector as our starting points, our services are optimised for your specific context and needs.
Managed Detection & Response (MDR)
We detect & react to attacker activity in your environment, minimizing the impact on your business.
Security Program Gap Assessment (SPGA)
We assess your current security program, threat landscape, security controls and risk.
Incident Response (IR)
We help you manage a cyber crisis and contain security incidents, breaches and cyber threats.
Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS)
We validate your security choices by simulating attacks.